Podgorica, Montenegro

Dedicated to Tamara, Eduardo and the Montenegro family for making this wonderful trip possible.
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Lunch at Maika’s, Podgorica, Montenegro — August 27, 2024


Montenegro 2024 Journal

Tuesday, Aug 22 — Podgorica

Landed to Podgorica; Lunch at Maika


Wednesday, Aug 23 — Sarajevo

We get into the car and start driving. On the E762, we stop at "Pivsko Jezero" shop for local products and then walk to the bridge for some nice pics of the lake. Maika says it’s a communism-era bridge. Drive to Sarajevo, Bosnia


Monday, Aug 26 — Podgorica

I learned some Montenegrin vocabulary:

Ćevapi - ( Che-va-pay ) – sausage, course ground, no casing
Kobasica - ( Koh ba see tsuh ) - fine ground with fat and casing
pljeskavica - ( Plee ay skuh vee tsuh ) - hamburger

Dome ah cha - homemade

Rakija - ( Rah keyuh ) - brandy
Shlivah - ( šljiva ) - plum
Loza - ( Loza ) - grapes pick from the vine; Grappa in Italy
kajsija - ( Kai-see-ah ) - apricot

Kaymak - ( Kai Mac ) - butter cheese; someties with striations of each
Dome ah chee tsah - home maker

Baba - babushka

kišela - Key-xie-la (in Montenegro)
kisela - Key-sie-la (in Bosnia)

Jufka / yufka- Albanian chicken lasagna from Sarajevo

Oozdraw vee yah - good health

Korzo- boulevard


Tuesday, Aug 27 — Podgorica

We visit some bars:

Confluence bar -

Bar under bridge - itaka bar

Ribnica bar - cool bar on the dry river

Makadam band from Bar


Wednesday, Aug 28 — Podgorica

Here


Thursday, Aug 29 — Podgorica

Here


Friday, Aug 30 — Bar

Drive to Bar, catch sunset at the beach bar


Saturday, Aug 31 — Bar

Red Beach


Sunday, Sep 1 — Podgorica

Red Beach


Monday, Sep 2 — Fly to Rome

Air Montenegro to Rome, Italy

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