On another trip, this time landing in Albania, staying overnight and then we were off on a bus trip towards the border. We stopped at the little town of Lezhë to see a monument to Skanderbeg, a hugely famous Albanian military commander from the 15th century.
He looks an amazingly impressive figure with a giant golden headdress in the shape of a goat on the top. However, our guide assured us that he didn't wear it during battles as it was too heavy.
Then we crossed the border and in to Montenegro, where we stopped at a small seaside town for lunch.
It's still low season so it was quite quiet and we just wandered around the seafront and harbour.
Then it was on to the town of Bar, and our hotel. We are just around the corner from a fantastic church that appears to have partly been covered in Christmas wrapping paper.
It was only completed in 2016 and the inside is incredible.
It was almost empty inside but somehow I still managed to get told off for saying 'wow' too loudly.
Then of course, we managed to find the compulsory 'I ❤️' installation.
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