On the road to Cetinje

During a recent trip to Yugoslavia Terrace experience. The Yugosla-
residents Len Winter and his wife Teresa Unger had vian bus drivers: are ex-
an opportunity to visit Cetinje, former capital of the ceptionally good and can
sovereign state of Montenegro.

by Teresa Unger

From Kotor the bus

started the climb to.

Cetinje, several thou-

sand feet higher, into the

hills.

We had read about
this breathtaking trip,
but were riding smoothly
On new pavement with
wide safe
switchbacks. I experienc-
ed slight disappointment

at the prospect of having

missed this famous
‘‘thrill’’, when the, bus
turned off the highway
onto a narrow back road
that hadn’t seen new
Pavement in many-a-
decade. Apparently I
was not to be disap-

‘pointed. Although it

seemed impossible that
our bus could fit on the
road, we were all
astonished to find that it
was a two way route.

The highway snaked
up the precipitous moun-
tainside. The view was
stupendous, nothing im-
peded the vista of the
Bay of Kotor, far below.
Fortunately we had an
exceptionally good
driver, he only had to
back up and try again on
one switchback,

Some of the other
drivers had to take
several tries at more than
one corner, a hair-raising

Korcula — city gate

Pro restraint

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about the shortage of
study books and take
more effort to do some
education on good
stewardship, duties and
responsibilities on the
part of the students. If
this happens, Bennett
will do his share, while
all the rest of the world
tighten its belts, in-
cluding the communist
countries where there ap-
pears to be no Bennett

Thank you

To the editor,

We would like to take
this opportunity to thank
all our friends in Terrace
and Kitimat who shared
sO generously with us
during our recent fire.
Your generosity has
touched us deeply.

Thank you everyone.

The Hayes Family

‘‘dictatorships’’.

P.S.: A short word for
Bill Goodacre: What
does my friend think |
emigrated to Canada
for? In Canada we do
not really know what
“noor” is,

My grandfather in
Holland was poor,

because he had to send .

my father and his other
eight children to bed
with an empty stomach.
There was no money to
buy food. The standard
of living in Canada and
the U.S. is the highest in
the world. Thanks to
democratic capitalism. I
condemn state capitalism
in communist countries.
In these countries one
can find real poor peo-
ple. In Canada, we are
wastefully rich. Shame
on us when we complain
and vote NDP,

Bill Homburg,

Terrace, B.C,

manoeuvre their buses in
impossible places. On
the 28 mile trip, a 12 mile
stretch had over 25 hair-
pin turns. We passed
trucks, buses and cars,
I’m still not sure how.
The faint of heart, or
those with fears of
heights, should not'sit by
the windows. After we
had negotiated several
switchbacks, there was a
great deal of seat chang-
ing, the aisle seat having
preferred status. Even
several of the men, who
had mentioned their ap-
preciation of a good
view, apparently found
the aisle floor more ap-
pealing. Finally we
reached the crest and
motored along the valley
to a little village where
we had lunch. Bravery
returned and talk was big
until we headed ‘‘up”
again.
Cetinje, the former
capitol of the Sovereign
State of Montenegro, is
now noteworthy as a
museum town. Once

considered an important —

center, the United
Kingdom, USA, Turkey,
Russia, France, Austro-
Hungary and Italy all
maintained diplomatic
posts here.

On Embassy Row
many of the buildings
still carry the old Em-
bassy name plates. King
Nicola and his family liv-
ed in a very modest
palace, which became
the state museum in
1926. Five of his nine

The Bay of Kotor and Kotor
— a stunning view from
about halfway up the first
hill enroute to Cetinje. )

daughters married into
European courts. Ensu-
ing wars and occupations
have caused the loss of
many gifts from foreign
courts and treasured ob-
jects, but there is still
much to see.

Portraits of English
and Russian royalty
hang on the walls and
beautiful furnishings,
hand-carved or inlaid,
decorate the rooms. The
weapon collection is im-
pressive, firearms,
sabres, swords and
knives of many types.
Bullet-riddled flags, bat-

‘tle and dress uniforms

fill out the collection.
Most impressive was a
‘glitteriing display of
medal and decorations,
some encrusted in
‘diamonds. Considering

its fiery history, Cetinje ~
_ now seems a quiet town,

but a most enlightening
place to stop at.

We took the new road
from Centije to Budva,
on the coast. From a
viewpoint, we saw Sveti
Stephan, the fishing

The two way road from Ketor to Cetinje

‘village that has been
turned into a first class

hotel. complex. Budva

looked lovely, but the
old town was closed as it
too was undergoing
repairs for earthquake
damage. We were to

cross the Bay of Kotor

_by ferry to shorten the

return trip, but the

lineup was so long that”
the guide decided to

drive. It was a very long

trip, but most worthy of

a visit.

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