Kotor, Montenegro
Ship: Silversea Cruises’ Silver Ray
Itinerary: 11-Night Venice to Athens
This morning, Silver Ray is docked in Kotor, Montenegro. Should you visit Kotor by cruise ship, you would be wise to be on deck during the sail into the Bay of Kotor through the beautiful fjords. This is one of the most scenic locations in the Adriatic Sea.
The View From Our Balcony
We have a walking tour booked for this morning at 9am. We disembark Silver Ray in plenty of time to meet our local guide shoreside.
Our local guide, Neda, greets us and provides us with audio VOX units. These units function perfectly, unlike the ones we were using in Bari yesterday.
Neda, Our local Guide in Kotor
As you can see, Silver Ray has the perfect berth in Kotor, right in the middle of town and just steps from the historic Old Town. There were two other ships in Kotor today, and both of them had to tender guests to shore.
Silver Ray Docked in Kotor
Getting to the Old Town requires going down a set of stairs or escalators, through a tunnel, then back up stairs or an escalator. The tunnel makes crossing a busy street unnecessary. The escalators were not working today and, as we were walking down the escalator steps, Rickee stumbled and fell to her knees, twisting her right ankle in the process. Fortunately, she was holding on to my arm, or she might have done a face plant!
Entry Into Old Town
In spite of her fall, she was able to continue the walking tour. You enter the Old Town through an arch in the city wall where you come into a square and see the Old Clock Tower.
Old Clock Tower, Kotor
We walk through the narrow streets of Kotor into several different squares or plazas. The Kotor Cathedral (below) is one of the most impressive structures here, dating back to 1166. The surrounding mountains make Old Town Kotor one of the most striking towns we have ever visited.
Kotor Cathedral
The streets and squares are lined with cafes and restaurants. Undoubtedly, many guests will choose to dine in Old Town.
Some might be put off by the cats, which are everywhere in Old Town. Here is one lounging on a a restaurant table. If you are a cat lover, you will love Old Town Kotor.
Cats are everywhere
At the end of our tour, we say goodbye to Neda and decide to spend some time on our own in Old Town shopping for souvenirs, and enjoying some Gelato.
We are back on board Silver Ray in time for lunch. We again decide to visit The Grill on Deck 10 as Rickee is in the mood for Fish and Chips. I ordered the fried Calamari once again (my third time) and a Silversea Burger.
After lunch is when Rickee realized how much her ankle was hurting her. In fact, she could barely get up from the table at The Grill. Unable to put any weight on her left foot, she had to rely on me to help her get her back to our suite. She was now in a lot of pain.
We decided it was time to contact the medical center to have her ankle checked to make sure nothing was broken. The nurse on duty sent two stateroom attendants to our suite with a wheelchair to transport Rickee to the medical center on Deck 3.
Once she arrived at the Medical Center, she was checked in and they were able to take an x-ray of her left foot. Fortunately, no broken bones showed up on the x-ray. They placed a tight wrap on her ankle with an ice pack and said we should check back in a couple of days. They also provided us with a walking stick/cane for her to use.
In spite of her injury, Rickee and I made it to afternoon trivia, where today our winning streak ended. However, we did come in second place and still racked up 3 Silversea Prize Points.
We even went to golf putting and from her wheelchair, Rickee made a hole-in-one!
After golf putting, we joined our new friends, Ann and Dave, at The Dusk Bar for pre-dinner cocktails.
We met Ann and Dave through our website where Ann discovered that we were going to be on Silver Ray on the same cruise. After meeting, we joined up for trivia and golf putting and have been enjoying sharing stories.
Cocktails and conversation with new friends
The Dusk Bar is by far the best feature of this new Nova Class Silversea ship. After 6pm, several of the lounges serve canapès, and the Dusk Bar is no exception.
Canapès Served At Dusk Bar
As we sail out of Kotor, we enjoy another beautiful sunset from our vantage point at the Dusk Bar.
Another Amazing Sunset At Dusk Bar
We decide to skip dinner this evening and let Rickee rest her sore ankle back in our suite. We also lose an hour tonight as we have to move our clocks ahead one hour. We want to thank our excellent butler, Sajan, for bringing us an extra ice pack and being available for anything we need.
Sajan, our excellent butler
Tomorrow, Silver Ray will be in Corfu, Greece. We will probably stay onboard as we have been here before. We will give Rickee some more time to recover and I will get to explore more of the ship.
