Oh, hello there.
Hello there.
Good morning everyone.
Hope you're all having a nice Monday.
Over here it is time for us to leave.
Travel day.
This week in Mostar just flew by.
Like crazy how fast it went.
We had so much fun here.
Yeah, we loved the city.
It has been one of our favorites so far.
We absolutely loved it.
And there is just so many reasons why we liked it.
Locals were friendly accommodating.
We had amazing food.
Two particular places we liked are what Šadrvan and Tima-Irma . Yes.
Yes.
We went there many times.
Those places are wonderful so it has a very underrated food scene and just like we just
felt really good about visiting a place like this because you know during the 90s there
was a this place was ravaged by war and there is still many visible signs of that.
The community is rebuilding and it just feels really good to be uh a part of that as a tourist
visiting.
Anyways, let's give you guys a little apartment tour.
Apartment tour before we run out of here.
It is one of these really early morning starts.
We were up at five.
Uh yeah.
It is hard to get up that early but what is nice about a day like that though is that
we are scheduled to arrive at our destination at one.
Yes.
So we don't feel like we're wasting our whole day traveling.
Alright, so apartment tour.
Anyways, where are we.
Let's get focussed.
Haha.
So we are in the living room slash kitchen.
Yeah.
So you can see over here we had a nice fairly spacious kitchen.
There was a fridge um yeah we just had everything we needed.
Lots of glasses and lots of plates.
Da da da duh.
This was our it wasn't so much our dining table as much as it was a work table.
Yep.
Um, we also made use of the nice couch to watch Netflix as you do.
Yep.
Okay, come on in here.
Um, it is cold in November here.
Mmmhmm.
Especially at night and in the morning so we utilized this electric heater a lot.
Yep.
A lot.
Like all day every day.
Haha.
And if you come in here you can see that there is a beautiful rug, nice decoration on the
bottom.
Um, the bed was comfortable.
I should show the bed.
Woop.
Backup.
There we go.
Exactly.
And location of this place was great.
We were basically just a few minutes walk from the heart of the old town.
You know the Stari Most the most famous bridge.
Yeah.
And so it didn't take long to get there.
And yeah this area was just off in a bit of a back alley so it was also quiet too.
We didn't and there were lots of cats on the street.
We befriended all of the cats.
There were so many like kind of stray but well taken care of cats.
It reminded us of Istanbul.
Yeah.
And we ended up buying two boxes of cat food.
We got to know all of the cats in our neighborhood.
So uh we definitely made some kitty friends on this trip.
Very cool.
Well that concludes our apartment tour.
I didn't show you guys there is a bathroom somewhere.
Yeah.
I'll show you guys that.
Um, yeah, bathroom.
So your standard bathroom.
Washing machine.
Washer which was awesome.
Shower was fantastic because it had good water pressure and tonnes of hot water.
We needed the hot water because of this tiny heater.
Toilet sink that is it.
Self explanatory.
Oh my gosh we are I wouldn't say we're running behind but we definitely need to go.
We have to go.
Alright guys so we have arrived at the station and as you can see there is quite a bit of
activity going on this early in the morning at six thirty.
I wasn't sure how active the bus station would be but there is cafes open.
There is a number of buses running.
And yeah we didn't shoot our journey over here because it was raining and we are carrying
a smaller point and shoot for these types of travel vlogs not my main camera.
Ah, and it is not weatherproof so uh just going to give you show you guys a few shots
here at the station and then we're going to board on the bus.
So basically I've got two questions to ask you?
First off, what is in your hands?
My breakfast.
Your breakfast.
We stopped off at a little bakery on the way to the bus terminal and Sam picked me up some
pastries.
So that is my breakfast.
And that was 2 in local currency so yeah.
It is very cheap.
Like just over a Euro.
Yep.
One dollar something.
So that is breakfast for you.
And what is your second question?
Second question is we did not tell you guys where we are going?
So where are we going today?
So we are continuing onto Montenegro.
We're going to Kotor.
Kotor.
I don't really know what part of the word you're supposed to stress.
We'll figure it out once we get there and we hear how locals call their city.
Yeah.
So that is where we're going this morning.
A new country.
Montenegro.
Excited for that.
We're taking a van.
Yeah, bit of a surprise and you had mentioned that you noticed only 4 passengers when we
booked the ticket.
So yeah, it makes sense that we're taking a smaller vehicle.
Alright time for a much needed update because we are just about to cross the border.
I'd say we're about half way done our journey.
Yeah, I've been sleeping the whole way as usual.
Yep.
Um, but yeah we thought we would share the prices for the tickets.
So you guys know.
So in the local currency.
Actually I just did the conversion so let me open up my phone.
In the local currency it was 47 which is the equivalent of 24 Euros and we actually walked
to the bus station in Mostar and bought our tickets in person.
Yes.
It is considerably cheaper in person than online.
Yes, we were going to book them online and it was 33 Euros instead of the 24 Euros and
if we booked them online we were going to have to print them ourselves.
Yep.
And then the whole hassle of like finding an internet cafe exactly or whatever yeah.
So yeah it is like so much cheaper if you're traveling in this region to just go to the
bus station buy your ticket and be done.
Yeah exactly.
And uh I forgot to tell you the price of our airbnb that we stayed at in Mostar.
Right.
And I'll include a link in the description below to the property.
So it was normally it would be 29 dollars a night but because we stayed a week we got
a discount down to 26 dollars a night.
Exactly.
So we thought that was really good value.
Um and yeah this is awesome.
I'm finding the trip has gone so fast.
Mmmhmm.
The bus has been like in combination it has been empty for certain sections and packed
for others.
Now it is empty.
We nearly dropped off everyone so um I'm not sure if we're picking anyone up before we
cross the border or not but uh I hope not.
I kind of like stretching.
Oh my gosh across two seats.
Private transportation.
Haha.
Seriously.
But it has been a very scenic journey so far.
Um, we've gone through all kinds of different landscapes and uh yeah excited to reach our
to reach Kotor.
And we're going to go out for a meal after that so yes we are.
Stay tuned for that.
So time for an update.
We are still on the bus.
It appears we're going the long way around.
Oh my gosh we got so close to arriving and then we took this huge detour because we're
obviously picking up like going through different areas to pick up people.
So right now we are in the capital.
We're in the capital.
We're going to Budva and then there is one other destination.
4 stops.
And on top of that so yeah we were expecting to be arriving at 1pm and now it is already
2pm.
We're hopeful we'll be there at 4pm.
Hopefully.
So we're going to originally planned to go eat once we arrived for lunch but now we've
made lunch this little stop here.
Alright a sandwich and burek.
Alright.
Let's try the burek with cheese.
Oooh.
Mmm.
Woah!
We are here.
We basically went on a grand tour of Montenegro by bus.
Yeah.
It is now it is now three forty.
We're scheduled to arrive at one.
Almost four hours later, no.
Two three four.
No almost three hours later.
Haha.
I can't do math.
Anyways I wasn't prepared for nine hours on the bus mentally.
Neither was I oh my gosh.
I'm exhausted that was a surprise.
But anyways really glad to be here now we just have to check into our airbnb and then
we'll take you guys out for dinner.
And the lady has been waiting for us since 2 o'clock.
I just got a message from her so yeah we need to roll.
We need to haul some you know what.
Haha.
Okay so we are all checked in.
We had to dry off because it started pouring rain just as we were reaching the place.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, we are quickly learning that the Balkans in November is uh yeah very much off season.
Very wet.
Very wet, very cold and when it rains it pours.
Yeah.
Also, we are so hungry right now because we've only had baked goods all day long.
We were planning to have lunch a lot earlier.
So yeah, now that we're here we're going to take you out to a restaurant.
What is the name of the place?
And our host recommended this place.
It is called Przun I think.
And she gave this to us and said we get a 10% discount.
Yeah.
And we plotted it on our google maps and it is a 4 minute walk.
Yes.
It is perfect, it is raining so we don't want to go far.
Let's go do it.
Sam just tried befriending a cat that was taking a poop.
He didn't realize.
Hey kitty.
It was about the size of Hobie.
It was huge.
Well dinner has been served.
We both got risottos.
I went for the fresh vegetables.
Sam went for the mushroom.
Yours is better.
I know.
Haha.
It is.
Haha.
It is good but I make a creamier risotto.
I feel like I'm a risotto pro over here so I'm kind of picky about that.
But I'm so hungry right now that I'll take this.
I'll take it.
It is still pretty good though.
I really like my mushroom risotto.
How is that?
Worth the wait after a long day of travel?
So hungry, so glad to finally be here.
That was a long day.
We're just so both tired so yeah we're going to say goodbye to you guys.
Thanks for watching.
We will have more from Kotor very soon.
Tata.