In Dubrovnik on a budget

"Oh, my God there it is!…" And then, immediately: "I hope we'll find somewhere to stay." The two young French people on the ferry were clearly anxious. Arriving in the glitzy and monstrously expensive Dubrovnik by ferry at the weekend at the beginning of August, without having reserved a room, is erring on the side of the adventurous.

This time, floating to Dubrovnik, I put on my Romanian identity. I am the poor owner of a Romanian passport. What happens when a Romanian citizen with lit...