Montenegro (1/14)

This summer, my family and I are traveling to fourteen different countries in a little over three weeks. To kick off our journey, we missed our flight to Montenegro! We caught a later flight, but not without a swirl of the latest pinkberry flavor. Once we arrived in our first location, we took a long but scenic drive to an island off the coast of a nearby town Bulva called Sveti Stephan. This island was originally a fishing town, but more recently transformed into a seaside paradise open to visitors ranging from us to the Queen of England. The resorts property included 3 beaches, which were beautiful but quite painful due to their rocky and stone saturated quality. Also apart of the property was a cute little plaza where we enjoyed a pleasant breakfast of porridge, eggs, and the most delicious hot chocolate I have ever had. We also got a chance to have dinner at a restaurant called Queen's Chair which was also apart of the property. Although we had to climb hundreds of stairs to get there, the view of the sunset was worth it. On one of our three days, we took a four hour tour to Kotor, one of the Unesco world heritage sights. It is a little city was influenced mostly by Venetian culture. It includes 14 churches, little shop from local artists, and small cafes decorated for tourists. Glancing around we noticed many different looking people because of how many tourists were there but also because many counties and cultures have taken over Montenegro over the years so people look of other races. Over its history, Montenegro has been ruled by Romans, Serbs, ottomans for 400 years, ventitians for another 400, then apart Yugulasvia. Yugulasvia was a communist country made up of six countries; Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro that broke up when included countries wanted to break off and become independent. Overall, my stay in Montenegro was very relaxing and a wonderful start to my Eastern European journey this summer.