Our port day in Kotor was cancelled due to the continued rough weather that we encountered leaving Venice and in Dubrovnik. Kotor is a tender port so the seas were too choppy for us to be transported in the tender boats between the cruise ship and the port. I personally didn't mind another day to relax at sea but was talking to a couple onboard who had sailed there before and they said it was a great medieval city. So many we'll have to go back someday! As it turned out, we did dock somewhere in Kotor or Montenegro - I wasn't ever sure where exactly we were - but passengers were not allowed to disembark. They did have to let off some of the crew for a planned rotation as well as do documents. I'm told the real reason was because our cruise originated in the EU and had to be out of the EU (in Croatia and Montenegro) for a certain number of hours before re-entering the EU in Greece in order to qualify for certain tax exemptions. Someone likened it to how an Alaskan cruise leaving Seattle has to stop in British Columbia Canada in order to do the same thing. Seems reasonable to me. John and I went out on the deck to enjoy some of our first sunshine in days! The scenery really was beautiful!
