Montenegro - Day 39

18-Jun-2007

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Day 39 - Wednesday 8th June 2005

We set off early, 7:20am, for a bus trip to Montenegro.  The weather was abysmal, cold and pouring rain.  Which was a pity, because the scenery in Montenegro is spectacular. First stop was the border for passport checks, which they didn't, then on to a photo shoot of the religious islands and a patrol boat in Lake Kotorski, followed by a visit to the old walled city of Kotor.  It was great weather for ducks, Montenegro uses Euros, we only had Croatian Kuna.  I found and ATM and then paid 20Euro for an umbrella, which I subsequently left on the bus.  We didn't tour the town but stayed in a bar until the tour guide returned.  Next was a drive up the side of a mountain on a switchback road, I think called the 25 serpents because of the 25 switchbacks in it.  Very narrow, any approaching cars had to back up to let the bus through.  The road topped out at 1346 metres then ran through some very picturesque old villages, one of which provided lunch of ham and cheese sandwiches.  The next stop was the old capitol of Montenegro, Cetinje, with a visit to the palace of the king.  Because of the rain, there was no power in the city so only the upper floors of the palace were open for viewing (the windows provided enough light).  The road wound on and the rain continued till we got to Budva, another walled town on the Adriatic, we wandered round that, had some complimentary wine and returned to the bus.  Continuing back to the lake, we took a ferry to the other side and headed for home.  Arrived back at the apartment at about 8:30PM cold and stuffed.  We went next door to our favourite cafe and had the local fish for tea, had a great time conversing some locals and some Italians.

 

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