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Google photos has a feature that helps remind you of past memories you’ve happened to take pictures of, and today’s reminder of travels past is that 3 years ago today, Larry & I took our excursion into Kotor in Montenegro. It was an initially dreary and rainy day, but the clouds parted and the scenery was unveiled as just amazing….

Med Cruise II: Surprising Kotor

And holy shit, I just saw that WordPress will automatically make some nice little clickable box for you if you link a separate wordpress page into it. Awesome.

It just makes me excited to think about our upcoming trip in September to Paris & London!

I also thought I’d show some other pictures from this month that are random and may not exactly fit into anything except being some of our wedding gifts:

Pretty great stuff there – that wood carving blows my mind how intricate it is. Guess Dad is still feeling good at the ol’ saw.

Surprise! Okay, maybe there wasn’t truly a moment where either Larry or I jumped out and surprised Kotor. But this city in Montenegro was quite a beautiful surprise and I won’t be surprised to see its popularity grow due to its natural beauty.

May 26, 2012 – Kotor, Montenegro

On Day 11, it was our last port of call, Kotor in Montenegro. And of course, the forecast was for 90% rain. And sure enough, the forecast didn’t disappoint. I think we were close to saying screw it, but we decided that since we hadn’t ever been there before, let’s just do that. But it still was nightmarish, as we got out there and once on the bus, the thunder and lightning flared up followed shortly by hail. Ugh. The tour was “Baroque Delicacies” and part of it involved taking a quick boat trip to this tiny island in the fjord area where a church was. The entire ride there was drenched in rain. But once we got to the island, the rain actually stopped. Yet again, the rain stopped when it needed to. After that point, we didn’t get anymore rain in Montenegro, and it was awesome. Ridiculously gorgeous too. Got to see that island, the town of Perast, and finally a walking tour of the old city of Kotor. Ridiculous scenery, and lots of hotness too. Very nice. It was a nice way to end our touristic section of the cruise, as after that, it’s just two days at sea then we are back in Barcelona.

That evening, we had made plans to have dinner with Dave in the Silhouette Dining Room. Turns out he hasn’t eaten there yet as he’s by himself so he just ate at the dining hall. No gracias. We had a good time talking with him and we all went to the show afterwards, which was a wonderful female singer who is engaged to the magician from the night before. After that was some time in the casino, where finally someone was able to throw the dice for a long time, and I made some money. Lost it all though once that guy sevened out and no one else could throw worth a damn. Saw Harriet & Doug again too and I just love them so much. Such nice people. Then the three of us went to the Sky Bar for 70s night, and in the course of the evening there, I confirmed with Dave that he’s on our team. It’s nice to know that and makes the conversations a lot more specific. Plus, everyone was wanting to know. Trust me.

Arrival in Montenegro

Our approach to Kotor

Beautiful Montenegro environs

Rounding the corner to see a tiny little island

A little island that has a church on it

Just doing its thing

It’s kind of awesome

Cloudy, but gorgeous

Like Norway, this area is all fjord

Getting close to our dock in Kotor

Baroque Delicacies Excursion: Perast and the Islands

And of course, we get on land and the rain heavens open up

OF COURSE

Larry’s hoping my meltdown is peaceful

The wooded island from the shore

This island is called Our Lady of the Rocks

The wooded isle is called the Island of St George

Dreary and rainy

The town of Perast is where we left from

After a rainy boat ride, we arrrived on the island

And the weather seemed to clear

Up close to the Church of Our Lady of the Rocks

A miracle – blue skies and sunny!

As the weather cleared, dramatic scenery overwhelmed us

Look at that

Larry’s relieved my meltdown was avoided

I think I was skeptical and figured the rain would come back

Inside the church with our tourguide

A lot of baroque art

Quite ornate, and also quite small

Models of the two isles

The views kept getting more beautiful

Incredible

Happy to wear our shades

Looking out towards the mainland

Residual wetness from the hellacious rain

Perast

St George island in the background

Our boatride back to Perast

A useful map of the area

In Perast

Just random hot guy leaning against a church

The Perast coastline

Walking to our coffee break

Caffe Armonia was our brief food break

Quite a setting for an outdoor restaurant

On the drive back to Kotor

There’s our ship moored out in the bay

Baroque Delicacies Excursion: Old City of Kotor

Ancient Venetian fortifications

Walking to the medieval old town of Kotor

You could hike up the mountain

The entrance to old town

The Kotor Cathedral – with uneven towers

Kotor Cathedral dates back to 1166

Medieval pathways through the town

Serbian Orthodox church of St Nicolas

Yay Niksicko!

This was our beer break

Gotta take a pic of the sign

Waiting for a tender to take us back to Equinox

Look at that view – gorgeous

Dramatic Departure from Montenegro

Back on the ship

Enjoying the view as we departed

Enjoying an early evening drink at the bar

Old town Kotor from the ship

Heading out

Like out of Lord of the Rings

And now for some God Rays

Perast

View of our isles

That sailboat looks bigger than the islands

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3 Years Ago….Gorgeous Montenegro