After graduation travel to Montenegro and Croatia

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After my university graduation in 2010, my parents gifted me with a present - a family travel to Montenegro. I did not even expect that they would congratulate me with the graduation in this way. Anyway, I was really happy, because it was my first journey to Europe.

Our travel took a week, but it was a highly saturated week. First of all, we enjoyed to the full the local sights near out hotel in Przno town: the bay, small islands, crystal-clear Adriatic water, etc. We also managed to visit some cities (Budva, Kotor, and Tivat) and a village (Njeguši) in Montenegro. Moreover, we even went on an excursion to the most attractive city in Croatia - Dubrovnik.

Montenegro is a wonderful country with its own unique culture and interesting history. Since the population of this country has Slavonic roots, we indeed felt homy there. Montenegro seems like Europeanized Ukraine.

My travel to Montenegro and Croatia turned to be the best holiday I had ever had in my life. Diverse and picturesque sceneries, hearty and quiet local people, interesting mix of European and Slavonic cultures, and incredibly comfortable climate create an unbelievable atmosphere of joy and comfort. The Montenegrins follow their own commandments that advocate for rest, delicious food, and other pleasures of life that make each person happy.

If you want to get away from stress you face almost everyday in your life, you need to go to Montendegro and Croatia. These Balkan countries will gift you with the atmosphere of serenity and fully restore your life energy. Besides, with their Adriatic sea, mountains and beautiful sights, they will give a true esthetic pleasure to you.

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Photos

Our hotel in Przno - a remarkably calm Montenegrin town
A cosy hotel of a family type with a сommon dining room located on an open-air veranda.

The scene from our hotel apartment
The most ideal and peaceful bay I have ever seen in my life.

Beach
A semi-wild, but well groomed public beach.

Swimming in Adriatic sea
Water is so clean that I may clearly see several meters depthward.

A littoral town near Przno
A point of our departure in our boat tour to the localities.

Departing
A trace of motor boats in the water.

Nearshore houses
The local people live in nice and small houses.

The beautiful alliance of mountains and see
A typical scenery from the boat in Montenegro.

A small church amid water
We landed in an artificially created island with a local religious center.

Swimming in a grotto
Enjoying ecologically clean waters of Adriatic sea.

A fragment of an old fortress in Budva
Stone and tile have been the main building materials for centuries in Montenegro - as well as in other European countries.

In the old part of Budva city
Budva probably the most attractive city in Montenegro, so it is believed to be a tourist capital of the country.

Ruins of an old church
A historical-religious sight.

Njeguši
A village in mountains, where local people produce cheese and meat.

Prosciutto
It is a local meat delicacy. A pestle of pork is soaked in Adriatic water during two weeks. Then a ham is kept in a special room, where it is dried and smoked over beech coal for a half of a year or several years.

Sveti Stefan
A small island with a village and churches.

Sveti Nikola
Another small Adriatic island.

Sunset
A romantic scenery from the restaurant on the seafront.

Croatia
We are in Dubrovnik - one of the pearls in the Mediterranean.

A guard in Dubrovnik fortress
According to the old tradition, guardians must change one another at the gates every hour.

Stradun
The main street in the old part of Dubrovnik city.