A Day Exploring Kotor, Montenegro
Another country to cross off of my list is Montenegro. One of the stops on our cruise was in Kotor, a smaller city at the end of a gorgeous sail through the fjords of Montenegro. Let me tell you, if you are arriving earlier in the morning, have breakfast delivered, and enjoy it on your balcony if you can. It was an amazing view! Foggy mountain tops, beautiful greenery, and lovely scenes all around.
Kotor had a small town, and a pathway along the water where there was a swimming area, pool for practicing water polo, a shopping center and…a mall! I was excited to see some things other than old fortresses, but we still started the day with the town.
Even though some of the cities had the same general things, each one was still so different. Kotor seemed to be more gothic and eclectic, which was neat to see after other places had so much old history in different ways. The town had beautiful stone streets, small alleyways climbing the mountain, clothing drying from the rooftops, and walls surrounding the city. There were also kittens everywhere, I would have done anything to sneak one back onto the ship with us!
After we wandered the streets and main area of the town, we walked outside of the walls to see everything else we could within a few hours. We watched water polo for a little while, walked through the streets of a residential area along the water, and then went shopping! The mall only had about 20 stores, but it was the perfect place for cheap drinks and something to eat. We also needed some things from the grocery store…can you believe we only spent 1 euro on a 6 pack of batteries?!
Even though it was a bit different than we other cities we visited, it was so incredibly unique! I loved everything we were able to do, without paying for a tour or needing to travel elsewhere. I would love to see more of Montenegro one day!
