Today
was a short stop in that we arrived at 7:00an this morning and
departed at 11:30. Part of the appeal of the port was the very
picturesque five bays we had to navigate to get into and out of
Kotor.
The
old town was probably one of the best we have seen, very narrow
pedestrian only streets with the backdrop of a steeply rising
mountain behind it.
A particular attraction is the wall around the town which not only encloses the town but goes well up the mountain behind the town. We paid our three euros to go a little way up. We went as far as the church you can see in the picture. There was no chance we were going all the way even we had time.
As
we left Kotor, we passed a navy base which had several cave like
structures apparently used for hiding submarines in times gone by.
We
are now heading for Venice where we spend the next few days. We are
on a 24 day cruise but it is actually two 12 day cruises, Venice
being the changeover point. Apparently there is a major festival in
Venice tomorrow so we might lie low. Hopefully they don't have a Nice
event in Venice.
There is nothing like a Mediterranean cruise to teach one some geography about Eastern Europe.
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