Day 40 Kotor

Apparently Kotor was largely off the tourist hub until it was featured as a place of the year a few years ago. This morning we were out and about before the passengers arrived from the new cruise ship that had arrived into port over night. We went to the bakery to try and get some coffee and breakfast but were met with a lack of interest once again. 

We went to the bus stop with the idea of catching the first bus that was leaving in either coastal direction (north or south) and the first choice was to Herceg Novi so we hopped on. It was a lovely coastal trip for an hour passing small islands in the middle of the bay, they seemed to be in pairs, The one with more height and trees would be a church and the flatter more barren island would have a mosque. How did they make the decision on which religion would have which island?

The bus dropped us off at the top of a hill in Herceg Novi and we followed the cobbled path down past the obligatory fortress and stone wall to the promenade. The beaches were narrow strips of pebbles and as we walked along we heard another tourist incredulously question a cafe waiter, no food?! We smiled as we knew how he felt, how can it be that place after place that look like they are cafes and restaurants only serve drinks, do locals not eat, or is that they don't eat out?

There was one restaurant with a menu that we would consider more for dinner than lunch and then we did find the one and only cafe on the stretch that sold food. Herceg Novi was so quiet, there was barely a tourist around, maybe the harbour isn't deep enough for the cruise ships.

By the time arrived back into Kotor at 5pm the crowds were thinning for the evening and we did some grocery shopping for a home cooked meal, our first real cooked meal, excluding noodles (I don't think they count).