Hotel Stella Di Mare Becici

... we walked out of the bathroom, we noticed a feral cat really different than regular feral cats- this one reminded me of my cousin Tracey’s- with really long back legs, no tail, and a different build. (I think they are Egyptian cats?) The cat’s back feet were even much larger than normal. I’m sure he could jump really high. We tried to pet him but he wouldn’t let us. After this we knew we were ...

... down. The bartender was kind enough to give me my own bottle of champagne to take to dinner, and, as I jokingly took a swig from it, I was obligated to drink the rest of it during dinner, where we celebrated H's birthday, all on my ...

... and cleans for the guests. Pretty sweet setup, and a really nice family. <br><br>One of the days we went to Kotor, a tiny town just up the coast from Budva. There is a nice old town and a bunch of ruins on the hill above the city. Also, Kotor sits on the deepest fjord in Eastern Europe. Pretty cool. So we climbed up the hill and sat on the castle ruins, overlooking this ridiculously green water and thought, how ...

... many occasions in Beograd. The meetings were usually brief; only to exchange oral information and/or a few papers with Darko and whisper something or other in Darko's ear. He looks as the news media portrays him dressed in his gray wrinkled suit and tie and salt and pepper colored hair. He was a perfect gentleman all times I met him with Darko. After finishing our coffee, Darko said we ought leave and get a good nights rest because we had to leave early the next day for Montenegro ...

... They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a picture is worth nothing without a thousand words." That was without a doubt the smartest thing I'd heard all week, and it's certainly true. I began to wonder where he 'd learnt his English. "Do you get many tourists in Podgorica?" I asked. "Some, most go to the coast, with the rich Russians" he replied, before launching into a long tirade about the Russian ...

... too many tourists around either which we were surprised, but glad about. We had decided to climb up the fortress behind Kotor, all 1500 or so steps to the top. It was hard work, but it didn't take us too long and once we were at the top the views were well worth it. We had taken lunch with us, so we found a nice shady place and chilled out for an hr. The walk down was a hell of a lot easier and this time we got to see everyone else huffing and puffing their way up! Miles so Far: 12584

... with. We took a MOST amazing drive up the mountain from Kotor - and I mean UP the mountain. We were headed to Cetinje and guided up a different "scenic" path by a local we met on the trek up to the fortress. Of course we were walking up to the fortress because that's what we do - we come to a town, locate the highest point, and start climbing the stairs. Halfway up this 3000 or so step ...

... with even a tourist info. center, which helped us find accomodation in someones private house for $10euro/pp. Once we settled in, we had to decide on what to do, considering the weather was not in our favor, as it had been cloudy and rainy since the night before. We asked at the info. center about the forecast, and she promised it was expected to clear later that day. Apparently, it hadn't rained there all season long, and the townspeople were ...

... nice. The area was filled with shops and restaurants, and you could walk around all the little alleys and get completely lost. It was really very nice. I only went out for about an hour after work (we were there from 2pm-11pm). I couldn't go out on my afternoon break because I have to wait for all the guests to get off first, and by that time I had to go back to work. So I went at about 8 and crew had to be ...

... but it was horrible so we ended up going for a walk to the other side of town and wouldn'ty you know it, found the best quiet spot to jump off the rocks into the gorgeous green waters! I'm really glad we found this spot as I'd thought I was going to be disappionted in Budva but it ended up being the most amazing place either of us have ever been swimming. And of course, we saw the most amazing fish with our googles and it was the one day we didn't bring our underwater camera ...