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Thursday 8th May 2014

Breakfast in the 5th floor restaurant of the hotel with good views over the city.

The evening before G and I had decided that we had brought too many clothes and that trudging around with such heavy cases was proving to be a hassle .  Surely it would be a simple task to pack some items together and send them back to Aus from the local post office. Wrong again!  No help from the front desk at the hotel so I head off to a mega-market nearby to buy the necessary packing paper. No joy there but a very helpful English-speaking shop assistant directed me to a small post office where she thought I would be able to find the required materials. Two very elderly ladies in the post office spoke not a word of English but did get the message through to me that they only accepted letters, anyway. Back to the mega-market to ask ( maybe plead would be a better word ) the same shop assistant for help with a box or something similar. Eventually, get an ideal box to accommodate our surplus clothes and head off back to the Ramada to do the packing.

All packed and ready to go so John and walk down to a larger post office near the bus station. After signing my name at least 7 times on various documents I receive the news that it will cost 131 euros for the postage to Australia! Decide to suffer the financial pain and treat the whole thing as a learning experience. John and Maureen’s cases way 10 and 15 kgs respectively so we supposedly experienced travellers are obviously a bit dumb.

No time to visit the centre of Podgorica so off to the bus station for the short trip Cetinje, the former capital of Montenegro.

Check into flats above this delightful town where we meet the owners Vojo and Branka Stankovic and their friend Bojo Popovic. Bojo is former merchant seaman who is a real larrikin.Take a walk in the centre to view the many fine buildings, most of them former embassies. These appear to have been maintained in excellent condition with the notable exception of the former Russian Embassy which is now in a state of total disrepair. This may be a way of Montenegro making a statement to their former masters.

Dinner at Korzo restaurant on the very attractive pedestrian main street. Join ends up with a mixed grill big enough to solve the Biafra food shortage.

Another quick tour after dinner before heading off back to our flat.

Cheers

The Obese Ferret