Author Archives: Stefan Lomas

We left the apartment around 8:30 am, and by 9:00 am, we had safely boarded the car onto the ferry for a quick hop across to the other side of the bay. This route saved us from an otherwise near-impossible drive through Kotor, which would have taken about an hour and a half to navigate.Continue reading “Durmitor National Park & The Tara Canyon”

With the thermometer firmly stuck in the high 30s, we decided to seek out somewhere cooler to spend the rest of the weekend and settled on the Lipa Cave in Cetinje. We set off around 9 ish and arrived just after 10:30 am. After securing our modestly priced tickets, we made our way to theContinue reading “The Lipa cave & Skadar Lake National Park”

The car rental company dropped off the car on Saturday morning, and off we went. Montenegro sits on the west-central side of the Balkans and on the coastline neighbors Croatia to the north and Albania to the south. Although it is a relatively new country, it has a rich history with plenty to see. WeContinue reading “Old Town Budva and two Sveti Stefan’s”

With its stunning backdrop of steep, imposing mountains that plummet to a narrow inlet of the sparkling Adriatic Sea, Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, which is about 30km long, is often called Europe’s southernmost fjord. However, the bay is in fact a drowned river canyon. The high mountains that bend around the coastline protect the bayContinue reading “Breakfast & Dinner”

We had booked a boat to take us around the bay and out into the Adriatic, eager to see some local landmarks. Wanting to make the most of the day, we arranged for a taxi to pick us up and take us to the dock in Kotor early in the morning. The afternoons were gettingContinue reading “Exploring the Bay of Kotor and Beyond”

We exercised and swam early as usual, enjoying the peaceful start to the day. Beforehand, we discovered that there were no cruise ships in on Friday or Saturday at the moment, so we made our way to the blue-line bus stop which would take us into Kotor old town. There are two ways to getContinue reading “Kotor Old Town”

Rach and I had decided that Montenegro was to be our next destination and invited Mum to join us, so with flights booked and Mum helping to choose where we’d be staying, deciding that she needed a complete new wardrobe, we were all set. With Dad not being much of a traveler, Mum had hadContinue reading “Montenegro”

After getting Dad’s affairs in order and finally receiving the necessary paperwork from the shockingly inept GP practice and the slow-moving wheels of legal bureaucracy, we were finally able to arrange the date for the funeral and all the planning surrounding it. Rachel, who has been as fantastic as ever, pretty much coordinated the funeralContinue reading “Dog sitting, some beautiful walks and the funeral”

We had a late flight, so we were up early exercising before heading off to the beach. According to my three weather apps, it was going to be a very windy day, and we’d already experienced the Sahara winds earlier in the week, which turned everything a darker shade of orange. After scouting the threeContinue reading “Back to the UK and a trip up North for the grand opening”

The weather’s been great, in the low 20s with some dreamy cobalt skies. As I mentioned before, with the beach setup here, there’s a choice of 3 beaches facing east, west, and N/W. So, we can always find a sheltered spot and calm waters when the wind picks up, and we’ve now acclimatised to theContinue reading “The Imbros Gorge, Vamos and the monastery”