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Friday 9th May 2014.

Start off the day with a quick trip to the town for breakfast at an alfresco cafe in the main square and subsequently find The Blue Palace which had proved so elusive on our stroll around the town the previous evening. For history buffs this was built during the 1890’s and served as a model for other royal palaces around the country. The heir to the ruling house of Montenegro, Prince Nikola Petrovic Njegos regularly visits Cetinje and he lives in part of the palace when visiting.

On the way back to our flat we are accosted at the bus station by the same driver who took us to our accommodation the previous day. He is very keen to either take us on a panoramic tour of the mountains near Kotor or just take us to Budva, half-way between Cetinje and Kotor, our next overnight stop.

We left him with a promise to contact him we needed his assistance. However, on returning to the flat Branka, the owner, tells us that his neighbour across the road, Milos is a taxi driver and will take us to Kotor via Budva ( where we can have a 2 hour stop ). We take out the offer with some alacrity.

The drive takes us through some superb scenery as we reach a vantage point above Budva Milos stops so that we can take one of the most awesome sights as we look down to the bay far below us and the tourist town of Budva.

We duly get our 2 hour break at Budva , during which we stroll down to a busy and very pebbly beach and make a tour of the interesting old town.

More great scenery between Budva and Kotor and the setting of the latter on the shores of a splendid fjord and under the imposing peak of Mount Lovcen ( 1749 metres ) is really breathtaking. Arrive at the two bedroom apartment owned by the Bogdanovic family and toss a coin to select the bedrooms. Maureen and John win the toss and are rewarded by the view towards the fjord. We are in what Gail describes as The Kiddies Room. Nevertheless it a lovely apartment and the owners could not be more helpful. We decide that it is time to take a bit of a breather so we book the flat for two nights instead of one.

J and I walk down to the magnificent Old Town to check things out and find a likely looking fish restaurant Cesarica which had been suggested to us by Mrs Bogdanovic.

Return to collect the ladies and head off back to town for dinner. Little time after a fine meal to tour the town so returned to the flat to plan following day in Kotor.

Cheers

The Obese Ferret