During Spring Break week we took a short (4-day) roadtrip -- from Skopje to Prizren (Kosovo) to Shkoder (Albania) to Budva (Montenegro) to Dubovnik (Croatia). 5 countries in 4 days. We hired a driver (thanks, Goran!) so we could sit back and enjoy the scenery.
The drive along the Adriatic coast of Montenegro was simply spectacular. No wonder there was recently a Conde Naste Traveler article titled "Get to Montenegro Now before Everyone Else Does"
http://www.cntraveler.com/story/get-to-montenegro-nowbefore-everyone-else-does?mbid=social_facebook
Although there was also this recent article about the possibility that Kotor may lose its UNESCO World Heritage site designation because of "excessive construction and uncontrolled tourism":
Conde Nast Traveler article Kotor May Lose UNESCO World Heritage designation
Still - we can't recommend Montenegro highly enough.
We had such a lovely time in Budva. After checking in to our hotel, we walked just a few steps to explore the Old Town, including the Citadel and the Archeology Museum, and even did a little shopping. (I found a new suit at Lappa -- http://www.lappa.me/ ) Speaking of shopping. A note about the currency. Montenegro does not have its own currency; it uses the Euro.
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| outside the Archeology Museum |
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| loved walking through the Old Town |
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| outside the Archeology Museum |
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| exhibit at the Archeology Museum |
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| views from the Citadel |
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| the Citadel |
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| a view of our hotel (Hotel Avala) from the Citadel (the hotel in the foreground) |
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| exhibits/reading room in the Citadel |
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| back to our hotel to get ready for dinner - this was the beach area outside our hotel |
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| the Dancing Girl sculpture: We were on the lookout for this sculpture. It turns out that it was behind our hotel - and that we could see if from the balcony of our room |
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| a toast to Spring Break reunion |
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