Kotor - 12th October

Today in lieu of our boat trip on the bay, which apparently nobody would want to do at this time of year, we decide to walk along the shore of the bay.  We walk about 4km along the shore opposite to Kotor where we are able to look back on the town.  It is a quite beautiful view, although it would have been better had there not been a big cruise ship and a Russia destroyer docked in the port and obscuring our view.


After a while we got to the village of Prcanj and a tiny little beach.  Beside the beach was the Hotel Splendido, but it had closed two days earlier, and wouldn’t reopen until next May.  But it became apparent why, at this time of year the sun sets behind the mountain early, at about 2pm.  However it was hot enough and we were prepared enough to be able to lie on the beach until then.

We then walked back to Kotor, we then decided to get the bus to Perast, another little bay side village about 18k away.  When we get to the waterfront, there is a taxi boat which will take us out to a little island in the bay with a church on it.  So we finally get out boat trip on the bay, even if it is only for 10 minutes each way.  The church itself is very pretty, and the crowds of tourists were just departing as we got there so we had the place to ourselves.  The rest of Perast was the standard mix of churches and Venetian palaces (although calling them palaces in this part of the world might be too strong a word, they are not Versailles or Buckingham palace).

In the evening we again had a take away meal and sat on our apartment balcony eating it, drinking some wine, using the free Wi-Fi from the hotel across the street, watching the lights light up the walls, and listening to the sounds of the old town.  The only differences between the two nights is that while last night we ate pizza and listened to a Montenegro football match, this time it was burek and some very bad dance music.