Dubrovnik to Kotor. Black mountain is tomorrow

We both had a great night's sleep and the French guys were quiet for a change.  We were up at 6am and left camp at 7am for the 1 hour climb out of the city.  The photo below was taken after 30 minutes of climbing.  Dubrovnik has been a special place on tour. 

 Today we rode about 50kms before reaching the Montenegro border.  The border control was straight forward and we rode ahead of all the cars and buses waiting to the front of the line to check out of Croatia and sign into Montenegro. 

 The road was very narrow and bumpy once we entered Montenegro.  With a lot of traffic and people wanting to pull out in front of you or cut you off, I was really being tested.  The photo above was taken during our ride today after leaving Herceg Novi.

 The photo above was of one of the many bays we rode past.  We rode through so many today and each was just as spectacular as the other.

 The above photo was taken about 20kms from the town of Kotor, looking out to one of the islands.

 We rolled into Kotor around 2.30pm and after a bit of stuffing around we found a nice guesthouse with a double bed. Peter has elected to sleep on the floor and I've got the double bed.  The photo above is of the wall overlooking the city.

Cetinje (Montenegrin: Cetinje, Цетиње; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [tsětiɲe]) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro (Приjестоница / Prijestonica), with the official residence of the President of Montenegro. It had a population of 13,991 as of 2011.It is the centre of municipality (population 16,757 in 2011). The city nestles on a small karst plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including Mt. Lovćen, the Black Mountain from which Montenegro gets its name. Cetinje is a town of immense historical heritage, founded in the 15th century. It became the center of Montenegrin life and both a cradle of Montenegrin culture and a Serbian Orthodox religious center. It is because of its heritage as a long-term Montenegrin capital that it is today the honorary capital of Montenegro.

 The above photo is of the main church inside the old city.  You can see the walls of the fortress rising high above the city on the mountain.

 The old city advertises wheelchair friendly alleys.  I have to doubt this big time.

We had a good ride today and are looking forward to heading up Black Mountain tomorrow.  We rode 95kms today and tomorrow will be very tough on the old body.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.