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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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Back "Home" in Porto Montenegro After the Holidays

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Looking at the title at the top of the entry, I realize that the boat and our travels are now "home" and going back to Ontario is our "holiday". It has been a couple of weeks since we returned to our "home" on VikingBlod in Porto Montenegro after our "holiday" in Ontario. Our trip took us to Vienna, Austria on December 4th for three days, where we visited Christmas markets, walked around some of the historic sites, and enjoyed some delicious food. We then continued on to Toronto on December 7th for about 5 1/2 weeks for Christmas with family and visiting with friends.  Christmas market in Vienna Belvedere Schlossgarten in Vienna Visiting the Christmas market at Schonbrunn Christmas market at City Hall Landing at the airport back in Podgorica, Montenegro at 11:30 p.m. on January 18th, we picked up our rental car and drove over the dark mountain roads to the marina, arriving at 2 a.m to a very chilly boat. Once Neil got the heater working again and...
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