Last Sunday, we decided for the last time to go to mountain Stoliv for chestnuts (the rainy season is already beginning and we won’t be able to pick them anymore) and at the same time, finally, climb to the top of Mount Vrmac. The day was sunny and warm. The higher you climb, the more pronounced the arrival of autumn becomes. Only a few yellow leaves sway on the trees, stones without lush vegetation are exposed and give the mountain an even more formidable face. But nevertheless, creeping thyme (a Mediterranean spice) is still creeping and in no hurry to go underground 🙂 Smelling its sweet smell, I could not resist and rather gathered it up - you know how wonderful it goes with meat dishes and soups!
Almost all mountain trails are marked with special signs, which will help you avoid getting lost and ensure you reach your destination. These trails are marked by local mountain adventure clubs, which developed them themselves, and for that, we salute them! Here's what the signs look like:
However, I don't recommend hiking alone along mountain trails, as they sometimes intersect, and you might accidentally turn off onto another trail or, due to inexperience, lose the trail. Besides these signs, other markers are very common. Try not to get into trouble or anything else! 🙂
At the top of the mountain, we met with those who left these marks for us 🙂
We also found a lonely cross there without any signature. Later we found out that an Austro-Hungarian engineer was buried there, who at one time laid a road there. By the way, it will be interesting to mention that ALL the roads on the coast were built by the Austro-Hungarians during their ownership of these lands in the 19th century. In addition to roads, they built a colossal number of fortresses and forts.
These are the views of the Bay of Kotor that began to open to us:
We made a short stop and had a picnic on one of the peaks, from which we could see both the Bay of Kotor and Tivat Bay—an impressive sight. After a glass of wine and a prosciutto sandwich, we headed back, as it was around 3 PM, and sunset here is at 4:30 PM. Climbing the mountains without daylight is certainly possible, but it's not very comfortable, especially descending, because it's easy to slip and land on a not-so-soft rock, or if you're really lucky, on one of the soft markers.
They say we have a severe cyclone from Italy with rain and storm winds. So we will have to postpone our next trips for a week and do housework 🙂
