Just outside the Main Gate is a little combo farmer’s market/flea market. Various vendors sold fresh fruit and veggies, fresh and dried fish and meats, cheese, olives, and other groceries, as well as antique coins, housewares and brass items. I bought a few goodies for the day’s next adventure: many buses to Ostrog.

I got an early start climbing the wall that winds up and over Kotor’s Stari Grad. The zigzagging stairs were narrow and crumbly, but the treasures along the way made for one of the adventures in Montenegro. As the sun came up over the mountains, the views of the bay became more stunning.

Up, up, up!

Just a hint of the views to come, before the sun made it over the mountains.

Behind the Cathedral of St. Tryphon in Old Town

Church of Our Lady of Health

Almost at the top!

Check out this view! (click to see it larger)

Zigzag stone steps - the only way up or down

Secret window - begging for me to climb through and explore!

Abandoned little church on the other side of the window

Creatures!

My other buddy on this secret hike

Little stone house on the hill behind the wall

The trail back up to the secret window

Continuing up the wall to the Fortress of St. John at the topl.

I made it!

One of the many rewards for my early morning climb - the view of the Bay of Kotor from the top of the wall after the sun came up.