Montenegro, the country of the "black mountains" was a huge experience. We entered Montenegro in the late evening after our Maglic-Trip in Bosnia. The Border Patrol officer was really nice. "Your first time in Montenegro?" - "Yes" - "I hope you like it, welcome.". Even the streets were welcoming us... Bosnia's streets ended with a 3,5m wide pavement and 1m of gravel on both sides of the road to sidestep, if cars of the opposite direction appear. Montenegro had a proper road with enough pavement for two-way traffic and an unbelievable number of short tunnels blown into the rocks.
We stopped in the first village to stay for the night.
The new day greeted with a great view. We found our selves in a valley surrounded by mountains. We followed the road along "Pivsko Jezero", a lake surrounded by cliffs.
Right before "Pluzine", we took the road to Durmitor National Park. The panoramic road was an epic adventure. As soon as you leave the valley, you feel like in another world. Suddenly, it is quiet, only a soft breeze of wind.There are wide grasslands in the beginning. Later, rough mountains appeared with bizarre formations. The road has only 17km but we spend more than 4 hours driving slowly and enjoying this beautiful landscape.
In the afternoon, we became friends with a Swiss Montenegrin we met in a restaurant. Vlatko was super friendly and open. He invited us to the restaurant of his mother in Berane for the next day. Spending the night in a cheap hotel in Zabljak, the winter sport centre of Montenegro, we decided to follow the invitation. The way through a large valley was nice. Only trash alongside the streets is disturbing, but its quite common in the Balkans.
Berane is a smaller city but we were overwhelmed by the welcome in the restaurant of Vltakos mother. Her restaurant "dwa jelena" (two deers) was just about to be reopened. She was a known cook in Montenegro and she was even cooking for Tito in former times.
The evening was a orgy. We started with a spirit "Slivovitz", followed of a plate with bacon sausages and cheese, accompanied with salad and pickles. Afterwards, we had Polenta, cabbage rolls, a delicious fish soup until we arrived at the main dish: Meat with one of the best baked potatoes i ever had. All this was finished with a Turkish coffee and a wonderful apple strudel. I haven't eaten that much since years. Thank you so much, I will never forget this hospitality. Sorrily, i have no more picture of the family :(
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| Right before the main dishes appeared... The starters still remain on the table, if you should get hungry :) |
We planned to leave for Kosovo in the morning. When we arrived at the border patrol station, we learnt that this border is closed. In exchange, we had a funny conversation with the friendly officers of the border patrol.
Still, we had to return and take a different border station to enter Kosovo but i will remember Montenegro as a great country. Thanks a lot!
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