Croatia and a couple of Balkans, Day 3 Montenegro, a little ham and cheese above Kotor

Carrying on our trip around the bay we decided to ignore the main town of Kotor for the moment and climb Mount Lovçen which lies at the end of the bay, directly behind Kotor. This is done in a series of 25 hairpin bends over 17km of narrow road which Anne negotiated with aplomb.
We stopped in a lay-by close to the top of the ascent to have some lunch and were enjoying the view until a coach of tourists stopped and engulfed us. We stopped and waited until they had driven away and we could continue our journey.







The top of the mountain broadens out into a green plain dotted with small farms and alpine-like houses. We carried on along the main road until we shortly came to the village of Pršut. Little did we know that this is the ham capital of Montenegro. We could see the small smokehouses and several homes were advertising ham and cheese for sale.
We stopped at one and bought a couple of bags of sliced ham and an extremely tasty cheese. The mother who served us was extremely brusque but the son, who spoke some English took us to see his smokehouse where only a few hocks were hanging as the process starts again in November. I asked him where the pigs were and he said 'dead'! We gathered that they buy in the cured hams in and smoke them here. It was truly delicious stuff and provided us with sandwich filling until the end of the holiday leaving as a packet to take home. His Grandma who was in her late nineties was sitting in the sun and expressed a desire to come back with us to England. Seeing Grandpa I could understand.

 



Driving back towards Kotor we passed the cemetery and stopped for a walk round. The place was crowded with different styles and grandeur of memorials. Here are a few pictures.















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