TRAVELOGUE It was a wonderful trip on a little ship.

Three happy travelers boarded the Seabourn Spirit in Venice.
All divine, but just how much Caviar can you eat night and day?

The answer: quite a lot.

Come with us and see.

Since Venice famously once ruled this part of the world, there is
a sense of its extravagance throughout these countries that
were all once part of its principality.
And that emblematic and exotic winged Venetian lion is everywhere..

here on the old city walls of KOTUR -
the first port of call. Having hardly ever heard of
Montenegro (it has only been inexistence since 2004), who
expected to see the breathtaking sight of the southernmost
fjord in the world – and all that implies: cliffs of granite covered
in the shapeliest and greenest trees

on a slightly misty blue sky morning  - just unbelievably beautiful.

The little ship – more like a big yacht – had the advantage
of being able to pull right into the midst of the old harbor – as
if you were stepping off at Main Street and Newtown Lane –
only not so much traffic.

Having never given much thought to this Montenegran city of
fortresses and monasteries on their own little islands,

It was heaven to spend a day in a place that has not been
touched by tourism,

 and so far, the only sign of change is that we hear there is now
an Aman resort on one of the little monastic islands – but that
sounds like change for the very best to me.

 and so far, the only sign of change is that we hear there is now
an Aman resort on one of the little monastic islands – but that
sounds like change for the very best to me.