Let's go to the city today Cetinje. On the outskirts of the city there are markets where they sell used cars - they decided to combine business with pleasure. From Kotor V Cetinje two roads lead: one through Budva (faster) and the second along the ancient mountain winding road called "Stairs of Cattaro" (as the Venetians called it), which has 25 turns! Of course, you don’t travel along it every day (you have to be extremely careful when cornering - the road can only accommodate one car, but from time to time there are pockets with which cars can pass), but the views from it are simply amazing - you can see the entire Bay of Kotor.
On the way to Cetinje we met a village Negushi - very small and provincial. Negushi located in a small valley on top of a mountain range - just an amazing sight - small, like toy houses with tiled roofs against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains. In early March, there is a lot of snow everywhere, one and a half times more than we have in Siberia! But very sunny and warm; I love the combination of sun and snow 🙂 In general, it is so unusual - we drove literally 50 minutes, and from summer on the coast we got into a real winter in the mountains! We were worried that our dog, which we brought with us, would really miss the snow (she loves to swim in it), but even here, in Montenegro, we were able to bring her such joy 🙂
walked along Negushi and found one open konoba, i.e. tavern, "Zora", where the trio of local residents whiled away the winter weekdays. We were hungry so we asked for what they had available. They brought us fresh bread, pickled cucumbers with tomatoes, the most delicate prosciutto (this is a national Montenegrin dish, but in fact a pork ham smoked on coals and dried in the wind and sun, a local analogue of Parma ham), the famous Negush cheese and kaymak (something like very thick salted sour cream), fried pork ribs, fried meat sausages (I have not tried such sausages yet!) - everything is local, homemade. They also brought house wine and mead, which turned out to be a non-alcoholic sweet drink and which we were advised to add to the wine to get a "women's drink". This drink was to the taste not only of the female half, but also of the male 🙂
For each person we paid 12.5 euros (500 rubles). The prices are the same as in the city, but I think this quality is definitely worth the money. I highly recommend visiting this village. In the summer, tourists are usually taken there, and I don’t know if the guests will be given the same warm welcome as in the lonely winter, so we ourselves always try to travel outside the high season - so that we can better feel the local flavor. But if you come in the summer Negushi (where, by the way, the founder of the local royal family, Negoshev, was born) is still an obligatory item on the tourist program.
Finally, we arrived at Cetinje. Also a small town, but a lot of people! (probably because it's a weekend) Someone walks with children down the street, someone sits in a street cafe and watches those who walk along the street 🙂 It is known that Cetinje - the former capital of Montenegro, for many years successfully repulsed the assaults of the Ottoman Turks. The famous Cetinje Monastery is located in the city, which more than once sheltered Montenegrin warriors behind its walls. The monastery is in excellent condition and is open to tourists. We haven't found any other sights yet. But the city lives its mountain life. I think it should be more interesting here in the summer.
Local residentFurther comment from the male half 🙂 After seeing and walking around the Montenegrin outback, we finally reached the markets. There are not many markets - but this is normal for such a small country like Montenegro. Most of the cars are imported from Italy. For a Russian motorist, the prices are unexpectedly attractive. For example: BMW 530 diesel, automatic 2000 in excellent condition costs 5000 euros, but you can still bargain. As in Russia, there are different cars: sometimes painted, made - you need to be careful when buying, which is true for the used car market of any country.
