Blogs from Montenegro, Europe - page 16

Naja, was soll man sagen. Die ganz Insel ist n einziges Hotel und Sicherheitsleute treten einem auch gerne mal ans Fahrrad. Naja, wems gefaellt...... read more

For a country that is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut, Montenegro seems to have gotten more than its fair share of the Balkan’s natural splendor. It’s not that the other countries I have seen - Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia – haven’t been beautiful, sometimes breathtakingly so. But it’s the density of beauty in Montenegro that is astounding. The Bay of Kotor itself, the area where I was based for most of my time in Montenegro, is a natural wonder. Situated next to the border with Croatia, the narrow entrance of the bay widens as it passes the town of Herceg Novi, narrows again before opening into its first major basin, a large triangular affair. One point of that triangle opens as a tight entrance to the final two, also somewhat triangular, inlets. The ... read more

Our time in Albania had come to a close and it was time to make a decision as to our next move, getting out of Albania was becoming just as difficult at getting in. We would have loved to have visited Prizen or Pristina in Kosovo however after looking at out remaining time in Europe before heading back to Georgia we realised that we had to make some sacrifices, Kosovo was one of these. Our next plan was to take a bus to Budva however there are no direct buses into Montenegro from Albania; instead you must take three buses and hope that you can connect from one to the other. After much debating we decided we would skip the three buses which would have taken most of the day and night and instead took a ... read more

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Day 1 We got up super early to get the flight to Dubrovnik. Getting up so early was hideous but we did it and were soon out the door and on the road. The only minor hitch en route was the fact that while I merrily headed towards the airport, it was actually the wrong thing to do. Turns out that we were booked to park in an offsite car park, so it was a swift turnaround at the next roundabout and then (noticing the time) an even swifter motor back to the motorway to find the right road. There was a lot of clock watching at this point but we needn’t have worried. Amazingly we managed to get to the airport with time to spare. Pretty much miraculous for us (who have been known, on ... read more