Kotor Montenegro

I felt sorry for Kotor, having gone through all the upheaval of being part of the Soviet Union Yugoslavia turmoil in the 1980’s.  Finally in 2006 Kotor became independent and then a UNESCO site which is bringing more funding and awareness to the area.  In speaking to the locals, the elderly say they lived better under the Soviet rule; the young people know it is hard to establish your own democracy but are determined.  You have to admire the determination of these people.  Of course, tourism is the #1 industry and so they are striving very hard to make it work.

Our bus driver made 25 white knuckle hairpin turns to get us to the ‘perfect’ photographic spot but you just know that the clouds came in quicker than we did and so all we got were white photos.

 Luckily, I took some of the bay during one or two of those turns and so the photo op was thus saved.

At the height of the elevation, at about 4000 ft, we stopped at this very charming stone house to sample the local smoked ham which is very much like prosciutto and cheese in a sandwich and the local beer which was quite good.  We stopped in a lovely little village which houses the museum of King Nicola.  This poor dude was exiled when the people thought he was siding with the Germans during the war.  He did have 9 children; 7 daughters who married various men throughout all of Europe.  King Nicola and his wife lived out their days in Paris (I 🤔).

We ended our day touring the Old City which has 3 gates of entry and boasts 11 churches, mostly Christian Orthodox.
All in all,  an interesting city.  Not sure I have to visit again.

Tomorrow, Split Croatia.