Traveling from Amsterdam to Montenegro

We woke up early and made our way to the airport four hours early, as Amsterdam’s airport is one of the worst for wait times. We actually got pretty lucky, and even though there were long lines weRead more
Montenegro day 1

Today we all got some much needed sleep. We woke up late and jumped right in the pool. The kids swam forever. We had breakfast Al fresco and then swam more. It was hot out, but the pool was perfectRead more
Laundry surprise

Look what was in Ollie’s underwear! I brought in our laundry that was drying outside. I picked these up to fold them and found this lovely scorpion! Needless to say, I shook out every other itemRead more
Montenegro day 2: Budva and the beach

We hit up the pool this morning again and had a yummy breakfast at the villa. We got on the road to drive half hour to Budva, a town that is one of the oldest on the Adriatic Sea. It’s more thanRead more
Budva at night

Love this town
Views from our boat tour

We took a three hour not tour around Kotor and Tivat and it was the best thing we have done so far. We learned about the history of Montenegro and got to see how the people here defended themselvesRead more
Pizza

There is some amazing pizza here in Montenegro. Also-every local person squirts tons of ketchup and Mayo all over their pizza! I tried it… not a fan.
Boat Tour In Kotor Hans

Today we took a boat tour around the Adriatic. The boat left from Kotor and the views where amazing. The next stop was the Lady Of The Rocks a man made island from the 1500s with a church. Then weRead more
Our lady of the rocks island

One stop on our boat trip was to the island of our lady of the rocks. The legend is that 500 years ago two sailors found a rock sticking out of the water. One of them had a lame leg. They supposedlyRead more
Making friends with “our” mačke

Enjoying our villa

The view from our boat.

Beauty for 360 degrees!
Hiking the wall

Today some of our group hiked the steep wall in Kotor to the mountain top and I stayed home with the kids. They swam for six hours straight! The hike went well, and they also drove to a cool lookoutRead more
Aquapark

Today the kids (minutes ollie with his broken wrist and I) enjoyed the aqua park in the sea at Mogren beach. They played and enjoyed it, then settled into the beach for a while.
Adult dinner

We enjoyed an adult dinner just down the path from our villa. This restaurant (one of two in the town) is famous for its seafood. We had octopus, calamari, mussels, pasta, shrimp, risotto and more. ItRead more
View from our restaurant tonight

Say hello to my little friend

This bug jumped into the pool with me this morning. It was the size of my hand!
Road trip

We took a drive down south along the coast and stopped at a few cute little towns. We saw Sveti Stefan, a beach and islet with pink sand! Then we found a tiny beach and a delicious restaurant for ourRead more
Last night in Montenegro

Star gazing on our last night
We arrived in Berlin!

We left our villa in Montenegro at 8:30 am and drove to Dubrovnik, Croatia to catch our flight. We flew to Amsterdam and had a five hour layover there before flying to Berlin. We arrived at ourRead more
Translation

The most important phrase to know here…
Berlin- day 1

We got to explore beautiful Berlin today! It’s a fabulous city. We saw the old Anhalter Banhoff train station that was used to deport thousands of Jews during the war. It was almost entirelyRead more
Berlin- and Jud!

Today we explored Berlin. We went to a museum at an old bunker that was the history of Hitler’s rise to power. It was super impressionable and interesting. The boys loved it. We are at a doner kabobRead more
Dresden

This was the day the boys were looking forward to forever. Dresden is a city known for its beautiful architecture and over 90% of the city was destroyed in the war. It’s got lots of great history,Read more
Travel plan changes..

Well. We were scheduled to take the train back from Dresden to Berlin, have a few hours to pick up, then leave at 3:00 am for the airport. We got to the train station and as we were waiting, theyRead more