Blogs from Montenegro, Europe - page 2

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

Early the next morning, we made our way to the local restaurant our guide sent us to have our breakfast, which was really good. We shared plates of eggs, grilled veggies and bread. After breakfast, we hit the grocery store where L and I picked up rum (pronounced room) and Coke Zero, then we all packed up, got in the bus, and drove about 1.5 minutes to the nearby clinic for our PCR test. We waited a bit, but it was small with just a couple people waiting for their turn. Then the two nurses / techs came outside and gave us our test in the fresh air. It was not my favorite test, they kept the nasal swab in there for far longer than I am used to and swabbed the mouth too - but ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Ca aurait dû être une journée fabuleuse, mais elle a été en partie gâchée.!!!! Je triche un peu quand je mets Kotor, le village où je suis ce soir est tellement petit, de même pour les avoisinants, que je fais au plus simple. Si je ne rempli pas les cases, continent pays etc, je ne peux pas publier. Je reviens sur ma caguade d'hier avec la réservation d'hôtel. Je cherchais, à loger à Kotor et environ. Les premiers hôtels qui s'affichent, 1700e 1200e la nuit, 800-700-400, ça fait quand même un peu beaucoup, je ne suis pas en voyage de noce. Le reste tout complet. J'élargi, jusqu'à Dubrovnik, tout complet, j'ai tellement élargi la recherche, sans vérifier la distance que je me retrouve à 80km de Dubrovnik. Mais l'hôtel en vaut vraiment le ... read more

Oproti minulemu roku ma tato krajina tentoraz sklamala a uz nemam velky dovod ju navstivit znova, i ked v hladaciku mam este turu na maglic, zla kolkata ci np biogradska gora Pobrezie totalne prepchate ludmi, za vstupy do narodnych parkov sa platilo. Ludia boli v pohode, jedlo, klasicke balkanske, takze po 3 dnoch bol uz clovek prejedeny rovnakeho jedla. Potapanie bolo ok ale ziadny vau efekt, bo ziadny zivot ci vraky. Doprava bezproblemova, len skoda tych poplatkov co vyberaju bus stanice. Online sme neskusali kupovat listky, ono co sme sledovali nik to nemal a ak hej bolo treba listok vytlacit. Skusili sme tu i vlak, no ten na totalku prepchaty, tak sme si moc vyhlad na skadarske jazero neuzili. Co sa tyka doktorov, tak mile prekvapenie. Clovek pride na presne objednany cas a hned ho aj ... read more