Blogs from Montenegro, Europe - page 29

We managed to drag ourselves out of bed this morning only with the promise of our included breakfast. Despite knowing full well that hotel breakfast are always disappointing we still had high hopes. We got a cup of tea and an omlette that was swimming in grease. I couldn't stomach mine so early in the morning so Rob had mine as well. We sat and waited for the plate of cheese/meat to come that we had seen other people eating but it never did. We eventually figured out that it was either or but not both. Utterly disappointed we left to gather our things. We checked out, paid and had our passports returned. (they are the only place that have kept our passports the entire time we've been traveling.) we asked if we could leave our ... read more

Montenegro Montenegro is quite small, it took me 2 days to pass through it. Kotor was really cool, and was my first Adriatic medieval style town surrounded by an impressive city wall and filled with marble streets and buildings. I cycled along the coast bewteen Kotor and Croatia, with its beautiful overhanging limestone cliffs, I labelled this part “the alveoli coast” due to the shape of the land which meant that I had to cycle 25 miles when I could have crossed with a decent sized bridge. I noted how the people of Montenegro seemed quite miserable, I didn’t see anyone smile, and I was smiling.... read more

Montenegro formaba parte de la antigua Yugoslavia y siguió siendo parte de ésta, junto con Serbia, después de la Guerra de los Balcanes en la que Croacia, Eslovenia y Bosnia-Herzogobina obtuvieron su independencia...Posteriormente formó con Serbia la Unión de Serbia y Montenegro hasta que en junio del 2006 obtuvo la independencia...gran parte de su territorio es montañoso y con unos paisajes de gran belleza.... read more

From War Torn to Tourist Town Yugoslavia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo…these are all words that evoke, at least in the mind of the common American, the thought of war and ethnic cleansing. When mentioned in common speech, people tend to look at you like you are slightly crazy. To say, “Yeah, I’m going to Croatia for vacation next week,” people tend to think you’ve gone off your rocker. There is pretty simple reasoning behind this concern from friends and family: people know very little about this part of the world other than the conflict that occurred here in the nineties. After the fall of communism in the region, Yugoslavia found itself in an odd position. As a loose grouping of six different republics with multiple ethnic groups and multiple languages, it was tough to see what ... read more

We drive and then catch a ferry over to Herceg Novi, Montenegro, this town is really cool. Apparently was voted as one of the most beautiful bays in the world and also a real party town. Our accommodation is just ok, we settle in and wonder around town and do posting postcards and some shopping. We cool down, have showers, go down and have dinner and then we’re all ready to hit the town. The first nightclub we go to starts out ok, not too many people, there’s 40 of us so we need some room. The weirdest thing I found was that you don’t order your drinks here in the bar, guys walk around and take your orders and then bring drinks out to you, a little strange for a nightclub. May also have something ... read more