We arrive in Herceg Novi from Dubrovnik by bus. The Airbnb apartment is in Meljine a few km away...so we grab a cab.
Herceg Novi is at the entrance to the huge and popular Bay of Kotor. Dating back to Roman times, it is one of the youngest settlements on the Adriatic coast and was known as Castelnuovo (New Castle) between 1482 and 1797.
Oh, dear...the old guy (cabbie) behind the wheel seems both intoxicated and in withdrawal at the same time...hands so shaky they can barely grasp the wheel. Of course, he can't find our place so I activate gross roaming charges to call our landlady so she can talk him to it. He went up one alley and it was too tight for him to figure out. Paul was out directing him but he seemed to be running his own not well-functioning senses.
This apartment is a short walk to a beach...we only walk around.
It is so crowded people are on top of each other.
We enjoy dinner on our balcony every evening with a view of the sea.
There is a 3 km promenade (called Setaliste Pet Danica) along the sea from Meljine into Herceg Novi that we like to do. Lots of places to stop. We could go another 4 km along the promenade to Igalo, but its too darn hot
Random photos along the promenade:
At the end is Stari Grad (Old Town).
This clock tower was built by the Austrians in the 19th century.
Archangel Michael's Church in Bellavista Square:
I fail to mention that the alternate name for Herceg Novi is the City of Steps. All is up from the sea. You stand there and look at this flight of stairs that goes forever and think, "I can do this". Then you get to the top and there's a little plaza ... and more stairs just like the first ... and this happens 3 or 4 times before you actually get up to Herceg. Supposedly there are 100,000 steps in this town.
A camera simply can't capture the magnitude of the stairs.
Of course, there is a market. We buy some items. This is the first time we see anchovies for sale:
One day on the promenade we are attracted by cheers and whistles. There is some kind of water polo going on. Italy is the home team for this round and seems to be winning handily:
Also along the promenade is the most incredible seashell shop I have ever seen. Leda, I thought of you, but no room to backpack anything more:
I think this is coral within a shell:
For perspective, a year-old infant could easily sleep in this if it was open:
Nothing remarkable about our stay here, but enjoyable none the less.
Next, a bus ride an hour down the road to Kotor ... at the end of the Bay of Kotor
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