Eurocafe 33 Kotor

... tell there were only 3 hostels in the city centre and the one I stayed in was only 3 months old, though there are the usual coach load of day trippers with the obligatory guide carring an umbrella or something equally conspicous.<br>The city walls climb above, up the side of the moutains to St Johns Fortress, it was a bit of a steep hike, but the scenes from above definitely worth it, with almost ...

... having cash (not a good combination). He then runs back to the car and picks me up 15 minutes later. Originally with a 30 minute plus buffer, I make it to the bus with 2 minutes to spare (thanks to Chris). <br><br>He takes off for Venice for his return flight. He also takes with him some of my heavier electronics which I am no longer using. While only about 8 pounds, it makes a big difference in the effort to carry my bag. <br><br>The bus terminates at Kotor, an hour ...

... drive to Europe's ugliest capital. I couldn't wait. <br><br>We got to the border of Montenegro and evidently the border guard had a problem with the Mercedes. There was some heated debate and lots of opening and closing of the trunk, where my bag was. I was already making plans of how I would just have to hitchhike to somewhere, anywhere, just somewhere further up the road. And probably without my bag. I had a stick of deordorant and ...

... new areas and looking for internet. Our computer will say it&#8217;s connected but then not actually be able to get online. Hmmm&#8230;<br><br>The night was salvaged though by a bottle of wine sitting out on a bench overlooking the bay, twinkling lights climbing the mountains around us and the strains of music from the walls of the castle as we talked about the future, laughed about the past, and watched people as they walked by. <br>

... hear my confession owing to his not understanding English well. He gave me a gift, a book about the monastery itself which I gave to Archbishop John LoBue in West Milford (my priest). While visiting Ostrog, we venerated the holy relics leaving an offering of either food or money at the door leading to the holy relics; I can't remember which now. Leaving, we looked around the gift shop, had coffee at the small Ostrog monastery café and Darko gave me a tour where the monks sleep and ...

After spending few days in Croatia we went by bus to Montenegro, to Kotor. Kotor is another magical place. With its walled old town nestled at the head of southern Europe's deepest fjord has Montenegro&#8217;s most dramatic setting. Stari Grad (Old Town) lies under the lee of a tall cliff while mountains protect the whole bay. The Old Town is much smaller than the one in Dubrovnik, much older and with different feel to it. It ...

... disappointed. I took a room in an apartment for 10 Euro a night with a shared kitchen and bathroom. The best part about it was its location only steps away from the South gate of the fortress and the view from the windows of the fortress ways. When I arrived, my room was the only inhabited one out of the three in the apartment, though later that evening two other American girls arrived to take over one of the other rooms. They just finished up their Peace ...

... guys running around, trying to get their materials in order and hop in the fire-engine and water supply truck. That is right folks, they don't have fire-hydrants in these parts, they drive the water to the site And they aren't slackers either, there was a few guys who had to follow the fire-engine and water supply truck in their cars to go fight the fire. Repurposing a bomb alert for fire fighting, though freaky for Tammy and I at first, how ingenious.

Some famous writer called Dubrovnik the "pearl of the adriatic" and it's not too hard to see why, it's got a stunning position and has a fantastic old medieval style walled "Old Town" (or "Stari Grad"). I arrived in the town and met up with Pauly - our bass player from Pablo Discobar - who has been prancing around eastern europe for 5 weeks. By the way, the bus trip down from Split was beautiful, winding it's way along the very scenic coastline, and passing for about 10 minutes through ...

Our bus to Kotor was a minibus but pretty comfortable and a great scenic drive. Kotor is the main town situated on a large bay. The amazing thing is that the bay is surrounded by mountains, not gentle sloping hills but big rocky mountains that drop straight into the bay. The geography produces a strange weather pattern - every afternoon at about 5pm if thunders and pours for about 15-20 minutes (like the tropics). It was this storm that Albert found himself stuck ...