Category Montenegro
Euro 24 Rest Day Non-Qualifiers Part 3
Estonia I have been to Tallinn twice, the latest in 2019 by train from Riga. It’s a beautiful city with fine squares, ancient walls and gothic architecture. Iceland Iceland in winter is mesmerising. It was a fitting place to spend my 50th birthday a few Januarys ago. Ireland Ireland is so much more than Dublin, […]
Tuesday Train – Bar in Montenegro
In 2007 we travelled from Albania into the Montenegrin border town of Bar, from where we took a train to the capital Podgorica. Bar had a beautifully situated train station surrounded by the mountains that give the country its name. I have travelled extensively by train across the Balkans. You can read about some of […]
Euro 2020 Rest Day 6 – Non Qualifiers Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro used to be one country following the post war break up of Yugoslavia. In 2006 Montenegro gained its independence and adopted the Euro as its currency, despite not belonging to the EU or being a Euro member. Montenegro I visited in 2007, taking a train from Bar on the Albanian border to […]
A-Z April Challenge – M is for Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegro is a stunning little country with gorgeous locations. The ancient walled town of Kotor is beautifully located between an alluring fjord and brooding mountains is an absolute joy. When I went in 2011 it was not that well known, which has all changed with it now firmly on the cruise ship itineraries. Like […]
Monday Morning Blues – Kotor, Montenegro
I visited Kotor in 2007, arriving by bus from the capital Podgorica. Situated on the biggest fjord in the Balkans, the small city has a wonderful walled old town and has become quite a tourist hotspot.
