Four Seasons in One Day

View of Budva from the city wall
Herceg Novi

‘Here under the azure dome of the sky
Everything blossoms and ripens
In the sunshine.
The poet might say:
“Here one lives for sunshine
Because of sunshine, for sunshine…”
That is why I stayed in this town.’
Zuko Dzumhur

We travelled from Dubrovnik to Herceg Novi in Montenegro. By the time we arrived, it was pouring rain! The town has a beautiful location at the entrance of one of the loveliest bays in the world and is backed by the Orjen Mountains that peak at almost 1900 metres. It’s just that the scenery does not look so good when you are dripping wet.

On we went around the bay…. stunningly beautiful…. depressingly rainy! We travelled past Kotor to Budva where we found a nice apartment and dried ourselves off. Everything we had with us was wet to some degree! Then the sun came out….. we headed down to the old town and the locals headed off to the beach.

The old town is a beautiful sight…..especially in the sun. The city has Greek, Roman and medieval structures. We explored the churches, the archaeological museum, the citadel with its great views, as well as the modern harbour with millions of dollars worth of modern boats.

A very different afternoon from how the day started.