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  • when you're walking around Dubrovnik, you can't help but notice the incredible mountain scapes and natural landscapes that surround the city on a great way to get up and explore this terrain is to go mountain biking.

  • So today, I'm going to meet Tommy, who's gonna take me off on a little adventure.

  • Nice to meet you.

  • Nice to meet you.

  • Must be Louise.

  • Yeah.

  • And your Tommy.

  • I'm Tommy.

  • So here's your bike.

  • Helmet.

  • Let's go.

  • Right.

  • Perfect.

  • Thank you.

  • Yeah, I am cycling alongside the border between Bosnia and Croatia, but not so long ago, even Justus, far back as 1991 thes mountainous landscapes behind me would have been one of the front lines during the Yugoslav wars.

  • Thankfully, these days, the land mines have been cleared on.

  • The landscapes are flourishing.

  • Well, look at that.

  • This is Ah, French fortification system to protect the Bronek, uh, from invaders built during the beginning of the 19th century.

  • So there are city walls even outside the city.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • You may find similar fortifications around, especially in this area of search.

  • Got cool.

  • It's breathtaking cycling along these roads, and not just because of the exercise.

  • The views.

  • When you come soaring down the valleys, it literally is like you're flying over these landscapes with the breeze in your face.

  • It's so refreshing.

  • Oh, here we are.

  • So tell me about where we are now.

  • Wear now Super Dubrovka.

  • And this is a monastery of ST Vincent.

  • And it's such a peaceful place to stop.

  • Feel very calm.

  • Yeah, it is.

  • It is, Yeah.

  • You know, the remarks always choose peaceful places because they usedto meditate here.

  • It's nice, because after the thrill of like coming down all the slopes and the curves and like wind rushing in your face, it's like a real contrast.

  • Places everywhere has some kind of the how to say surprises.

  • You know, um, what was amazing about this bike ride was one minute you're cycling through these sweeping, lush valleys.

  • On the next, you're pedaling through quaint, tiny little villages that have some incredible ancient architecture er and really cool ruins outside the city.

  • There is so much to see.

when you're walking around Dubrovnik, you can't help but notice the incredible mountain scapes and natural landscapes that surround the city on a great way to get up and explore this terrain is to go mountain biking.

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