Monday, June 11, 2018: Port of Call – Kotor, Montenegro

Monday was kind of a lost day for me since I was so tired. I had breakfast in the Versailles Dining Room by myself. The menu is your basic breakfast menu of cereal, fruits, eggs, waffles, etc. There are a few special items like eggs Benedict, smoked salmon on bagel and biscuits and gravy. I had a melon platter and the smoked salmon on bagel after several cups of coffee.

I wandered around the ship for a while exploring. The buffet cafeteria was just crazy with people, the pool and lounge chairs were filling up fast, and the bars were already busy.

I ended up back in my room and ordered an iron and board. The hotel in Venice did not have an iron in the room or even one to borrow, which I found extremely strange. My clothes, for the most part, had been rolled or folded for almost two weeks so really needed some iron attention.

I turned on my Bluetooth speaker and listened to my book while I ironed everything in my closet. I had been wearing jean capris for the most part since they didn’t wrinkle and a few shirts that didn’t look too bad.

The ship anchored at around 1:30 and the excursions started boarding around 2:00. I figured the restaurants would be pretty empty so decided to go have lunch. It turns out that lunch options are pretty limited.

Kotor, Montenegro

Versailles had been open on departing day but wasn’t open any other time for lunch. The cafeteria is a constant battle of hundreds of people. The Topsiders Bar and Grill by the pool is basically hot dogs and hamburgers, so the only place to actually sit and be served was O’Sheehan’s Bar and Grill. It too was busy but I sat at the bar for a while as people started leaving the boat and then went and got a table.

I had a salad and fish and chips. The fish was okay but their tartar sauce left a lot to be desired.

By this time it was around 3:00 so I headed back to my room for a nap. I slept for a little while then something woke me up. I went back to sleep, however, and didn’t wake until around 6:00. There wasn’t really time to go into town so I just stayed on the ship.

I walked around the ship to places I hadn’t been yet, tried to get change for my Euros and was told they only change US dollars. What?! We are in Europe. I ended up at Gatsby’s bar.

The first day I had met some people from Detroit and ran into them again at O’Sheehan’s. We talked about how the bartenders didn’t seem all that friendly. They told me about one named Rachel who was really good. Well, she was at Gatsby’s and she was friendly and fun to watch. Gatsby’s is a martini bar so there was a lot of shaking going on.

I texted Frankie at around 7:00 to see if they were back and where they were going for dinner. They had just sat down in Versailles with Celia and Barb. Celia had gotten a table and had been joined by everyone.

After dinner, Don, Frankie and I headed to the show. It was an Italian singer who did some show tunes, opera, a Queen song, and a few others. It was enjoyable. We then went to Gatsby’s and were served again by Rachel. Her partner in crime was John and he told us his full name was Johnathan Benedict Patrick Eric Michelangelo and didn’t figure we would remember it. Frankie and I repeated it several times and got it down.

There was a piano and the piano man started playing a lot of Billy Joel and Elton John. He was pretty good and had people singing along during some songs.

We ended up leaving around midnight and went to bed. We had an excursion in the morning and needed to meet up at 10:15.