Where the heck are we now?: Budva Montenegro

Budva Montenegro

We left the monastery this morning on a small bus that took us back down the mountain and dropped us off on the side of the highway to flag down the next bus going our way. Where we stopped there were two police officers using the mobile radar. They were quite adamant that we not take their picture so here are all of us on the side of the road!

Here we are police officers as well

We headed south again through the mountains to the coastal town of Budva which is located on the Adriatic Sea. We are now across from southern Italy. We are spending two days here in the sun and enjoying the ocean view and the seafood.

Budva as we came over the mountains

Budva has a population of 11,000 and is believed to be 2,500 years old which makes it one of the oldest settlements in this area. It is a cute little town showing signs of prosperity as the Russian elite have discovered the place, building huge homes and storing their yachts here. I saw lots of fancy women with lots of fancy plastic surgery!

Yacht anyone???

This was a great place to relax by the ocean so we did just that, no hiking or strenuous activity for this place. We ate well, lots of seafood and again drank the local beer and wine.

A great place for a lunch

We were lucky enough to get a small boat to take us for a two hour ride on the bay during which we had a good view of the town and coastline. The rock formations here are quite beautiful and in the small boat ( no life jackets) we were able to get quite close to some caves as well.

One of the views as we went in around the rocks

Budva from the sea,it is well protected with the high mountains behind

The water is a green blue color

We also had nice accommodation but again no internet. It was located in a quiet neighbourhood not far from the beach with great views up the mountain. We also had a terrace with a clothesline so it was laundry day which dried quite nicely as we had two hot days and warm evenings. Don even used the ironing board in the hallway to iron his pants.

View from our terrace

Since this is so far south there were great flowers, trees and fruits growing everywhere. Just outside our window there were lemons and kiwis, not quite what we see at home.

We ate our meals on tables by the ocean that were easy to get as the peak season is over and the town is much quieter. We can imagine what it must be like in the peak of summer with all the boats in the bay and all the bars and restaurants full as it seemed like a great resort area. There were a few people on the beach and in the water, but we didn’t go in. Don is just getting over a two week long cold and I am getting it so we passed on the swimming this time.