Ostrog Monastery
Friday, 10 March 2017 to Thursday, 16 March 2017
Today the wind was at it again and we were mostly inside all day. I say we but I actually mean me. Adri, brave soul that she is, went shopping through howls of laughter from the wind as she stepped outside. She was on her way for a spot of window shopping while I was supposed to get a spot of work done… it did not go well; I continuously got sidetracked by reading and relaxing… and then some. Continue reading
View from Petrovac – Castello
Sveti Stefan
Friday, 24 February 2017 to Thursday, 2 March 2017
For breakfast Adri bought us one of those rolled up mushy turd-looking beef bureks which was great notwithstanding its appearance. The supposed chocolate pastry was not great; it was more like a bread roll with a tiny sliver of chocolate playing hide and seek amongst its innards. Not very appetizing, next time we’ll leave this model to finish its process of decay in the bakery’s display cabinet. Continue reading
Bay of Kotor
Friday, 17 February 2017 to Thursday, 23 February 2017
We woke up groggily this morning after yesterday’s 12 hour bus journey from Belgrade; we were still in recovery mode. The weather was a cool but balmy 15°C, a welcome change from the negatives in Belgrade.
Our new apartment is wonderful and has everything to make our lives very comfortable, even a large balkoni (balcony) with a view over Continue reading
Danube
Friday, 10 February 2017 to Thursday, 16 February 2017
Adri went downstairs and up the road to get us a burek for breakfast, the long thin type. I prefer the long thin pastry variety to the flat round one; the latter can be rather oily, too oily for my liking and health, but of course it is delicious. Adri brought home a beef as well as a feta-like cheese burek, both were amazing. Continue reading