Today we continued our trip South and entered a new country in our tour, Montenegro.
Montenegro has 622,000 people and is on the Top 10 Tourist Destinations. It is very young as independent country. The status of the union between Montenegro and Serbia was decided by the referendum on Montenegrin independence on 21 May 2006. A total of 419,240 votes were cast, representing 86.5% of the total electorate. 230,661 votes (55.5%) were for independence and 185,002 votes (44.5%) were against. The 45,659 difference narrowly surpassed the 55% threshold needed to validate the referendum under the rules set by the European Union. According to the electoral commission, the 55% threshold was passed by only 2,300 votes. Serbia, the member-states of the European Union, and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council all recognised Montenegro's independence.
The Flag of Montenegro was officially adopted with the Law on the state symbols and the statehood day of Montenegro on 13 July 2004 at the proposal of the Government of Montenegro. It was constitutionally sanctioned with the proclamation of the Constitution on 22 October 2007. It is a red banner with broader golden edges all around the red field with the Coat of arms of Montenegro in its center.
Highlight of trip was the bay of Kotor in Montenegro. We travelled around the bay in a clockwise direction with mountains on our left and the bay on our right.
We had lunch in a restaurant close to the northest part of the bay and dinner in Budva in a restaurant just outside its walls.
We are enjoying Montenegro. It is a small country and people are quite nice although they are not as tourist focus as the Croatians and level of English is much lower. We did get a sticker and a flag ;-).
Tomorrow we go back to Dubrovnik to catch ferry back to Bari in Italy.
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Bay of Kotor
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