Podgorica - 17th October

Today we left the coast to transfer to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.  This is not too long a journey, only two hours or so, so we don’t have to rush.  Unforetunately as this is not a long journey, it means the bus company doesn’t give us their best bus, and so it’s not really a comfortable ride.  The only compensation is again some great views as we climb up away from the coast.  We also get to see some more of the fire damage up close.

When we get to Podgorica we seek lodgings.  There is a hostel close to the bus station, but when we get there they are unsure if they can take us as they have a big load of people coming later.  But they are really nice and say they will help us relocate after the others arrive if there are too many.  We have a quick walk downtown while we wait, and as it turns out they have a place for us, with one catch, we will be sharing a dorm room with 2 other guys.

Once we are settled in we begin to look around the town.  The only problem is there isn’t really much to see.  While the rest of Montenegro is beautiful, the capital is not.  We see a few statues, a few bridges, and a couple of other sights, but not much.  If anything typifies Podgorica it would be the old town.  This gets a great write up in the guidebooks, but when we go searching for it we find nothing interesting.  The most famous sight, the clock tower, famously does not have a clock.  We thought it was us who were missing something, but when we talk to our two roommates later, we discover they had exactly the same experiences.

However our half day in Podgoricia does end on a high as we have dinner in a local grill.  We have avoided the local burgers until now, but tonight we order them, as we have been told they are different from normal burgers.  And they are, however more by size than by taste.  We end up with two dinner plate sized burgers that really were far too big to finish, although I just about managed.