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March in Montenegro

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Currently we are anchored in the river in Butrint National Park near Sarande, Albania while we wait out the winds before heading a bit north to check out of Albania. In less than a week, Julia will be joining Neil, Ben, Finnegan and I on the boat in Corfu for three weeks. The plan is to sail in Greece in the Ionian sea before heading across to Sicily.  I still have quite a bit of catching up to do with my blog writing and hope to get a couple of entries finished in the next couple of days. Here is an entry about our time in Montenegro in March. With May fast approaching, it was becoming more and more important to get on with the boat maintenance projects that we (more like Neil) needed to complete before the May 1st deadline. This was the date that our contract with Porto Montenegro Marina was over and we would have to leave or pay a daily docking fee to stay. Our plan was to leave and anchor in the area for a few days before exiting Montenegro.  Checking out of Montenegro wou...
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February in Montenegro - Road Trip to Kolasin, MNE; Hiking to the abandoned church in Tivat; Life in the Marina

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Road Trip!: One of the perks of staying in Porto Montenegro over the winter was the free use of their "chalet" that is located in Kolasin, northeast of the marina, about a 3 hour drive through the Platije canyon, north of the capital city of Podgorica. Kolašin is located on the bank of the Tara River and, when there is snow, it is the skiing centre of the region.  View from the top of  Kolašin 1600 Neil, Finnegan and I were invited to accompany Alison and Randall (SV Tregoning) and Vandy and Eric (SV Awildian) to Vila Rakoc (the chalet in Kolašin) for a three-night stay February 18 - 20th. Unfortunately, Vandy and Eric were unable to attend, so it was up to the remaining 4 of us to take in the sites and enjoy the area. Having already rented two vehicles, we headed off separately, planning to catch up along the way for lunch in Cetinje.  Our route, shortly after leaving Tivat, was along what is known as the Kotor Serpentine Road which zigzags back and forth up th...
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Korčula, Croatia - Welcome Suzanne!

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Yikes! It really has been quite a long time since my last post on February 5th. There really is no good reason for being so delinquent, especially because we had so many rainy days in Porto Montenegro in the winter months which were perfect "blog writing" days. For some reason I was just never very motivated to get going on it. So, procrastinating is over and I'm determined to get caught up with writing about our time from February to April in Montenegro when we did some touring, had some visitors and participated in activities with other liveaboards.  As I write this on May 21st, we are anchored in a quiet little area on the Krka River near Skradin, Croatia. My sister-in-law, Suzanne, is on board after joining us in Split on May 17th. She had booked a week-long cycling trip in Croatia with plans to meet up with us for 9 days when she finished. We were fortunate to have a "bonus" day with her when we both happened to be on the island of Korčula on May 12th. We b...
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