Montenegro...

I am currently in Ulcinj, Montenegro...for a time of rest and restoration.

Yesterday I drove along the entire coast of Montenegro, from Ulcinj to Herceg Novi. The Adriatic Sea is between Italy and Montenegro. I was able to take my time, I would turn off of the main road to stop and take pictures, or to just enjoy the beauty. Ok, I confess...I got lost a few times turning down a road that I thought would give me a great view...to discover it was a one way road that twisted and turned into a small residential area. At one point I took a ferry across a bay to Herceg Novi. I took the long way around the on the return trip...it took me about 45 minutes, but it was beautiful. There was one place, Kotor, that I would have loved to stop and explore more. There were steep mountains on one side, the ocean on the other...but on the side of those mountains were remnants of the old city fortress walls. It was getting late in the day, and I wanted to be back in Ulcinj before dark.

There were areas that were so colorful with oleanders of every color...white, pink, red. There were also bougainvillea mostly bright pink and purples. There were also palm trees, pine trees, rose of sharon, and magnolia trees...in some areas, all of this was a canopy along the drive.

The one thing I have to remember...I am no longer driving a Jeep...and I need to be careful turning down dirt roads to take pictures. My little car just is not made for those kinds of adventures. I was really happy when several times when I found myself on a very narrow one way stone street, and I had room to spare getting through. A Jeep would have never made it through those narrow streets.

The server at my hotel is too slow to download any photos at this time...