Cetinje, Serbia and Montenegro

Hallo zusammen, Podgorica ist die Hauptstadt und Cetinje ist heute die Residenzstadt (des Praesidenten). Cetinje war lange Zeit die Hauptstadt von Montenegro, ist heute eine verschlafene Kleinstadt, die fuer ein paar Stunden erwacht wenn die ...

... We climbed the 461 steps (I did with difficulty after yesterday's mountain ride). And visited the mausoleum of Njegos, the previous Montenegro ruler. Supposedly view were spectacular, stretching across the Adriatic coast to Italy.  ...

... you could fill a whole day if you wanted. But all in all, it was a nice break from the sea and a great look into Montenegro's former "glory days." It will be interesting to see if they some day reinstate the old embassies. There are apparently rumors ...

... ) we woke to grey skies, but this didn't concern us too much, and we got an early bus soon after breakfast for Cetinje, Montenegro's former capital in the mountains. The journey took us back through Budva, the resort town we'd passed on our way to Kotor ...