The route took us around a beautiful fjord and Perast. This looked like a lovely quiet small town that would have been worth a visit if we had time. Maybe next time.
We have not seen many Asians in Eastern Europe but two Japanese girls got off at the Perast junction probably to take a tour boat out to an island called our Lady of the Rock.
We were met again, at the station, by the local female touts and followed one to her place. It didn't take long for us to spot the 10 litre bottles of water in the bathroom and realize that she had a poor water supply so we headed off in search of somewhere else to stay.
On the hill overlooking the sea and old town we found an elderly lady with a sign on her gate so we checked it out. She spoke pretty good English and the place was spacious and clean and there were no 10 litre water bottles in sight. We did see two huge water tanks outside so knew we would have a decent shower after all.
Growing all over her balcony were grape and kiwifruit vines and reminded us of New Zealand. We also saw kiwifruit growing around Lake Ohrid. In this area they grow the vine for shade from the sun rather than to sell. Most of the kiwifruit we have seen in the shops is from Chile.
We took a walk down the stone steps through the old town and onto the beach. The old town was quiet and very pleasant. The beach was not as crowded as others along the coast and looked very clean.
Our landlady recommended a restaurant in the old city square. It had traditional food she said was fresh and cheap. We enjoyed eating the garlic sausages and goulash.
