Well good morning good morning guys.
Good morning guys.
It is another beautiful day here in Kotor (Котор) so we decided let's take a day
trip.
So we're going to be hopping on a bus and visiting Perast (Perasto) which is a small
little town also by the water.
Um yeah and once we're there we can hop on a boat and go visit a few islands so it should
be a nice day.
Yeah, exactly and the cool thing about this is that it is really close to where we're
staying.
Yes.
And we can actually grab local transportation not too far from where we are right now.
So we're just going to go do that.
We don't have a lot of time.
We've gotta hustle to get.
Let's go.
Okay so right now we are waiting to catch the bus.
We know it is called the blue line we know it should be about a Euro if the prices haven't
gone up but what we don't know is where the bus stop is located from reading in the forums
and asking at information apparently there is no bus stop you just wait near the market
hail it down but we're the only ones here right now so it is kind of like hmmm.
Is this the right spot?
We'll see how it goes.
We did manage to find the bus, though it involved running up the street since we were in the
wrong spot, but aside from that, it was a quick 20-minute ride up the coast to Perast.
Alrighty, so we have made it to Perast (Perasto).
I guess now we can explain where the bus departs from.
Yes.
So it is closer to the southgate right than to the seagate.
It is like before the market starts exactly.
And there is like bus painted on the street.
Yep.
In like yellow letters.
Exactly and you'll see people waiting outside for it as well.
Yes and there is a whole bunch of benches.
There is like a little park area so that is the bus stop.
No signs at all.
Exactly.
But yeah.
Sam we have arrived here it looks beautiful.
So I think we're going to start with a little walk through the town and then maybe do the
islands a bit later.
Yeah, exactly the main thing we'll be doing today is actually taking the boat out to visit
the islands.
Yes.
So it is going to be really fun.
Let's get started.
Located on the Bay of Kotor, Perast is a small town that hit its peak in the 18th century
under the Venetian Republic.
During this time, it had as many as four active shipyards and the citizens of the town were
allowed to trade and sell goods without tax on the Venetian market.
This made them very wealthy, and while today Perast has more of a sleepy vibe, you can
still see traces of that wealth in the number of palazzos that line the waterfront.
Well we had a pretty good wander around the town.
It is definitely cute and charming.
At the moment there is a lot of restoration work going on and also some of the main buildings
such as the cathedral and whatnot appear to be closed.
Yeah.
Because it is low season.
It is very much low season.
Let me tell you what the date is exactly.
It is November 18th at the moment yeah so we're very much into low season and unfortunately
we couldn't go inside some of these buildings but we did have a pretty good wander.
Yeah.
So now it is time to catch the boat and we're going to go check out those two little island
churches.
Alright guys so we just bought our tickets and now we're waiting for the next boat.
It turns out only one of the two islands is open right now.
Right.
So that is what we're going for.
We'll visit one.
Yeah.
What is available.
It is the one on the right.
The one on the left isn't available yeah and yeah womp womp so it is 5 Euros per person.
Yep.
And that is for a return ticket and apparently from the information we've been able to gather
it appears that the boat frequency is about every 5 or 10 minutes.
Yeah, so the last boat was packed.
We filmed that.
Yeah.
But we'd like to go on a boat with less people so yeah you know be able to enjoy the journey.
Exactly.
No elbows poking you.
Yeah.
So we'll be getting on really soon.
So the boat frequency turned out to be more like 30 minutes - that morning we learned
“just 5 minutes” should not be taken literally - but we did eventually board a boat and we
had it all to ourselves.
That was such a good idea.
We have our own private boat taxi.
Look at this.
No one else on board.
Thumbs up.
There are two islands off the coast of Perast (Perasto).
One is St. George (Ostrvo Sveti Đorđe), which holds an old monastery and is not open
to visitors, and the other is Our Lady of the Rocks (Gospa od Škrpjela), which we visited.
The latter is an artificial island that was created by sinking old ships loaded with rocks.
Here you’ll find the Church of Our Lady of the Rocks, which is the main attraction.
To be honest, this is a quick visit and you likely won’t need more than 15-20 minutes
on the island, but you do get some nice views of the surrounding mountains.
It is just so cool like you know going inside the church, walking around the little island
here.
Mmmhmm.
And also that drone shot was pretty epic I have to say.
And now we've got a pretty sweet ride on the way back.
We do.
Check out this.
I don't really know my boat lingo.
I don't know if this is the bow or the stern.
Yeah.
We're up front.
We're upfront because we're not part of the regular tourist group and I think they get
priority seating.
But to be honest this is priority seating for us.
Awesome for filming.
Yeah.
This is so good for filming.
It is like I don't know if they put us up here for that reason or if they know that
we're filming so anyways we've got it good.
Then, after that little excursion we could only think about one thing: lunch!
So we found ourselves a lovely little restaurant.
Oh yeah over here by the waterfront.
It is called Armonia Perast.
Mmmhmm.
And we saw some other people just out there actually sitting out right by the harbor.
Yeah.
And they're having like coffee and food.
It looks so good.
Yeah.
So we're like we've gotta go here.
We went for pasta.
Oh my gosh like we got some beautiful looking pastas.
Yeah, so Sam here has the Tagliatelle with a mushroom pesto and shrimp.
Look at the size of those shrimps.
Like there is just so many in there.
Look at that.
I'm going to be grabbing two.
It looks so good.
It looks so so good.
Yeah.
I can't wait to try that.
I've already had a bite of your food.
It is homemade pasta guys.
Homemade fresh pasta.
Oh my gosh.
How is that?
This is the best food we've had in the country so far.
You know I would agree.
I would agree.
Hands down.
And we've been here almost a week.
Yeah.
That says a lot.
This is by far the best food we've had.
And for my pasta dish I went for the gnocchi in a cream spinach sauce and it has these
chopped walnuts all over.
And oh man.
That looks so good.
You know what?
I'm actually going to need a spoon for this.
Haha.
Can you stir around one of the walnuts there.
Show us.
Sure.
Show us how big those walnuts are.
It is so creamy.
Oh the walnuts are big.
They are huge.
And we also got a basket full of bread.
So this is going to be wonderful for dipping the sauce.
Yeah.
So dessert is here.
Oh my gosh.
At the table.
Tell us.
I'm already full from the pasta but this just looks so good.
So this is called Perast cake.
Yep.
And from what I've been able to decipher from talking to the waiter it is made with a lot
of nuts.
I think a lot of almonds.
He said 90% almonds.
It does look very thick.
But before I even try that I'm going to have my cafe latte here.
Yeah.
Mmmm.
That is good.
Alright let's try this.
And he said this cake goes best with coffee.
Hence the lattes.
What cake doesn't go well with coffee?
Haha.
I agree.
Oh man.
That is so good.
It is really dense, it is really thick and very nutty.
Wow.
It is wonderful.
You're going to love it.
So to wrap things up that was a beautiful meal.
As we said before the best we've had in Montenegro so far.
Mmmhmm.
In terms of price point that came to 30 Euros in total and that included a big soda water
for us to share, lots of complimentary bread, two pasta dishes, a dessert to share and two
coffees at the end.
Some lattes in fact.
So that was I thought excellent value.
The food was like gourmet delicious.
Highly recommend going there and we have about 30 minutes to spare until our bus comes so
we're going to try and do a little bit more exploring and maybe get the drone up.
After Sam’s drone session, we had enough time to climb up to visit one more church,
and then it was pretty much time to call it a day.
Perast is a charming seaside town, but it’s very small and some of the tourist sights
weren’t open so there wasn't much to do, but it’s great for a half-day trip if you
want to see something aside from Kotor (Котор)!
Alright guys so here we are wrapping up a lovely little day trip from Kotor (Котор).
Yeah, it sure was lovely and such an affordable trip.
I mean we only paid 1 Euro each way.
Yeah, exactly.
And we're just waiting to catch the bus.
It should be coming in 10 minutes.
It comes on the half hour.
Every half hour.
So we're catching the 1:30 back.
And so yeah just a few hours here is enough time really.
You can wander around the old town, you can take a boat ride out to the islands, have
a nice comfortable lunch.
Do maybe a little bit more exploring.
And then you're ready to go back.
So it makes for a great half day trip I would say.
Yep.
And next up on the channel we have Budva.
Yeah, Budva is next.
So see you there.
See you guys there.
Bye.
Tata.