Kotor
I love Kotor!!!
Kotor is at the inlet of one of Montenegro's beautiful fjords. The walls of the old fortress wind their way up the mountain from the old city; I climbed up just before sunset. Unfortunately it was a bit overcast out, or the view would have been spectacular.
The old city of Kotor is a fun little maze with lots of cafes and bars and shops with expensive skanky clothes. There is also a maritime museum with models of ships, paintings of ship battles with titles like "Prince So-and-so defeats the pirates!" and (my favorite) old maps. They also had traditional Montenegrin costumes and an extensive collection of old Montenegrin firearms. One of the docents had also done restoration on most of the paintings, and proudly showed me the difference between the unrestored ones and the ones she'd brought back to life.
Kotor is at the inlet of one of Montenegro's beautiful fjords. The walls of the old fortress wind their way up the mountain from the old city; I climbed up just before sunset. Unfortunately it was a bit overcast out, or the view would have been spectacular.
The old city of Kotor is a fun little maze with lots of cafes and bars and shops with expensive skanky clothes. There is also a maritime museum with models of ships, paintings of ship battles with titles like "Prince So-and-so defeats the pirates!" and (my favorite) old maps. They also had traditional Montenegrin costumes and an extensive collection of old Montenegrin firearms. One of the docents had also done restoration on most of the paintings, and proudly showed me the difference between the unrestored ones and the ones she'd brought back to life.
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