Onwards to Kotor, Montenegro’s fortified town wedged between soaring mountains and the Adriatic sea. Kotor is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed city dating to the 5th century. We have two nights here but the weather is not cooperating and unfortunately it’s going to rain most of the time we’re here. We do have a balcony with a nice view though:
We arrive fairly late in the evening and get a guided walk around the old town…. in the rain!
The old town is within the walls with a main square and lots of little narrow streets
Another restaurant recommended by Bashkim results in a fabulous meal of stuffed squid and black ink risotto. It’s called Cesarica and it’s like a stone cave off a little side street. I’d never had stuffed squid before and it was gorgeous:
Next morning it’s raining heavy so we relax for a while before putting on our raincoats and heading back to the old town between showers. The hotel is about twenty minutes walk away but there’s a beautiful walkway along the water …
The walls of the old town are very impressive:
We haven’t seen a lot of tourists to date on the trip but we do see a fair amount here in Montenegro. The town gets overrun in the summer from the cruise ships but we’re early enough in the season that it’s not too bad.
This afternoon we take a boat on the Kotor Fjord. The weather has brightened up and the views are stunning:
We pass a cruise ship coming into the bay, passing another on its way out…
We visit an island with a church that’s almost as big as the island itself. The church is tiny and cute.
There’s a small museum with a one euro entry fee that helps with the upkeep of the island. It has some interesting stuff! This was the figurehead at the bow of a ship and it reminded me of pirates of the Caribbean!
And there’s another island with another church right beside that one!
The boat trip is a real highlight as Kotor is a great place to see from the water. That evening we have a seafood dinner with the group and the next day we move on.
We drive along the coastline en route to Croatia and the views are stunning pretty much the whole way
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