Full writeup on Montenegro coming as soon as I manage to get the pictures scanned in, but until then, here's some of the essential information on the country:
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Montenegro supposedly has the tallest population of any country in Europe, which I completely believe.
A palacinke might be a crepe, or it might be ground beef rolled in a pancake and deep-fried. Also, ketchup on pizza.
Montenegro is tiny: nothing is more than an hour or two's drive from anything else. The most popular forms of transportation seem to be minibus and hitchhiking.
Hotels are mostly Soviet-style monsters; luckily, pretty much every household rents out its spare rooms during the summer. Unluckily, April is not considered “summer,” so it took me a while to find places to stay.
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Montenegrin beer is great, but there's only one brand, called Niksicko (most people drop the “sicko”). Wine is also pretty good, especially as the most expensive bottle at the market cost 3 euros.
Montenegro is the world's newest country, and the only Former Yugoslav Republic to separate peacefully.
Montenegrin cooks will deep-fry just about anything; “vegetables” means boiled potates and spinach and maybe rice.
The Gulf of Kotor might be my favourite place in Europe.
2 comments:
Hi James. Thanks for linking to me. I have now reciprocated.
Have I met you yet? I don't think I have. If you would like to get together some time you can email me through my blog.
The tallest country in Europe? I need to find out more about this Montenegro place. Maybe it's full of kindred spirits?
(Huzzah for Blogger being back up in China). Looking good James! World Wide Harbour is now in the RSS feeds.
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