Arriving in Kotor

After sadly saying goodbye to Tara Canyon with its amazing food and dreamy surroundings we jumped on a bus and had a very long, uncomfortable journey of sitting on the floor of the bus for 4 hours (we got a seat for the last 3). Luckily the views from the bus were pretty gorgeous and we managed to distract ourselves.

Looking very grumpy on the bus floor.

After getting comfortable in our seats eventually we left the river behind and soon reached the coast.

We were staying in Suranj Hostel where we were warmly welcomed by the sweetest couple with homemade orange juice and yet another beautiful view. Although this is listed as a hostel it only has two rooms and as one of them was empty while we were there we had the bathroom, kitchen and balcony to ourselves. Suranj has the most stunning views over the bay and is only a 5 minute walk from the old town centre. I would highly recommend staying here for a quiet stay and you will meet the sweetest couple who own the house. Max went as far as saying it was his favourite accommodation of everywhere we stayed! And who could argue with that when we had this at the front door?

As the sun set we got showered and dressed and made our way in to the old town.

My playsuit is from Topshop and it was one of the best holiday purchases I made. I can't even tell you how much wear I got out of it. I wore it to the beach, out in the day time in hot cities and, as you can see here, out at night too. I bought it in a size 10 and it was the perfect fit as it was loose enough to allow a bit of a breeze during the day and to hide my food baby at night time! Such a great buy and I can see myself getting a lot of wear out it throughout the year as well. Link here!

We had a lovely meal in Scorpion, a restaurant located in one of the main squares (with very cool newspaper style menus) before enjoying an icecream and wandering around the city. Then it was home to bed to rest for a busy day ahead.

Tara Canyon

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Tara Canyon, do it.

Words cannot describe how beautiful it is. Dramatic green mountains surround you while a crystal clear, perfectly turquoise river rushes in the valley.

We got a bus from Podgorica through the most breathtaking scenery..

..before getting a bit of a shock when we reached border control! It turned out that the river is the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina and to our surprise we were staying on the Bosnia side. So feeling very confused with an extra stamp on our passport we entered Bosnia and soon arrived at our camp site.

We were staying in these adorable little wooden cabins. Inside there was barely enough room for our tiny beds and backpacks so we lay out in the sun and had a lovely relaxing afternoon.

I should probably mention that we were in Tara Canyon to go white water rafting! We stayed in the Tara Drina Rafting Centre. There seemed to be lots of these little campsites dotted along the river bank but I would have to say they couldn't beat Tara Drina purely because of the FOOD! Just look at this feast.

For dinner on our first night we were presented with the most amazing meal including perfect crispy potatoes, vine leaves, cheese filled pastry rolls and the best bit - a meat platter with burgers, schnitzel, chicken and the local speciality of cevapi. It was delicious and the perfect end to our day.

The next morning we rolled out of our little cabin and headed straight for breakfast and we were in for a treat.

The view was gorgeous and the food wasn't bad either.






























We had another meat platter, fried eggs, cherry compote, cheese and the most amazing sweet doughnut style rolls. We filled ourselves up and then it was rafting time!

We paddled our way down the river for hours, stopping off half way for a quick dip in the freezing cold waterfall.

I had never rafted before and I absolutely loved it. Ours was a pretty calm rafting experience with pretty gentle rapids, although I did manage to fall in! After another relaxed evening and amazing dinner it was time for an early night. The next morning we packed up our bags, took a few last minute photos and then said goodbye to our home in the middle of nowhere to move on to our next destination.

Hello Holidays

After a long summer of working and saving I was very ready to go on holiday. My boyfriend and I have spent the last 3 weeks travelling up the Adriatic coast from Montenegro through Croatia before going inland and finishing our trip in Budapest, Hungary. We had the most amazing time and I thought I would share some of our memories and photos with you.

We started our trip with a long weekend in London catching up with university friends and doing some sightseeing.

From there we flew to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. After a very early flight and not nearly enough sleep we had a night in Podgorica to just relax before the real adventure started. We had a walk around the city and although it wasn't the nicest of places and there really wasn't much to see or do we stumbled upon these interesting Transformer style statues scattered around.

We then wandered down to the river for a quick paddle and a cool down.

So Podgorica wasn't the nicest city we've ever visited but look out for my upcoming posts to see the real gems of Montenegro.