Family travel blog. How to travel with kids around the world.
Balkans: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Macedonia, Albania
Srebrenica, Potočari Memorial Center and Cemetery. Srebrenica Genocide Memorial. Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are many places in the world where people suffered an unbelievable pain, where innocent were turned into villains and murderers into victims. One may think what with the years, the time will do its justice and allow to make it clear for […]
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Things to do in Mostar. Balkans with kids. I bet that for those who treat Bosnia and Herzegovina only as a transit country on their way to Croatia, Mostar will be the Bosnian Dubrovnik. But Bosnia and Herzegovina was never a transfer country for us. So, if I would hear someone […]
Makarska, Makarska Riviera. Croatia with kids. Family travel guide Makarska is a small town (with around 15 thousand inhabitants) on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, located at the foot of the Biokovo mountain range, between Spit and Dubrovnik. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Croatian coast and it’s known for […]
Metelkova Art Center, Slovenia. Ljubljana with kids We arrived in Ljubljana in the evening. The capital of Slovenia was one of the stops on our second Balkan trip that we made with our two daughters, ages 3.5 and 4 months. Having such small kids on board, we planned the trip so that the driving will […]
Budva, Montenegro with kids. Things to do in Budva. Balkans Budva, located on the Adriatic Sea, is one of the major sea resorts in Montenegro. We heard that during summer it is full with tourists. But as we made our first Balkan trip with our 8 months old daughter in May and June, we were […]
City Breaks Belgrade. Serbia with kids. What to do in Belgrade. Belgrade is one of the cities that joined the group of my favorite places around the world and moreover, it totally surprised me. To be honest, I expected it to be a capital of post-Yugoslavia filled with socialist flavor. Instead, Belgrade turned out to […]
Let’s talk about Balkans There is so much about Balkans I would like to write. So many thoughts, so many moments, so… That I don’t even know where to start, coz I keep jumping in my thoughts from one memory to the other, jumping through time, jumping through places. I want to write about hitch-hiking […]
Before we start, please tell me what is the first thought that comes to your mind when you hear: “Bosnia and Herzegovina”. If that thought is anything else than: “amazing”, “OMG”, “no words” or “when are we going”, it means you haven’t travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina at all or you were there during war. […]
One day in Dubrovnik Dubrovnik, called “pearl of the Adriatic”, is probably one of the most popular destinations in Croatia. If you ask someone who hasn’t been in Croatia yet, to pick one place where she/he would like to go, you would probably hear the answer: Dubrovnik. We are usually suspicious when it comes to […]
The 295 km long Adriatic coastline in Montenegro with cities such as Bar, Budva, Sveti Stefan and Ulcinj (already more oriental in character due to its location close to the Albanian border) is definitely very tempting for anyone looking for nice beaches and warm sea. We heard a lot about it and decided to check […]
Žabljak and the heart of Durmitor aka “Dario… it’s ok, it’s no problem” Durmitor lies in the northwestern part of Montenegro. It is both the name for a massif as well as for a national park. The massif has 48 peaks above 2000m and the highest of them is Bobotov Kuk, 2522 meters. But our […]
Before we knew what exactly to see in Montenegro, we had been already sure that we want to visit Ostrog Monastery that is dedicated to St Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije Ostroški). Apart from its picturesque location, the monastery is as well one of the most spiritual centers for all Orthodox Christians in Montenegro. The […]
From Bay of Kotor to the heart of Durmitor About roads of Montenegro we can write a whole book 🙂 It’s true that they are more steep and curvy than the roads you probably know, but as long you keep driving the main ones you don’t have to worry about anything. The main roads are […]
The Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), 28km long and surrounded by two massifs of the Dinaric Alps (the Orjen and the Lovcen), is definitely the most amazing bay of the Adriatic Sea we’ve seen. The history of inhabitants of the bay goes back to antiquity. The most popular places among tourists are the well preserved […]
Why so far: Questions we often heard were: Why Montenegro? Why so far?… Well, why not? The idea to travel to Montenegro we had a few years before our trip. We usually buy either used books or the ones on sale. This time among whole bunch of thrillers I found a tour guide through Montenegro […]
While picking our places to stay we had to take into consideration how far they are from each other. There are really many beautiful places on the Adriatic coastline, which do not have a touristic standard ( Makarska is very popular, especially among Poles). However, as we were going before the high season, we didn’t […]
We started in Munich and through Austria and Slovenia we got to the northern Croatian Adriatic coast. Our first destination was Opatija. It is a small town close to Rijeka. One the most popular tourist attraction is Lungo Mare, a 12 km long seaside promenade from Lovran to Preluka. The promenade links many historic buildings […]