Visiting Montenegro

During our summer holidays in July, we went back to France to see family and friends. We were also lucky enough to be able to schedule a one-week guided tour through Montenegro with Niels and Julia.

Montenegro is part of ex-Yugoslavia and it is also a very mountainous country that borders the Adriatic Sea. The landscapes are truly marvelous. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

 We visited a 17th century monastery called Ostrog built high up on a high vertical cliff...

 The churches are mostly Orthodox and some are very small like here in Cetinje (Montenegro's former capital).

 One of our favorite sites was the Black Lake near Mount Durmitor.

 We were 15 people in all on our guided tour, and everyone got along well.

Prices are a lot lower in Montenegro than in France which made eating out and buying souvenirs very affordable. I guess our one disappointment was the difficulty we faced communicating and the somewhat cold reactions given by many people. Although our tour guide had taught us how to say "Hello" and "Thank you" and "Please" and "Goodbye" the most frequent response we received from Montenegrans was just silence and a scowl. Hmm... we were not too sure how to interpret that.