"Finding Me In Montenegro "

Travelling is an opportunity to explore and gain more,  we are allowing our souls to embrace the spirit of travellers  by connecting with the elements and energies surrounding us whom we normally ignore,  this is a story of a couple on the journey to discover the world, here's their story in their own words........

P.s: considering their first language is not English,  it's a huge effort by Rabia ( the writer) to put her story in words for you to read.

After the corona virus pandemic we noticed living in flats is really a bad idea for humans. We live in İstanbul and we work there and İstanbul has really  difficult living conditions. We can't afford a house in nature. So we decided to take a break for a while and we came to Montenegro. Living abroad was always a thing  that I wanted to do. Now we are living in Montenegro from a week. Actually this is not a permanant move , it is just a temporary experience for us. But I can say clearly I feel more peacefull here. We have a charming view and I have more motivation to do something. I feel less anxious . 

         

                                                            This is our flat’s view

Now I will be glad to share about some places that I visited . First of all Montenegro has many populer cities. Most populer are Budva,Kotor,Tivat and Herceg Novi. We are staying in Kotor.  Kotor is one of the best protected old towns in Adriyatic and this old town is selected  by UNESCO as a cultural heritage. There are restaurants , souvenir shops and two old churches in the old town. At the same time you can climb the stairs in a wall and you can  have view of the gulf. When I was walking around the old town I felt like in middle ages. Everything was different from now. I almost thought  I was in a different century. In my opinion historical places have magical spirit. 

                                                               Inside the Old Town

                      

     

                                                                    Old Town’s Walls 

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                        

After so much effort of course we were starving. I will be glad to share my favorite restaurants. Montenegro's cuisine has been influenced by Italian cuisine. We always find Pizza , Risotto and every kind of seafood here. But we can't eat everything because mostly they are using pork . We sometimes prefer vegetable based foods or seafoods. Pronto pizza is my favourite and Forza has amazing desserts. We tried Moskow Cake it was incredible. Actually their famous dessert is "Krem Pita" but when we went to Forza there was none left. I want to try Krem Pita another time.

   

Most of time we love spending our time on sea side. We pack our coffees and we lay down on the beach. I play some music on my speaker although I don't turn up the volume high. Because someones can can  annoyed:) I question to myself  why we always can't feel same peace.     

         

Of course everything is not 100% compatible . Here people are predominantly Christian.Yesterday we went to the sea. If I will swim I have to wear a Burkini. And I dont want to wear this in front of these people. I have no clue if they are used to seeing someone wearing burkini while swimming. This is just an example. Most of the time people don't want to accept someone who doesn't look similar like themselves. We are all humans and we effect some situations. Maybe I did the same thing in the past. But I believe If we can improve ourselves and open our hearts we can handle everything. 

                                                                                 

                                                                With love Rabia

       

                                                                                                                      

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