So, John got to town on Tuesday night. It was a harrowing day full of tired and weary (I worked the day shift on my own), and then joy and bliss (John arrived and we kissed). It was a nice reunion.
And so far, it's been a good visit. We haven't done a whole lot of sight-seeing thusfar. I blame John's jetlag and my sense of not wanting to sight-see that much in a place that I'd been calling home for the past 5 months. I wanted us to go to the first annual Petrovac Jazz Festival, but the weather (hot and rainy) and my health (tired and pukey) held us back. But, we did take 12 hostel guests and 3 peddle boats out to Sveti Nikola Island yesterday and spent 4 sun-soaked hours on the only completely deserted beach in Budva. No one believed me that the beach was going to be devoid of tourists, but I was dead right. Everyone had a blast, despite one lost t-shirt (by George), one lost pair of prescription glasses (by my beloved), and one lost lunch (by me, my first time seasick!).
It's strange how these past 3 days or so, this town has really emptied out a whole lot. I knew it would happen after August was over and the high season ended, but I wasn't really prepared for it happening 2 days before September, and also at such a dramatic rate! Where normally there would be bathing-suit clad couples and families coming back from the beaches at 5:00pm heading to their vacation rentals, or where I would see teeming hordes of humanity marching along the promenade at 7:00pm at night, checking out the carnival rides, the beach bars, and each other, there just AREN'T ANYMORE! It's sort of sad to see the end of the era of madness. I always hated crowds and never enjoyed this scene as it carried on all around me here in Budva these past couple of months. But, now that we're in September officially, and John is here, so I'm finally on vacation, it's just sad to see the season end.
This is the beginning of another change in my world here in Budva. This next month and a half will be about friends visiting, and taking lots of vacation trips around the region. So welcome, new era. Good-bye, old one. I will miss thee teeming masses and thou crazy hordes.
Tonight, John and I set off on a ferry across the sea. Italy, here we come!!!
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Seasons Change
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Sooooo, Montenegro finally gets a 'laugh track!'
Hey Martina, glad to read what you've been up to, and that Johnny is there to partner up for some adventures (i'm sure *something interesting* is going to happen to you guys)
Just wanted to let you know that Nesrin and I are now the proud parents of Dylan, our baby boy born on Aug 14! We are enjoying the (mostly) ups and (some) downs of parenting--whenever you get back this way you'll have to meet him...though he may be quite grown up by then;>
Keep up the blogging, and doing that thing that you do--it's nice to take a break from the day to day grind at Antenna to see that the world really isn't all about the 9 to5 !
regards,
-Dave Witt
Hello Martina, It has certainly been a while. I am glad that it was easy to find you on the internet. Even if I had to sign up to blogger just to leave a comment on your blog.
I'm glad to see that things are working out for you.
Lil' catching up from me:
I returned to france, finished my last semester, got a broken heart (he was such a bastard about it!) traveled to Spain, Portugal and Morocco and arrived home without a sense of direction. And finally, I go into school next sunday the 23rd of september...senior year here I come!
AWWWW
after reading your posts it makes me want to go back to Montenegro! I actually do want to go back to learn the language...but it seems that the only school teaching it is in Niksic...so I might have to go to croatia first, learn a little and then move to Niksic close to Budva.
But tell me, will you be returning to MNE? or is this adventure over? How are david and Nadyia? Are they still working the hostel?
Please give me the 4-11 when you have time...you guys are the last connection I have to that place and in my mind you will always be there until the day I go back...but probably the reality of things will be different...oh well :)
hagredan@gmail.com is where I'm at...please KIT and tell me about you and what has happened.
p.s. sorry about your back...glad to hear you're better :)
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