Monthly Archives: September 2016

If you think my oversimplified abbreviated summary of Balkan history provided some degree of clarity about the region, prepare to be tossed back into a whirlpool of chaos because today we’re starting our journey to the triangular shaped country of …

A lunchtime lesson to solve a currency puzzle. Those of you with sharp attention and memory might recall that the currency used in Montenegro is the euro. Some might have wondered how that could be since Montenegro is not a member …

Unlike in Dubrovnik, where an observant visitor will spot sights like this, any signs of the nineties wars are either nonexistent, well hidden, or have been fully repaired. Perhaps I didn’t see such evidence because, unlike Dubrovnik, Kotor didn’t carry …

On the Kotor Motor coach. Driving south from Dubrovnik, the first border crossing exits Croatia. Then, after traversing about two kilometers of no man’s land, you reach the second border crossing to enter Montenegro. Continuing for about an hour along …

Let me start with this. In some ways, our so-called day four was probably my least favorite day of the trip. Before I get into the events of the day, I’ll explain two phrases in the previous sentence. The first …