Blogs from Kotor, Montenegro, Europe

On our return from Theth we scooted over the border into Montenegro to a seaside resort south of Ulcinj and found ourselves on a wide, rather muddy beach, by Australian standards, under trees by the Green Bar where we had learnt from Park4night that Nikolas would be there to welcome us! His rather scruffy, unpretentious bar gave us a good meal of squid, chips and salad, we had a swim and a rather rousing night as the hotel entertainment next door went on until the wee hours. Great the singer had a good voice or it would have been purgatory! We decided to have a coffee at the bar the next morning but they announced their machine was broken so Graeme kindheartedly offered to make all the staff and ourselves a cup of coffee in Gino! ... read more

Another country straddling the east and west is Montenegro. And sitting just south southeast of Croatia, it might be a good place to spend a few days. Landing in Dubrovnik, I am so close to Montenegro, why not? Montenegro has been independent since 2006, with a vote ending the Union of Serbia and Montenegro, both remnants of the former Yugoslavia. The split was brokered by the EU to stabilize the area, and prevent further Balkan skirmishes. Montenegro means "black mountains", and borders Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Half of the country is covered by dense forest. They also enjoy an Adriatic coastline, and the Tara River Canyon, the deepest and longest in Europe. With a relatively small population (633,000), and only 5333 square miles, Montenegro is relatively small (about the size of Connecticut). ... read more

Our last and final day in this beautiful country. We had breakfast (bacon and eggs!) before loading up the bus one last time. We had a three hour drive down to our last stop: Bay of Kotor. This place is probably what most people think of when they hear "Montenegro". It's like a fjord, with two large bays and narrow access to the Adriatic Sea. It is very mountainous, so the internal bay at least has one narrow road that winds between the mountains and the bay, and a few little villages dotting the coast. It was already beautiful. We had had only one short stop on the way down for a coffee for the others and bathroom break because we were on a strict schedule to make our boat ride at 11am. We had some ... read more

Z ubytka vypadavam nieco pred 8/00 a hrrr sa do ulic stareho mesta. Takto rano prakticky ludoprazdne. Kamenne uzke ulicky, pozatvarane obchodicky, restiky. Fajn kostolik aj s pevnostou. Nakuknutie na plaz hned za hradbami, tam restika, more ciste. Pri vonkajsich hradbach uz otvorene restiky a prvy kavickari. Domaci si objednaju jednu kavicku ci vodu a vydrzia pri tom sediet aj hodinu. Ja si davam capucino v restike hemingway pri vrchnej promenade. Vzdy tam bolo plno. Kava vsak dost horka na mna, mliekova pena super. Bus do kotoru mi ide o par minut. Klasika na stanici kupeny listok s 1€ prirazkou, listok pipnuty o citacku kodu a uz som na perone. Na tejto stanici moc rusky nedodrzuju. Prichadza fajn mikkrobus, opat nik rusky a smer kotor. Cesta bezproblemova. V kotore som uz o 1000. Check in je ... read more

We were ready to visit a new country to us, Montenegro. In fact it is not only new to us, but is quite a new country as it had been part of Yugoslavia and became an independent country in 2006. We sailed from Cavtat in Croatia after doing our official check out paperwork to the Bay of Kotor. Montenegro actually only has a total of 182 miles of coastline, with a third of it being the shores of the Bay of Kotor indicating how large it is. While going along the coastline of Croatia we continued to see numerous bunkers and even at the border of the country at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor there was a fortification still standing proudly over the cliff there. On the other side of the bay which is ... read more