Blogs from Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro, Europe - page 5

Balconies en masse When we were in Kotor we walked through the streets of the Old Town and we were surprised over how many different styles of balconies they had in town. We started taking photos of them and the more we looked for them the more interesting it became. After an hour or so we had quite a collection of photos of balconies. When we started this blog in 2006 the main purpose was to make it possible for us to upload photos and make them available to our friends and relatives. We find the collection of photos of the many balconies in Kotor to be quite interesting and now, staying true to the original purpose of this blog, we make them available to you. We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we ... read more

Comecemos derrubando estereótipos. Não encontramos na nossa década de viagens internacionais, incluindo nessa que já se aproxima do quarto mês, povo tão legal quanto nos Bálcãs. Prestativos, hospitaleiros e prontos para mostrar o orgulho que sentem pelos seus países a cada oportunidade, os iugoslavos (chamemos eles assim porque, no final, dada uma ou outra diferença cultural, todos se parecem, vestem e comportam igual) são uma atração à parte. Não existe aquela indiferença comum para quem viaja para a dita Europa rica, e o fato de você ser brasileiro é um extra. Sorrisos se abrem, vizinhos são avisados dos viajantes latinos na área, e não raro ganhamos comida, cigarros, drinques e algumas boas conversas. Em Montenegro não foi diferente. Chegamos ao mais novo país do mundo após mais uma daquelas travessias épicas vindos da Albânia. Decidimos nos ... read more

After a good sleep in my womb-like deep-sea room on board Marco Polo, I had a Balkan breakfast of cold meats and cornflakes at 6am. The early mists were thinning as Croatia drew near, to all but lift when we were close enough to see her trademark orange tiled roofs. Sailing in between the close green-and-grey hills was a lovely experience. Even the previous evening's singers were silenced. I set off with Dr Jeremy to explore Dubrovnik old town, after checking the bus times to Kotor. I had decided to move on through Europe faster to see if I could use the gained time to see get to Istanbul via Gallipoli. Jeremy haggled with the apparently usual group of accommodation touts for his 13 euro room. The old couple he chose turned out to be extra-friendly. ... read more

DAY 104 What can we say about the 12 hour bus ride from Belgrade, Serbia to Kotor, Montenegro, other than we now have 101 ways to sleep on a bus seat. Angie's favorite one is to stretch our with her legs going across the aisle resting in the empty seat. No one needed the aisle anyway until the stops. Francine's most comfortable way to sleep was to curl up facing the seats and her head on her blow up pillow. The only problem was when the bus breaked and she nearly fell on the floor. During the night around 2am we stopped at the Serbian border, the border patrol kept looking and leafing through Angie's passport like something was missing. He said something to her in Serbian and Angie replied that she didn't understand. He just ... read more

Kotor and Dubrovnik day 12-13 (July 9- July 10) This time we had a private bus and travelled in style, complete with red and blue disco lights that came on through the tunnels. It was only a 45 minute journey to Kotor and I wondered why we didn’t just do it as a day trip, but on arrival I was glad we were to stay in this town. Kotor is set on the edge of a fjord with spectacular blue-green water. Our accommodation was the best we had stayed in and we scored a balcony that looked toward the mountains as well as the fjord. The walk into town was lovely, with restaurants along the edge and a small harbour with some truly luxury yachts and cruise boats. There was also a cruise ship docked so ... read more