montenegro

Day 9. Our final full day in Montenegro and one I've been saving till last. We are staying just outside the old town of Kotor and started the day by having breakfast, croissant bought from a local pekara (bakery), on the shores of the fjord. As I took this a local remarked (in English!) that it was a nice view. Understatement of the week! The shore of the lake between Kotor and Tivat was just one long traffic jam for us. The road was barely single track in places and if you got it wrong t

Day 8. Today was relatively quiet day as "all we did" was drive from Žablajak in the North to the Bay of Kotor in the South via Podgorica and Budva. 1500m above to sea level in such a short drive was a pretty great example of the diversity of this country. The image above is the centre of the country. A mix of wide, flattish plains punctuated by glacial deposits (spot the drumlins) with the mountains providing a backdrop which borders on the ordinary it is so common here. It is of course no

Day 7. Žabljak is perfectly situated to explore the National Park of Durmitor, so we decided not to... only kidding. I seem to say the same thing every day, that this country gets more and more beautiful. Today it definitely did. We were up early, something to do with the sunlight pouring in through our curtainless apartment window. We'd eaten breakfast purchased from a local bakery by 9am and headed to the Black Lake. We tried 3 mountain bike hire shops but alas, there were no extra small mod

The train from Belgrade to Bar at the Montenegrin coast is apparently the most famous scenic train ride you've probably never heard of. Well I suppose you have now technically heard of it. It's apparently one of those rail journeys you absolutely must do before you die and features on top 10s everywhere. This train takes around 12 hours (on the official timetable) to complete this journey. The entire reason we flew to Belgrade was to do this trip, so let's go! There's not that much informat