Written by Roger Crowley

We spent today in the tiny little country of Montenegro, steaming into the gulf of Kotor, an amazing Mediterranean fjord. We took on a pilot at dawn to guide us through the intricately twisted channel backed by spectacular limestone peaks, up to the perfect little medieval port of Kotor. Like being in a little part of old Venice – without the canals! Massively fortified walls, red roofs, old churches, Italian-style palaces, archways, narrow passages, a castle on the hill – to which some of us hiked for a stunning view over the whole scene. The ship looked tiny from up there. Now we’re steaming north along the Dalmatian coast – next stop Dubrovnik.