Blogs from Montenegro, Europe - page 15

Gelato flavour of the day – Kiwi (this one not particularly true to its flavour but the right colour) For some reason we thought we had forgotten we had purchased items for our lunch today and as we needed fresh bread we planned a walk ‘down the easy road ‘to a pekara (local lingo for bakery) after breakfast. The rangy young cat that has walked by a couple of times and also last night got a couple of pieces of chicken from our dinner was back again this morning and this time with a female friend who was either his sister or mother as she had almost identical markings, a ginger head and tail with a white body except she also had a couple of ginger bits on her side. They looked well fed, in relation ... read more

We did something today we haven't ever done in 41 years of marriage and travel together................we decided to share a suitcase!Now you probably don't think that this was a MAJOR decision but think about it,male stuff in with female stuff!However,we hope that the need for our winter clothes has passed with the prospect of fine ,warm weather ahead as the adventure takes us further south and there is not much point at carting in and storing those clothes as we change our accommodation.So combining the packing cells with the winter stuff into one suitcase and leaving it in the boot of the car was the obvious answer.As it turned out we were pretty much on a 50/50 basis when it came down to the space the summer clothes in their packing cells took up.So we shall ... read more

Today dawned gloriously fine and sunny which should make the trip into Kotor and a look around easy to do. In the absence of egg cups Gretchen adapted an egg carton by cutting off the individual egg holders and putting them inside one of the small coffee cups to make 'egg cups'.We had tired of scambled egg and it was time for boiled eggs for a change.The 'cups'should last and not need to be washed!With the toaster we purchased during our Niksic shopping expedition(the one we bought in Naples works but only if you hold it down and we weren't able to trade it in at the Auchan store we tried at)we can now make hot toast again which is something we were missing. We headed into Kotor about 10km away and found a parking area ... read more

Montenegro literally means Black Mountain... in Italian. I first passed through Montenegro along the coast from Albania to Split, Croatia where I picked up a car and drove back to Montenegro after one night in Mostar, Bosnia. I had the car for 10 days and dropped it off back in Split this afternoon then flew to Rome. There are way more tourists than I thought there would be but I think there is no low season here. Budva A purportedly happening place... but not in October. It's very scenic with a nice old town and crystal clear water along the Adriatic Sea but after the Russian oligarchs and their entourages leave at the end of the summer it is very quiet. In addition, the nearby island of Sveti Stefan has been sold to a hotel group ... read more

Ulcinj , hier hat das Wetter n bisschen gedreht - froestel n bisschen. Na hoffentlich wirds in Albanien wieder n bisschen waermer.... read more