A boat trip from Perast on a stunning day, we landed at this place for a look at an ancient Church, where a chap in dark glasses and regular features bade us “Bonjour”. First time I’ve ever been mistaken for a Frenchman. We spoke some French to him and he was friendly and informative telling us that Montenegro owes much to this chap above. His statue here just placed outside the church. We asked what he did and he told us that he’d been in the Montenegran Secret Service. So you go on holiday and bump into a spy! In this … Continue reading Spies are everwhere!

Our walk on this day involved driving up and up until we reached a starting spot for the walk. Our aim was to get to the Summit and see the Mausoleum. There was the added incentive of a Restaurant on the top, where we were to have a ‘spot of luncheon’ as we say. The area had suffered forest fires recently giving an unusual aspect to the landscape with blackened tree stumps and the undergrowth regenerating on the ground. “VB” Tony was, as usual in the lead with our leaders: Misa and Stefan. I was normally at the back of the … Continue reading We’ll be popping up the hill!