With sunshine gone and clouds moving in, we boarded our private bus today, passports in hand, and headed "next door" to Montenegro (Black Mountain), one of our Balkan neighbors to the east. We consentrated on the beautiful coastline along the Bay of Kator. Rated one of the world's 25 most beautiful bays, it has the similar feel of a fjord, long and narrow and flanked by mountains. A small boat took us first to a man-made island near Perast where the stone church, Our Lady of the Rocks, perches atop the wreckage of ancient ships and limestone. Later, after our local tour guide took us on a 40 mnute boat ride to the end of the Bay, we discovered Kotor, a well preserved walled 16th century town, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Time to lunch, al fresco, and wonder the narrow streets and old churches and shops before a downpour thunderstorm moved in on us just as we were leaving!
Learning and Discovery: (OAT integrates experiences to stimulate our curiosity!) Back in a tiny outskirt village near Dubrovnik we stopped to visit an artist who is reintroducing the old "art" of growing silkworms to completion for spinning silk, teaching a new generation of girls this skill from earlier times. (See the picture of us feeding the silkworms mulberry leaves.)
Home for a delicious dinner of mussels at a local restaurant.
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