Friday, November 1, 2013

Day Trip to Montenegro II


The drive was beautiful along the bay of Kotor on one side and mountain range on the other.  Some photos of the drive and the first city we visited which was Kotor.

The small island has one high end hotel/villa




Day Trip Montenegro I

The drive that is what I should called this post.  I hopped on a day tour of Montenegro driving down the Balkan coast to the cities of Kotor and Budva.  If you take this tour, I suggest you sit on the right side to view the stunning Adriatic Coast and coming into the Bay of Kotor.

You will have mountains on your left and glorious blue vistas combined with mouuntains (in the bay) on your right.

Our first stop was the smaller, walled city version of Dubrovnik called Kotor.  Kotor like Dubrovnik gets loads of day traffic tourist visiting and exploring its twisting, back street. Cafe abound with tourist memorabilia shops.  We had about an hour free time so I make my walk through the town visiting a local cafe and relaxing while watching the parade of people.

The last city we visited was Budva. I found Budva more accessible and less with day tourist. In fact, most of its streets were empty. I did find this amazing English pub called the Prince where I stopped to eat something and enjoy the back alley place.  There is also a wonderful fortress wall I climbed to get some great photos.

It was a full day as we got back about 7 pm. I thought to retire for a few hours before going back out.


in front of some Palace or another

I loved the stairway leading to this small townhouse on a back alley street...

The Awesome City of Dubrovnik IV

 


A Great Bar and Cannon Balls.....


The Awesome City of Dubrovnik III

 School House for Sarah



 Romantic Dubrovnik
 and again

The Awesome City of Dubrovnik II

The apartment where I stayed....

 View from the Walk along the City walls





The Awesome City of Dubrovnik

Cafe streets.....
Where I sat out would have lunch or in the evening an Ice cream and enjoy the harbor view


The entrance to Dubrovnik...how romantic
The walk along the walls of the old city fortifications....

Evenings in Dubrovnik...

The evenings are what are magical in this city. Many people leave and lamps light up the darken alleyways. A loads of kitties roam the city.  I loved going down to the waterfront listening to the music playing and sitting on the stone wall eating gelato cone. Romantic does not begin to describe the experience but maybe these photos will help.