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Žabljak and Durmitor National Park

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 1, 2019
Post category:City Europe 🌍Forest Hilly /Mountains Landscape Montenegro 🇲🇪travel

... Continued from Kotor and Budhva Zabljak is a small town in northern Montenegro with a population of less than 2000. We left Kotor mid day . Bus journey itself was about 4.5 hours. Our hotel was just 5 min walk from the bus stop. The town is in the center of the Durmitor mountain region and the highest town in Balkan. We spent the rest of the day walking around and had a nice dinner in the evening. Next morning my first destination was Black lake inside Durmitor national park. This…

Kotor and Budhva

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 27, 2019
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Montenegro 🇲🇪travel

🇲🇪 🇲🇪 🇲🇪 ... continued from Bar Day 1 Our next stop was Kotor which is about 70 Km from Bar. It passes through Budhva, Petrovac , Sutomore and Tivat. Tivat is the only other international airport in Montenegro other than Podogracia. We arrived just at noon . We booked our stay close to the old town and it was a very short taxi ride from the bus station. This is one of best preserved medieval towns in Adriatic coast and an UNESCO world heritage site After checking in our accommodation , first thing was…

Crete – A cultural tour

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 31, 2018
Post category:Greece 🇬🇷

🇬🇷 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 Day 1 Arrived in the evening by a Chattered Flight and then transported to Rethimno Mare hotel in Skaleta. Day 2 This day is planned for sight seeing in and around Rethimno. Our first stop was Eleftherna Museum . The " Museum of ancient Eleutherna - Homer in Crete" , was created to accommodate the results of the excavations carried out for thirty years in the ancient city . We spent about 1 hour there and then departed for Monastery Akradi. We then visited Rethimno…

Bar

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 2, 2018
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Montenegro 🇲🇪travel

🇲🇪 🇲🇪 🇲🇪 ... continued from "Train from Belgrade to Bar" Train journey was quite long and we reached bar at about 8 in the morning. Bar is pretty little touristic town with Mediterranean climate. This town was inhabited from ancient times. There are findings from Neolithic era. Old part of the town (Stari Bar) still has the remains of the fortress which is a great landmark of Byzantine empire. The city was largely destroyed in WW II an since rebuilt. It was again destroyed completely in an earthquake in 1979 and then again rebuilt.…

Train from Belgrade to Bar

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 10, 2018
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Montenegro 🇲🇪travel

🇲🇪 🇲🇪 🇲🇪 The journey from Belgrade to Bar is one of the most spectacular train journeys in Europe. It's a marvel of engineering, with 254 tunnels and 435 bridges on the 296-mile journey from the Serbian capital to the Adriatic coast, Construction of the line started in the 1950s but only completed in 1976, opened by President Tito himself. The central station in Belgrade is permanently closed on July 2018 and the trains are departing from Topcider. I had problem in finding Topcider station initially, took Tram No 4 to wrong direction. After former Yugoslovia…

Belgrade

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 23, 2018
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Serbia 🇷🇸travel

🇷🇸 🇷🇸 🇷🇸 So , It was little messed up even before it started ; I booked the trip for 4 but Anwesha decided not to come. So it was just me and my mother. My flight from Luton by Wizz air was bang on time. As usual I had to convince them that I am allowed to flight without visa. I arrived Belgrade at 1 am and then finally reached to my apartment at 2. Next day we left in the morning to Beograd central station to collect my reservation ticket. Beograd central…

🥚Easter break … St. Briavels and Wye valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 1, 2018
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Forest Landscape travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was one rare exception where I just booked the stay but did not plan anything, hoping others will do it. Nevertheless we arrived very late at Chepstow because lots of planned engineering work was going on M4. Weather was terrible on Friday , it was drizzling all the day. We checked-in at 5.30 and there was nothing else to do for that day. It is not everyday you can stay in a castle that too without breaking the bank. YHA did a fabulous job to maintain and renovate the castle…

Timișoara

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 2, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍Romania 🇷🇴travel

🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 We reached Timișoara at 10 in the morning. The weather was nice. Our apartment was in a suburb which was 2km from historic center. Timisoara is the capital of Timis country . It has a very diverse cultural background being inhabited by Romanians, Hungarians and Germans, among others. I just took time and enjoyed some walks through the city. Watched the people, admired the architecture and take in historical feel of the city. One of the major landmark is the Timisoara Orthodox Catehdral. The legend is that after August 23, 1944, on October…

Saturday Cycle ride in Essex villages

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 26, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We cycled out of the beautiful historic village of Ingatestone with its 11th century church and cycled through the woods towards Highwood and then to the pretty village of Blackmore where we stopped for morning tea and cakes. Then through a series of little villages: Norton Heath, Willingdale, Fyfield (where we had lunch at the Black Bull), Birds Green, Shellow Bowells(!), Roxwell, Newney Green, then past the Agricultural College and into towards Chelmsford on the lovely cycle path by the river. I was on the train that leaves Stratford at 9:25 getting…

Sibiu

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 22, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍Romania 🇷🇴travel

🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 We arrived Sibiu late in the evening. It was raining heavily at that time . Our residence was just next to the historical center. I had one full day to spend in Sibiu, weather was fantastic. Initially I thought of visiting Lake Balea and then cable car to waterfall and transfagarasan highway. Transfagarasan highway closes in November so there is no way to drive through. I latter decided to stay put and visit the historic center instead. I left my hotel after breakfast and left for Astra open air museum. The…