Perast, Montenegro

When Nicola and I told people we were visiting Montenegro, pretty much no one knew where it was. Someone thought it was a Caribbean island (it’s not). To show people where we were going, I showed them a photo of the Bay of Kotor. It is simply stunning; an almost undiscovered Nordic fjord in the south of Europe. We stayed in a small hotel in … Continue reading Perast, Montenegro

Žabljak, Montenegro

The road from Sarajevo to Montenegro must be the most dangerous road I have ever driven on. As we left Sarajevo and travelled south towards Žabljak, we foolishly assumed that a road called the ‘M18’ would be asphalt. It wasn’t. As we drove towards the border crossing at Šćepan Polje, the road abruptly stopped. A crude diversion had been cut out of the earth in the side of … Continue reading Žabljak, Montenegro