Wow- it just gets better! Up at the crack of dawn for the cruise down the magnificent fjord to dock at Kotor. Beautiful calm blue water, huge hills with little clusters of houses around the waters edge and then the Bay of Kotor! Magic. A highlight on the way into dock was the 2 little islands just inside the bay- “St George” & “Lady of the Rock”. We breakfasted on our balcony through the cruise in and were ready for our all day trip into Montenegro! The trip on a medium size bus up the narrow ‘serpentine road’ with its 25 hairpin bends to get to the top was entertaining – as we met numerous cars and a convoy of 4WDs coming in the other direction. The view from the top was magnificent – looking down on the ship, landscape and fjord very impressive. The country is rich in history and landscape and we saw some of this in the little villages, UNESCO protected walled city, stunning beaches and mountains. Highest peak is 1,700m. Second highest at 1,600m has a mausoleum on top! Built in 19th century! Quite a hike on horseback! Lunched at a local restaurant with typical country food – very good! Again another very hot day in 30’s somewhere (we hear there is snow/sleet in Hamilton!) – it can get up to 42 degrees here in summer and winters are long and cold with plenty of snow! Montenegro is only 13,800 sq km in size, proudly independent after a long fight and very beautiful. They hope to join the EU in 2013.
Needless to say we are very well looked after on board – general pattern is cruising to next destination overnight then either day excursions from port or lounging about on ship!
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