The secret charms of Kotor, Montenegro
Along the Adriatic Sea, just south of Dalmatia, we find a Bay hidden from the rest of the Mediterranean. Sailing in this direction in early morning, we first set sight on the magnificent mountains over which the sun begins to rise...the Black Mountains, which give the name to this, the 6th smallest nation in Europe, Montenegro. It is also one of Europe´s youngest countries, having recently just proclaimed its independence from Serbia in 2006 in what was left of the former Yugoslavia. Despite its miniature size, the country offers impressive variety in scenery, fauna and flora - going swimming and skiing in one single day is certainly a possibility here. See the full gallery on Posterous Montenegro still remains also one of the best-kept secrets in Europe, hidden as it is from the rest of the world in this remote Southeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea. Here we find the opening to what some erroneously would call Europe´s largest and most southern Fjord, the beautiful B