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1 August 2014
Above: I stayed in the old city, high above the crowds (in the background). I left my accommodation at Kotor as late as possible, around 1045, for Ulcinj. I didn’t want to go too early in case the room at Ulcinj wasn’t ready yet. I walked to the bus station and was on the bus […]
31 July 2014
Wet Start at Kotor I woke at 0700 to more rain, thunder and lightning. I looked out the door and the weather was like the end of the world. I curled back into bed and wrote the day off. I told myself that the things I had planned are really “more of the same”; not […]
30 July 2014
Above: View of Kotor with cruiseliner; it was very humid with lots of cloud before a long torrential downpour. Buses from Podgorica to Kotor are frequent so I didn’t really need to think about what time I had to go to the station. I went down the road for a coffee and burek for breakfast […]
29 July 2014
I had gone to bed around 2130 last night feeling really tired despite a “nothing” day. Hence I woke at 0530 with the sun streaming into my room. I decided to head off early to Ostrog on the 0700 train. As the train pulled away on time, my alarm on my phone rang. I had […]
28 July 2014
Flying with Ryan again The weather changed today. It got cloudy and drizzly with cooler weather; still bearable without a second layer. Kim left about 0700 by metro and train for Brussels’ Zaventem airport bound for Dublin and Chicago. As for me, I’m heading back to the Balkans. I really enjoyed Bosnia Y Herzegovina last […]
27 July 2014
I had a day to chill today, catch up with some admin and make some forward travel arrangements. I had seen all that I wanted to see today, in a somewhat shallow way. I needed a rest. Kim on the other hand went to Autoworld and the Air Museum and he enjoyed both very much. […]
26 July 2014
Breakfast today comprised of pastries and coffee on a litter-strewn pedestrian mall not far from the hotel. The surrounding area had been cleaned up since last night but the area where we had seated ourselves was still waiting to be done. We took the metro then train to Antwerp. We had bought ourselves a return […]
25 July 2014
We did a trip to Ghent today. Some people recommended staying at Ghent but because Belgium is quite compact, we figured it is easier to not move around too much with luggage and stay for four nights in Brussels. We opted for a hotel buffet breakfast before heading out. It was served on the 9th […]
24 July 2014
Our Brugge hotel had a rather early standard check-out time of 1030 which gave us just enough time to pack up after breakfast. We walked across Market Square to catch the bus to the railway station where we caught the train to Brussels, the capital of the EU and also Belgium. The journey was slightly […]
23 July 2014
We explored Brugge today, largely by foot. Our hotel was near Market Square and we started the day’s exploration there. The markets were in full swing, unlike yesterday evening when the place was rather quiet. We got some fruits and continued our walk admiring the Belfort (belfry) and the buildings around the square. At Burg […]