Check out the map on the right. Kotor is located on the lower corner of the inner-most bay on the right. We sailed into Kotor, Montenegro this morning in a thick fog that started when we passed from the central bay to the city. I can only image the careful navigation going on in the Bridge as they eased the ship through a 1000' wide gap between the mountains with zero visibility! As we approached the city the fog started to lift and we ended up with a beautiful day.
This city is absolutely amazing! Our cruise director said "the first time I arrived in Kotor I opened the curtains and thought I was in Narnia"! And that is quite true -- the mountains impressively rise up several thousand feet right from the sea. This is the picture of the city from our balcony, with the old city walls.
Our excursion today took us to the tiny village of Lastva. We took a bus from the pier, but had to change to small vans to get to our destination. The village only has 2 residents now, down from several hundred a few decades ago, as people moved down to the coast where the jobs and schools were. There is a beautiful Roman Catholic church here (built in 1410), and many people make the trip to it frequently to worship. We were then treated to some local foods and entertainment. We enjoyed wine, cheese, prosciutto, olives and bread, while listening to two guitarists play their folk music. We were especially pleased that they included their own version of Country Roads ("Take Me Home ... to Montenegro")
After the village we headed back to Kotor for a tour of the Old City. As with other cities in this area, it has a long history with many ancient buildings and evidence of domination by the Venetians. One thing that surprised us is the number of palm trees in this part of the world. So rather than post a picture of another old building, here is one of our ship docked at Kotor.
This evening we enjoyed watching the ship depart Kotor and navigating the narrow route out to the Adriatic Sea. Due to a storm rolling in from Italy, we left earlier than our scheduled departure time and are experiencing very rough weather so that we cannot go onto our balcony at all this evening. The captain said we should outrun this storm by morning and have a fairly calm sea day tomorrow as we head towards Santorini.
3 comments:
WOW! Gorgeous! My uncle is from Serbia so you were in his 'neck of the woods'...as us hillbillies say. Bet Mary enjoyed the song...too funny! Hope the storm lets up soon! Looks like you are at sea for a good while as you head to Santorini. The storm here in the US continues after the election of Trump...so sad! But we're all fine here and getting our party hats ready for tomorrow when the business traveler will finally be home! ~Sylvia
Loved the photos Bill , Can you remember the fog in Sydney the day you arrived ? . What a beautiful church and pretty Far Out you got treated to a JD song .
Nice that JD is everywhere :-)
Enjoy your holiday . Pat
Croatia and Montenegro look beautiful. Sounds like there is a lot of history there! Great pictures too. How cool to hear Country Roads!! Keep on having fun and enjoy that mini- suite! Hope there was no motion sickness with those rough seas! Gail
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