Tuesday, 8am -We awoke in our Budva Hostel (Montenegro) to cold, wind and rain. I got up, and pulled some clothes on, with a mind to see if we had couches in Pristina, Skopje, or Tirana. As luck would have it, the power was out. We had endured the miserable weather a day earlier and did not have a mind to do it again. We had gone to the top of Lovcen National Park, but couldn't see a thing, and had to head back down.
The weather had been so bad, that we had been forced to buy umbrellas, something I swore I would never do. "I will eat pizza with a fork and knife," I had spouted to Morgan back in Innsbruck, "but I will never use an umbrella." Well, this video might give you an idea of why it was necessary. Sorry, but you'll have to turn your head sideways:
9am - Morgan emerged from cocoon to come down and have breakfast with me, and fortunately, the skies cleared. We packed our bags and prepared to move out. Leaving the big packs at the hostel, we took on a day trip to Kotor, a walled city in the crevice of a mountain by the bay.
12am - Let me just say that Kotor is quite possibly the most beautiful place I have ever been. It was windy as heck, but we climbed the ancient fortifications to the fortress above town. No gift shop, no cafe, no audio guide, no funicular shuttling up tourists who are incapable of climbing up themselves. The fortress and walls were in a state unchanged except by time itself. This was the way historical monuments should be.
I strongly recommend clicking on the picture above to go to our flickr site, and taking 5 minutes to look at the photos from this place. It was amazing.
6 comments:
We have so loved your posts....
We have a request.....
Take a picture of the two of you and Flat Stanley next to a red door of your choosing, sometime this upcoming week.
If you choose to accept this mission, we will vote amongst ourselves for a more important mission for you.
--- Mullenix Clan of CO
Yay! A video of Mo! It's like you guys didn't even up and leave for the other side of the world.
PS...if you wanted pouring rain and blustery days, you could have just stayed here, you know...
I was going to say the same thing as Bec. It's fun to see a moving picture of you!
Can't wait to hear more about this week, A
Does anybody know who this StAR Manager person is? I am tempted to banish them from our blog. It couldn't be Alex, because she is already both "WWU" and "Alex Allyne".
Carl Thomas Lingbloom.
Do you want regular posts on your blog, or do you just want to be getting flak from Becky all the time?
Kotor is a nice place to visit. I loved the most is Mediterranean port and ancient fortification Kotor. Your blog is very good.
Kotor to Prague
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