Hi. I’m Marie and you are very welcome to HopsSkipsandJumps. If you are reading this you are probably like me – happiest when planning your next trip (or 2… or 3….!) I’m a very unlikely victim of a travel bug. Firstly, the gene pool – my parents were of that generation that only […]
Yes! – another photogenic walled town on the Adriatic. But Budva possesses something Kotor craves – beaches! We’re still not talking stretches of golden sand but it’s a definite step up from the concrete shelves of its neighbour. The two towns aren’t far apart – just over 20km – so are often visited as short […]
Montenegro isn’t a big country – only the size of Connecticut or about one fifth of the area of Ireland – but journey times are relatively slow so many potential day trips to the interior of the country are impractical. It’s a great contrast, however, to leave the crowded coastline and head inland for even […]
At the moment of the creation of our planet, the most beautiful merging of land and sea occurred at the Montenegrin seaside. So declared Lord Byron in the early 19th century and, whilst I might debate its being THE most beautiful piece of coastline I’ve ever encountered, I’m happy to acknowledge that the country is […]