Blogs from Kotor, Montenegro, Europe - page 9

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

Move over Paris, Milan, London....Montenegro is one of the most fashionable and trendy places! More funny becasue we just didn't expect it...and a bit bummed we didn't get some pictures of the street fashion to prove it! We had heard and seen some pretty amazing things about Montenegro and were a bit bummed we would wizz through this gorgeous country! We were lucky and got a ride from Stjepo the guesthouse owner in Dubrovnik to the town just over the border in Montenegro. He was going to buy cigarettes becasue Croatian cigarettes cost 1euro in Montenegro as opposed to 3.50 euro in Croatia! The drive down the coast of Croatia into Montenegro is absolutely gorgeous...in particular the area between the borders of the 2 countries is breathtakingly beautiful! We said goodbye to our friendly host from ... read more

Montenegro & Kosovo, Sept. 25th - Sept. 30th, 2009 After finally getting off the beach in Dubrovnik, we were to head to the capitol of Montenegro, Podgorica. These plans changed once we heard about a little place called Kotor on the coast. Not wanting to miss what was supposed to be a really nice town, we decided to make a stop there on our way to Podgorica, and we were not disappointed. Kotor is another small little vacation town on the coast, but what makes it unique is St. John's Fortress. This massive fort is a continuation of the old city walls that are built right to the top of the mountain behind the town. It took us about an hour to climb to the top, and we were rewarded with an amazing view of the ... read more

it's my first trip abroad and i like kotor so much. i was here via a work camp named let it be clean. yes we cleaned kotor. we worked 5 hours per day (we collected garbage, cleaned school buildings, playgardens etc.) but it was my best holiday. i spent my best 15 days in kotor, because we went on the beach every afternoon and to the old town everynight. also we visited budva, peras, risan, cetinje and among them my favourite town is cetinje. we saw cetinje on a rainy day and it looked wonderful with some foggy weather. after those great 15 days we said goodbye to each other and went to podgorica by bus and then to belgrade by train. the railway was great. the villages near the road, rivers and forest was amazing. ... 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