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Published: August 21st 2009
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Kotor and Dubrovnik day 12-13 (July 9- July 10)
This time we had a private bus and travelled in style, complete with red and blue disco lights that came on through the tunnels. It was only a 45 minute journey to Kotor and I wondered why we didn’t just do it as a day trip, but on arrival I was glad we were to stay in this town.
Kotor is set on the edge of a fjord with spectacular blue-green water. Our accommodation was the best we had stayed in and we scored a balcony that looked toward the mountains as well as the fjord. The walk into town was lovely, with restaurants along the edge and a small harbour with some truly luxury yachts and cruise boats. There was also a cruise ship docked so you could tell that the water was pretty deep.
We went straight into the old town area, to find the pathway up to the fortress. There was around 1300 steps along the walled area to the top, which was reminiscent of the Great Wall in China but on a smaller scale. I opted to go straight away rather than later in the
day to miss the worst of the heat. I was glad I did as there was still some shade. The climb was challenging but worth it for the vies of the fjord and Kotor township. The return journey was not too bad for downhill, as the steps were not too deep.
After lunch it was siesta time, before some of us headed out to a seafood restaurant for dinner. Here we were able to view the lights come on the wall and fortress as well as look out over the harbour area. It is so hard to describe how nice this little somewhat sleepy town is, certainly was a highlight of this trip.
About an hour and a half by private bus to Dubrovnik, winding along the side of the fjord for the first twenty minutes or so was breathtaking. We were staying in private rooms in Dubrovnik in different houses. Our rooms were up 151 steps not counting the stairs to the room itself. I think though that the previous days in Budva and the 1300 steps at Kotor had made me used to it and it didn’t seem too bad at all.
Dubrovnik has a
walled old town, and we had arrived on the day of the start of their festival for the opening of the high season, so it was packed with us tourists. There was to be a cliff diving competition the following day, and we saw some of the practice jumps.
We had lunch at a restaurant where a waiter come had lived in Australia for 30 years and we didn’t realise it until after we sat down that we were surrounded by Australiana including adds for beers that they didn’t sell! Or not yet. Apparently he knew quite a few Aussie rules people (the great Jesalenko included) even though he was a soccer player himself. My fellow travellers wished I didn’t show too much interest but when it comes to football I can’t help myself.Eventually he left us alone to enjoy our meals.
We agreed to meet again to walk the wall at a cooler time, or so we thought. The wall did have great views of the area, and came complete with ice-cream shops along the way. It took over an hour to walk around, so you can tell how substantial the wall is. We then met for
our farewell dinner (yum black risotto made with squid ink!).
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tezzakezza
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STUNNING!!! Wow, these are so on my wish list of where to go when we travel again. Beautiful. Sad to think of the bad publicity recently in relation to a certain Aussie traveler, when it seems such a lovely place to visit. Sooooo glad to see you in a photo too Sharyn....Yay!! :-) Keri xx