Belgrade and Montenegro 2023

Stopped by the bakery again for breakfast (fresh burek) and to get ANOTHER withdraw from the ATM for our car tour today. Checking out of the Airbnb was easy/fast and our host was very flexible.  We originally thought we would have to check out late, but then reverted to checkout at 9:30. We met our driver, Pavle, on the port side of the street, where we had planned.  He was ready/waiting for us. It was about a 30 minute drive to our first stop, Porto Novi.  This is a new Montenegrin City, no more then 5-6 years old.  It's very high end, basically, a City built specially around a port for wealthy yacht owners. A bit soulless, perhaps. Hardly any one here. This poor little rich kid has no friends to play with. We had coffee/Coke at a cafe, Then after a bit of wandering, rejoined our driver for the next stop, Hercig Novi, another 15 minutes away. Or driver said Hercig Novi is very friendly to Serbs, so

Leftover burek for breakfast today. When Paul got up, we walked over to the grocery store just outside of Old Town to get some items. After breakfast, we went to the Maritime museum right here in Old Town, just 5 minutes from the Airbnb.  I suppose if you were a sailor, it would be endlessly fascinating, but for a non-sailor, it was simply... endless. Three floors with 500 years of Montenegrin ships, captains, instruments, weapons, etc. We spent about 2 hours, and 6 euros each, browsing through the museum.  When we came out, a cruise ship had pulled up to Old Town and it was quite crowded. So we walked out of Old Town and through the port, following the promenade.  We stopped for lunch while walking to our destination, the aquarium. While we lunched, we watched the activity out on the bay and opined on the operations of a tourist submarine boat, that was on its way somewhere. The aquarium (8

Up early and I headed out to get euros from an ATM ($5 service charge). Then burek and croissants from a nearby baker, who I think is a dead ringer for Stephen Root in the movie "Office Space" (picture at bottom). After breakfast, we went for a waking tour with our Montenegro guide, Petra.  She could have been Yelena's long lost sister. Petra shared a wealth of knowledge about Kotor, back to the 2nd and 3rd century BC.  Of course, now I can't remember any of this info, other then there were Illerians, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, Austro-Hungarians, Germans, all conquering and influencing, perhaps not in that exact order.  She shared lots of info on churches and buildings and clock towers. Religion is a major Montenegrin theme, but also, so is religious tolerance.  Montenegrins are very proud of coming together at times of trouble, regardless of religious inclination (Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim, etc). I