Europe Top Seed Kotor vs. Basel

Kotor is probably my number 1 seed overall. But let's take a little tour of both cities.

Kotor Montenegro

Kotor is a wonderful small town on an inlet in the Adriatic.  It is not very large and there are lots of small towns around it to enjoy (including the gem of Perast).  Because the mountains come right down to the sea, you cannot get too much development or tourists.

Now in Montenegro you can actual retire to live if you want. Staying in Montenegro, you just have to buy a condo or something - and you can get a beautiful 2 bed on the Kotor Bay for less than US$150,000 (all prices pre-Covid) and then you can get a residency visa. The weather is a Mediterranean, which makes sense since it is on the Adriatic.

It's much like Southern California with the mountains, the sea, great weather, but without the crowds. All the small cities along the coast have fantastic fish restaurants and the price of everything is cheap.

I have been and l adore the area, from the mountains and valleys right to the coast. It's high on my list. And getting by in English is very easy.

Basel Switzerland

I have never been to Basel, but I do love Switzerland. I thought Interlaken was a bit too small and Zurich too big and Lausanne too French. Basel looks to be just right.

On the good side, they speak French and German so we can get by there. On the bad side, it is fucking freezing in Winter AND Switzerland is not cheap.  But if we decided to retire, not just visit, there, you can buy into the health care system pretty easily.

Basel will not go on, mainly because of price and lifestyle. But I needed to give Kotor a ringer to start with.  More pictures of each.

More pictures of each



Kotor (from me)....

Basel (from the net)...