Hotel Vrmac Kotor

... direction that the bus has come along the bay, using the assumption that it is a walled town, so how could I miss it?!?!... How could I miss it indeed, it's so well camoflagued that it took me a while to realise that I was walking alongside the wall - after about 1km, passing a dozen or so fruit and vege vendors I eventually found the western entrance... I don't know why this is called the western ...

I have a 10:30 AM bus to Montenegro. In much of Eastern Europe bus times and number of busses to locations change and getting up to date info can be difficult unless you are actually in the town (internet frequently does not cut it). I was only able to find out the specifics last night.

To get WiFi, I go out to a main plaza. Within a couple of minutes it starts pouring. I find a covered entry into a church, sit down and continue working away. The rain is intense ...

... for the event. And why is it that the bus drivers everywhere get to smoke? I am just glad that no smoking on board buses is the one rule the passengers actually do follow.

I finally got to Shkodra and of course there was nothing to Ulcinj until six hours later. I needed to find my way to Podgorica after Ulcinj and from Podgorica to Sarajevo all on the same day. My travel plans were imploding quickly since I wouldn't be in ...

... up we ran into some people who were eating it, and they laughed as if they’d been through the same hunt and told us where to find it. The outside of the pastry thing was flaky but soft and the inside was filled with a mixture of meat. The piece was cut like a pie and it was huge! Knowing he wasn’t going to be hungry for dinner for a while I got some orange gelato, a departure from my usual Stracciatella.


Kotor, Montenegro claraz8

... to the top of the ruined fortress which was a steep but short climb. About 30 minutes each way. The fortress is built in such a way that is seems to cascade down over the hillside, and from the top there are absolutely amazing views over the Bay of Kotor, which they call Europe's southern-most fjord. Below, the old town is a labyrinth of cobbled streets, simple but striking stone buildings and surrounded by city walls.

... soon complied with her demands. Thereafter, we ended the day with lunch and drinks. The following day was one of my vacation high points. We visited the Ostrog monastery. Driving to the Ostrog monastery was long, hot and boring. It lied somewhere deep beyond the Montenegrin coastline inland. We drove a long windy road without even so much as a store on it. After a couple of hours, Darko stopped for lunch at the only restaurant I noticed the entire trip. You'd think it would be ...

... into the water, but I didn't have the luxury of sitting in bed all day again. If I wanted to see Kotor, this was the day I had to do it. Arriving in Kotor the morning before, I had no accommodation plans. The cheapest places to stay in this quickly becoming upmarket town are rooms in someone's house, but they are difficult to arrange in advance, especially when you're not quite sure when you'll be arriving. The tourist office can help, but they are closed on Sunday ...

... Scientific and Cultural Organization, which helped rebuild many of the cities which we visited). Our afternoon plans were to go whitewater rafting Cool....but soon it seemed we weren't whitewater rafting, but just rafting, as the class rapids would only get to about a 1.5 or 2 if you stretch it a bit. Tammy was disappointed that after all the wetsuits, helmets, etc that we didn't have the rush of class 3 or 4 rapids, which we ...

... of our trip thus far. We sat outdoors, overlooking the Adriatic, and enjoying our food. I even prepared a cup of hot chocolate for myself. At one point, LJ was startled by something and jumped up with some exclamation. I asked what was wrong, and just before she got the end of "there's a cat" out of her mouth, I felt something furry and disgusting brushing up against my bare leg, as I was donning shorts for just about the first time of the trip. I had been holding my hot ...

... have been in big trouble, but luckily we had about a hundred US dollars cash with us and eventually found a 'bank' where we could make an exchange. They wouldn't take one 20dollar note we had because of a small tear in it! (One girl we've met since then ended up in a worse situation. She couldn't get any cash and ended up turning to a local woman for help and with luck, she found a free place to stay one night but had to hitch hike back to Croatia!) The reason these things ...