Describing Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Rebecca West wrote of the Corso, the heart of social life in towns and villages in the Balkans. For an hour or so a stream of humanity flows through the main street to see and to be seen, and to enjoy the sunset hour. And so it was for us when we visited today's Dubrovnik walking, talking, seeing.
At dusk the Alpine Swifts return to the city to roost. They darted around above us in great numbers, their white breasts reflecting the bright light from lamp posts as if illumined from within. They showered us with their unmistakable silvery trill. Swifts are the essence of birdness. They spend their day in flight, they love in flight, and they can sleep in flight.
We enjoyed our dusk promenade through history in Dubrovnik.
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