Vile Oliva Petrovac

... in a different kind of place.<br><br>We had at least 6 hours to kill before our night train left for Belgrade so we decided to wander around. While we were walking to the downtown area, I kept thinking to myself, "How is this country a part of the EU?" It was really dirty, with litter everywhere. The shops and stores seemed kind of &#8220;ghetto.&#8221; We eventually found somewhere to eat (after what seemed like a really long ...

... hat daher auch deutsch gesprochen (waren ausser mir noch zwei Schweizer an Bord, der Rest Serben, Ukrainer, Russen).<br><br>Das Ostrog Kloster wurde von dem Heiligen Basilius in 1665 erbaut und ist die bedeutendste Pilgerstaette fuer serbisch-orthodoxe Glaeubige (sein offener Sarg steht im Kloster). Das Koster hat eine spektakulaere Lage ...

... car was clutching a map in their left hand and the doorhandle with their right. <br><br> <br><br>Stopped at a local restaurant to try their procutto, cheese, and wine, then met the owner at his home where he showed where he keeps the ...

... while she served us a variety of cooked steaks, vegetables and pastries. And like many Italian families she insisted I tried and ate everything. To top the night off before bed Bojana and her father performed an accordion duet live in the kitchen for me. Apparently, Bojana and her father were professional accordion players and Bojana explained that her father's employment consisted of playing nightly in a local bar. Thereafter, we went to bed with full stomachs. The next morning ...

... do the same here. So I set off towards the centre, past run down back streets that wouldn't look out of place in a village and assorted broken down cars. If it wasn't for the mountains that overlooked the city, I'd say it was probably the ugliest place I'd ever visited. That impression changed when I crossed the river and the buildings all took on a more Mediterranean feel. Central to this area was of course the Hercegovacka ...

... minute walk to the old city, 12 euros each for a 3 person room. After much haggling with her elderly sister that owned the house we agreed on 12 euros, set down our bags and started to nosh on her wonderful pungent grapes that hung outside our window. Got some bureks (greasy cheese pies) from a bakery around the corner and walked through the old city. Belinda said she felt ...

... from the lovely coastal scenery where there were no towns, you can keep. And so to the survey : Montenegro does a good : Seafood restaurant (fish is plentiful and really good), garlic sauce, windy switchback, fig tree (everywhere but we were a month early unfortunately), Australian ex-pat, friendly local, cheap vodka. But it doesn't do a good : Driver (scary stuff, honestly), supermarket, seaside resort.

... left me with the kids and all the luggage, waiting for him to return. About 15 minutes later, he reappeared coming out of the wooded area ahead at the end of the road, and reported there was an old broken down hotel with smashed windows and looking quite abandoned, like the old Bates motel... not what we had in mind when looking for a place to crash. By the time Alex had returned, I had 15 new friends that had kept me company, attempting to speak english ...

Well my first impression of Dubrovnik was I thought it was overhyped. Clearly it is a very nice city with white marble sidewalks and old white buildings everywhere surrounded by city walls that were pretty cool, but other than how well maintained everything was I really didn't think the city was all that much nicer than Kotor and on top of that Kotor had better views from above including a nice fjord ...

... normal 'pivo' is nice but the Nik Gold is my favourite. And a .5lt glass will set you back about 80p in the more expensive places. I probably don't need to say we've consumed our fair share :o) Onto the holiday stories.. From Split we wanted to get to Kotor but they don't make bus times to suit everyone so we had to spend the night in Dubrovnik. When we got off the bus it was attack of the grannies for rooms but we ended up going with a granddad.. OK he wasn't that old. He ...