Hi All,
First, here are three bonus pictures from Santorini that were inadvertently omitted from the last blog:
We arrived the next day in Corfu, Greece — another place we had not visited — hooray!
The first thing we did was climb up the mountainside to view Paleokastrita. The roads were quite narrow and our bus was practically as wide as the roads.
At the top we reached a rest stop with great views and then moved on to a small monastery populated by two nuns.
It was Bryan’s birthday, so Tomi had made reservations for us at Polo Grill, the steakhouse and gourmet restaurant on the ship. We did celebrate — eating his large chocolate cake AND each ordering a dessert…..or, as Mary Jo and John did, the quartet of desserts!!!!!
It was a nice day…..but the next day was even better — we arrived in Kotor, Montenegro. It is a beautiful, beautiful place! As we arrived at 7:00 a.m. we were greeted with this sight:
We had another early departure — 8:00 a.m. — so yet another room service breakfast. But the sightseeing was completely worth it.
More very, very narrow one-lane streets (with 2-way traffic) as we travelled 25 switchbacks up the mountains:
Just a reminder — Susan and Jeff climbed to the top of this when we were here last year. I didn’t see the island then because I wasn’t feeling well and didn’t leave the ship.
King Nikola served as head of state from 1860 to 1918. He and his wife had 12 children-9 girls and 3 boys. Five of his daughters married heads of state throughout Europe. One younger daughter became his most trusted political advisor. Our guide referred to him as the “father-in-law of Europe.” Regrettably, no pictures were allowed inside the museum.
Above is a view of Budva (a neighbor of Kotor) with world class beaches and hotels visited by movie stars and other glitterati (including a new Aman hotel on a nearby small island in a former monastery in which rooms rent for 4,000 Euros a night in season).
The next day was a stop at Dubrovnik. John and I were there last year and I had gone a long time ago with three other women…..so no excursion needed. We slept in, had a large, late breakfast, and simply took a shuttle bus from the port to the walled city.
Sorry, not much in the way of sightseeing pics. Too busy posing!!!
The next day was a sea day, so there may not be much in the way of pictures then either.
That’s all for this blog. And still more to come.
Bye,
Beth
Dearest Beth. I love love love your amazing, interesting and beautiful blog. It’s so wonderful that you and John enjoy traveling so much and have visited some of the loveliest places in the world. It it okay with you if we trade places, just once, so that I get to travel and you stay home 😂😂 I really enjoy looking at all your photos. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with so many of us. Love you lots, my dear friend.
thank you Beth. Its great u take the time to share pictures and comments about your many travels. good looking group!!