KOTOR MONTENEGRO
We were supposed to go to Istanbul Turkey and Kusadasi Turkey, but because of the terrorist attacks, Princess takes these ports out and puts in Kotor Montenegro and Corfu Greece. I'm not going to lie to you, we heard so many great things about Istanbul that we were disappointed we couldn't go, but also respect their decision as they probably know a lot more than we know about what is going on, and I'd probably be a little worried anyways if I got off. I will have to plan that for another time and another cruise. I'm the researcher, so didn't really get much of a chance to investigate what we were going to do in these alternate ports. Things you can do are are tours around the island, climb the stairs up the mountain for unbelievable views, and there is a little church about half way up you can visit.
Climb to San Giovanni Fortress.
If you only have time to do on thing in Kotor, make it this: climbing to San Giovanni Fortress offers absolutely spectacular views of both the city and the Bay of Kotor, and the fortress itself is tons of fun as well!
No one wants to climb the stairs today so we decided to just go into the little town, not knowing what to expect and just explore. We had to be tendered in, and there were a line of taxi drivers holding pictures of tours around the island, and I did hear them say 50 euros.
There is a wall around the city and a labyrinth around the shops, which I heard that in the old days it was to keep the enemy confused if they came in they wouldn't know how to get out.
It is confusing to walk around, and you may get lost, so trying to back track is very hard. Just look for landmarks along the way so you can get back, or just ask the locals. We try to find a local place to sit down, get a drink and get some wifi as we just had a sea day, and need to check in with our son to see how he is doing and make sure all is good. Usually we instant message through FB and since he is sleeping, it is messages back and forth. Rarely is it live, but if I'm late in the afternoon/evening and he woke up early, we will get each other live. Kotor is a medieval, gothic, quaint, cat populated little town. The prices are good on souvenirs and drinks etc. Lots of cat oriented items and t-shirts, even a cat museum (which we did not go to but heard about) which is really a donation for the homeless cats. The nationality of the locals is Montenegrin and possibly Serbian and some Croatian. And I'm not sure of the language that was posted everywhere but it is either Montenegrin or Serbian.
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| Drinks and Wifi in a local corner pub. |
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| St. Tryphon Cathedral |
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| St. Lukes Church |
But definitely more serious when conversing. After meandering around for a couple hours and shopping etc. we stop into a cute little pub for beer, drinks and WiFi. Beautiful paved stones and narrow alley ways, this is a picturesque town, and you can't go wrong with any photo you take. We tender back to the ship, and am hoping that I have enough room in my suitcases to go back home. I've learned to roll my clothes, stick socks in my shoes, and roll up summer tops in my hat. I secretly packed very little about 1/2 way full knowing I could do laundry once a week on the ship.
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| Church of Our Lady of Health |
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| Fortress walls around the city. |
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| Cunard docked in Kotor. |
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| St. Clara's |
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But definitely more serious when conversing. After meandering around for a couple hours and shopping etc. we stop into a cute little pub for beer, drinks and WiFi. Beautiful paved stones and narrow alley ways, this is a picturesque town, and you can't go wrong with any photo you take. We tender back to the ship, and am hoping that I have enough room in my suitcases to go back home. I've learned to roll my clothes, stick socks in my shoes, and roll up summer tops in my hat. I secretly packed very little about 1/2 way full knowing I could do laundry once a week on the ship.
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