I was in Montenegro many times as a tourists. One of the highlights was hiring a kayak in Rijeka Crnojevića and kayaking down the Crnojevića river which look like the Amazon rivber. Lots of wildlife and the water was perfect warm for a swim. The Durmitor National Park is also fantastic and the Tara River Canyon located there is the second deepest in Europe. I took the train from Belgrade, Serbia to Bar, Montenegro and didn't know that the Belgrade-Bar railway line is one of the most spectacular railway lines in Europe. So high up in the mountains and all the tunels and crazy bridges. It felt like riding a train in an old western movie. That's why I visited the country multiple times. So much to see, so much to do in such a relatively small country.
Gabe, you should definitely take your rental to Plužine and use that as your base to visit Durmitor National Park. Inland Montenegro is easily the most underrated part of the former Yugoslavia so I’m glad you’re going! Also, what the apartment owner was probably trying to tell you is that he speaks the Montenegrin dialect of what is essentially the same language (but with different names for political reasons), Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. The Montenegrin dialect is closest to Serbian, and they use both the Cyrillic and Latin scripts, like in Serbia.
Hey brotherman, glad you are back visiting Montenegro. I loved the vibe and night life energy there. If you take the train from central south you can ride the train up to Serbia a sweet and memorable train ride! It goes through the amazing mountains and gorges.
City you stay is call Igalo and not Herceg-Novi ,but they are connected .Igalo was resort for older people to get rehabilitation during Yugoslav times. And just 200 metter next to you is former Josip Broz Tito vila call Galeb which still intact and i thing you can even visit it few days a week
33 euros for that plate is a massive rip off btw. That's worse than Stockholm tourist prices. EDIT: Read some comments on Reddit and everyone seems to agree that this part of Europe(including Croatia) has just become way too expensive over the last few years. Like a guy had been going there for 18 years and won't be returning now because of the prices.
It has definitely gotten more expensive, but important to keep in mind that the two beers were 5 euros each and the Greek salad was 8 euros. So the plate of food was just 15 euros, which is pretty reasonable. But you can certainly find cheaper prices in more local areas.
Croatia has become impossibly expensive on the coast. Go inland a bit, and the picture changes somewhat. Greedy people, basically. Restaurants on the coast are open only during the tourist season; May to September. After that they're closed until next year. So, they want to earn in a few months what others earn in a year. Then, they complain that there is not enough tourists in the off season. Stupid!!! Typical Dalmatians.
You're in Igalo . . . Herceg-Novi is up aways and around the bend. You'll pass by another "section" called Topla. I was wondering where you were at first!
Great overview, Gabe! One observation is that there are very, very few tattoos on folks at the beach and most of the people were not obese. They were mostly in pretty good shape. Another observation was there was very little graffiti which is nice, and where I saw it, it looked like someone tried to remove it. Might have to plan a trip! Safe travels...
4:23 It is the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the central confession in Montenegro. That is why the frescoes are the same as those found in Serbia. Just to let you know, the language spoken in Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia is the same language with slight variations. Kind Regards
As for the languages in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, the Serbian language was modernized by taking words from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially from Montenegro. This was done by Vuk Karadzic for Austria-Hungary, which had both Croats and Serbs in its empire.,, The language of the slavic subjects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was called Serbo-Croatian .Since the Montenegrio were not in that country, no one asked them. They spoke their native Montenegrin in their country, and the most important work of the Montenegrin poet demanded to be translated into Serbian because they did not understand anything... When Yugoslavia came, first and second, the issue of language remained a monopoly of these two peoples, the Croats and the Serbs... However, at the beginning of the nineties, all the countries of the former Yugoslavia began to call the languages of their countries because the variations of the language of the South Slavs are definitely separate languages.Over time, the languages got closer because it is a living form, so it seems that originally they are not from different roots ... The thing is that people understand each other but they don't speak like that in their environment....... They have increased the fund of words, they know what they mean, but they don't use those words...also among all the peoples of this area, for one thing there are at least 5-6 other names for the same thing.....Likewise, the people of the territory of the former Yugoslavia is not of Slavic origin, they are natives before Rome, but they were linguistically assimilated from the Slavs ... The most extensive genetic research of the population of Montenegro conducted in Houston gave the following results. Origin from the first Europeans, 23,000 years and more - 35 percent of the population, the second is the African haplo group -25 percent, in third place are the proto-Celts, and only then the Slavs with only 8 percent. Such a situation is also in Dalmatia, Bosnia...
Gorgeous area you are staying in. Loved the walk along the beach promenade. To top it off your dinner looked delicious, oh and I love Erdinger Weissbier nice and refreshing when it’s hot. Have fun and Cheers🍺❤😎
Looks nice. They seem to be getting the tourist spillover effect from Croatia, Kotor is written about as being over touristed. Off season seems to be the rule for a relaxed experience in Europe :)
Yes, Macedonian (of North Macedonia, not Greece) is basically the same as Bulgarian, and Montenegrin is basically the same as Serbian (plus Croatian and Bosnian, these 4, Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Bosnian are all basically the same). Slovenian is similar to but still not the same as certain local dialects of northern Croatia (not the standard language). There you have the languages of former Yugoslavia in a nutshell!
This is true. And because in Yugoslav times Serbo-Croatian language was preferred and was the most popular in media all across the country (it still is on some radio music channels), this language is understood in any ex-Yugoslav country nowadays. On the other hand, other South Slavic people have some problems to fully understand Slovenian but Macedonian is fully understood by Bulgarians and vice-versa.
@@Ojstra The Serbo-Croatian language died with the death of the old Federal Yugoslavia. The Serbs never published a single book in Serbian before the 19th century that is why they wanted to include the Croatian language & literary history. Croatians on the other hand aren't interested in the Serbian language as most Croats especially the younger ones can't read Cyrillic.
@@TheSouth-j7f, the linguistic idea of Serbo-Croatian language (or Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian, BCMS) is not dead yet. For instance, on Wikipedia: It is a pluricentric language with four mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. And as I also speak this language (although my mother tongue is Slovenian) and have been to all these countries and communicated with local people there, I can confirm that all these 4 now called languages are in reality dialects of only one language. It is all in politics in this language division, just like Romanian-Moldovan once.
@@Ojstra Best sketch from i thing 1987 from Top LIsta NAdrealist "JEzici" or languages in English where they pretend that Serbian ,Croati,Bosnia,Montengran are differnt languges and they cant understand each other
hi Gabriel, the beach resort town had such a feel of Western Europe If I didn't know you would think you were in Spain, Italy, or France. Incredibly beautiful area very pleasant atmosphere the women are incredibly attractive. Not a very populated country overall but much to do and see.
@@DeputyDog-mh1yo Most people seemed unfriendly to be honest...Belgrade wasn't my vibe. I wasn't prepared for the freezing cold as well, being from the tropics (but that's my fault). Then I went to Albania and everyone was super nice there, such a difference.
Thanks for the Shingren reminder, always appreciate those and the tip on currency conversion at the atm. Really enjoyed the waterfront tour, it seems like a place well worth visiting for a week or 2 especially if you need to just relax . Yep, I need that kind of a brk myself 😀
Always worth it to ask the tour companies if you can just hop off the day tripe at their destination instead of returning. They usually don't care and just want your money. I was in Marrakech earlier this year and needed to get to Casablanca - I found a day tour and the company had no problem. Got a ride to Casa, a tour of the Mosque, and was dropped off about 4 blocks from my Airbnb for about the sake price as the train.
For whatever it's worth, Wikipedia says that it originated in Turkey during the 19th century and was brought to Greece during the population exchange in the 1920s.
Those tunnels are the remains of the narrow-gauge railway that was abolished about half a century ago, it's really a shame that the communist authorities did that. Otherwise, the railway connected Heceg Novi with Dubrovnik, railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina and places in the hinterland of Montenegro.
Yes, fires around Athens but that doesn't affect the islands, unless there happens to be a fire on one of the islands. I'll check news before going but should be fine.
There is a mistake I think on the map, Bulgaria and Romania are still not full members of Schengen zone, the schengen rules apply only for air transfers in these countries
Also apply for water transfers, only land transfers are (for now) exception. But the most important thing here is that Romania and Bulgaria are now part of that 90/180 days rule that is important for Gabriel as a non-EU citizen. So any day there counts here in his case.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos So are we, the romanians, and the austrians, of course. Politics, economics, imperialism from austrians and not only, etc. Romania achieved years ago the conditions for Schengen zone but was denied the joining, because. We are at the border of the empire and is not apropriate to be nothing but a buffer zone.
22:34 It is the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, ie the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918-1941, in which Montenegro was abolished territorially and without the national rights, state and church it had until 1918.
That royal Yugoslav coat of arms depicted the ruling Karađorđević dynastic crown, specifically. They were firstly kings of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 (after the assassination of the Obrenović King Alexander I of Serbia) and then kings of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918-29) and kings of Yugoslavia until the WWII.
@@Ojstra THE FAMILY OF KING ALESANDRO KARADJORDJEVICA GOT REFUGE IN MONTENEGRO WHEN THEY WERE EXILE FROM SERBIA... THEY RECEIVED REFUGE WITH KING NIKOLA OF MONTENEGRO.... They were accepted by the Montenegrin king....His father married the daughter of the King of Montenegro, King Nikola. Years 1914-1918. under the influence of decade-long pernicious Russian policy towards Montenegro, which plans to destroy it, as well as the French Masonic Lodge, it is arranged that the Kingdom of Montenegro disappears and that Serbia occupies it. Although it happened Aleksandar Karadjordjevic in question ousts his maternal grandfather from the throne and occupies Montenegro. A rebellion breaks out that lasts for several years.In the meantime, the daughter of King Nikola, who was the queen of Italy, was revolted by such actions of Karadjordjevic and organized the assassination of Aleksandr Karadjordjevic in Marseille. She entrusted the organization of that assassination to my grandmother's uncle, who was her trusted man. The assassination attempt in Marseille was successful and the villain paid. He was called Aca palikuca in Cetinje and in Montenegro... a man who burns houses. In addition to everything, ironically, the Karadjordjevic dynasty is not of Serbian origin, but of Albanian origin.
A quetion about logistics to Gabriel: How do you manage with free pages in your passport while constantly being on the road? 32 pages is not much space.
Nice look into the coast area. I do not think at this point Ill ever get over restaurant prices. It is still shocking to me, even after having been gouged continually since covid era. $40+/- for a simple meal....still shocks me.
As of alphabet ... After parting from Serbia in 2006, Montenegrins use to prioritize the Latin alphabet although Cyrillic alphabet is also equal in status under the Constitution of Montenegro and the Montenegrin language can be written in both alphabets. However, there are still some Serbian Orthodox places (like Ostrog Monastery) where (Serbian) Cyrillic is priroritized and there are still many Montenegrin citizens that declare themselves as Serbs (29% of total population in the 2011 census). When it was referendum on Montenegrin independence in 2006, only 55,5% of voters were for independence (which was only slightly higher than required 55%). As of Cyrillic alphabets ... Russian alphabet has 33 different letters, Montenegrin 32 and Serbian 30. Many of letters are the same but not all.
So Gyros is always mispronounced. The ‘g’ is ‘yeh’ so it’s ‘yeh’-‘ros’. The word means ‘to turn’ in Greek and of course the meat turns on vertical spits. If you really want to get technical, it’s origin is from Constantinople Turkey where they would grill stacked meat like lamb but let’s just keep it Greek
I was in Sydney and saw a restaurant that was called "Yeeros", spelled like that. I thought it was pretty cool that they named the restaurant how you phonetically pronounce gyros. Although perhaps they should have called it "Yeerdos", which would be slightly more accurate. Looks like you're right, they originated in the Ottoman empire in the 19th century. But I don't remember seeing gyros in Turkey.
There is no Montenegrin language, they speak Serbian there and use cirilic and latin letters. It is a Orthodox country same as Serbia and 20 years ago used to be one country called Serbian and Montenegro after which they seperated in around 2004.
I've never seen beaches in California as busy as they seem to get in Europe in August. Maybe it's because the beaches there are narrower, so there's less room to spread out?
That was an expensive restaurant at 36 euros for dinner. It looked very touristy due to its location. Hope it was good. I just spent a month in Croatia on the coast, which was about that much as well at certain restaurants.
Not too bad if you figure that included a Greek salad, which was an extra charge and two beers. In lots of places it would be a lot more. For Montenegro a bit expensive but a touristy area.
Still less than half of what it costs for a similar type dinner in Los Angeles - all things being equal in terms of nice location, type of menu, etc. People in southeastern Europe complain a lot about the prices going up in the last few years, but still a bargain for folks that come from North America for example.
Good question, but I don't know exactly. It depends a lot on which country I'm in, for example big difference between Switzerland and Montenegro. But I'd say on average I'm spending around $2,500 to $5,000 a month. And then of course if I go somewhere like India, Nepal or Thailand then it's less.
Croatia has become way too expensive, and people are looking for better prices. I hope the tourists don't overrun Crotia's beautiful neighbor, Montenegro, and Jack up their prices as well. Although, Croatia's prices "may" have peaked. Speaking to some of my family members that rent out rooms in the Zadar area, they have begun lowering room rates. We shall see....
20:48 This girl walked down the street as if she had liberated Montenegro😁😁😁There is a law that prohibits walking in a bathing suit on the street, but it is poorly respected... it was somewhere around 300 euros. Everything is ok, but there are a lot of old grandmothers who move like that ...boobs to the ground 🤣🤣🤣
TO COMICAL, PIZZA MEXICANA, ALL PIZAS ARE MEXICANAS THE TOMATO IS ORIGINAL TO THE UNITED STATES MEXICANOS AMERICAN CONTINENT INTRODUCE TO NAPLES AT THE TIME THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN. I WAS TRESPASSED OF A RESTAURANT FOR INFORMING THE COOK PIZZA WAS NOT ITALIAN, TO COMICAL. THANK YOU FOR FUNN MEMORIES . SALUDOS
It's a good idea, I've looked into it. I would need to provide proof of accommodation. So that changes things, I think I would need to find an apartment somewhere more long term. But it's something I would seriously consider doing.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos It's a project of Serbian nationalist agenda to make new churches and claim they're old so they can spread their pan-serbian influence to neighboring countries. One of the reasons Montenegro declared independence from Serbia was to try and shake off this malign influence. But as you will probably notice, there's still plenty of Serb influence in Montenegrin towns, the more inland you go. If you end up in Cetinje, you will find the haven of true Montenegrin culture, so I totally recommend going to that town and talk to some of the locals.
I was in Montenegro many times as a tourists. One of the highlights was hiring a kayak in Rijeka Crnojevića and kayaking down the Crnojevića river which look like the Amazon rivber. Lots of wildlife and the water was perfect warm for a swim. The Durmitor National Park is also fantastic and the Tara River Canyon located there is the second deepest in Europe. I took the train from Belgrade, Serbia to Bar, Montenegro and didn't know that the Belgrade-Bar railway line is one of the most spectacular railway lines in Europe. So high up in the mountains and all the tunels and crazy bridges. It felt like riding a train in an old western movie. That's why I visited the country multiple times. So much to see, so much to do in such a relatively small country.
I'm SHOCKED at the beauty of this town! So many amazing places that no one ever talks about.
I love your channel Gabriel! I'm not much of a traveler myself, so I appreciate getting to travel vicariously through you. Thank you!
Seems like a good place to cruise around and slow travel for a year.
It’s good to see you back in Europe. Love hanging with you via video
Excited for this series as Montenegro is one of the countries I’m interested in exploring more
Gabe, you should definitely take your rental to Plužine and use that as your base to visit Durmitor National Park. Inland Montenegro is easily the most underrated part of the former Yugoslavia so I’m glad you’re going!
Also, what the apartment owner was probably trying to tell you is that he speaks the Montenegrin dialect of what is essentially the same language (but with different names for political reasons), Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. The Montenegrin dialect is closest to Serbian, and they use both the Cyrillic and Latin scripts, like in Serbia.
Thanks for the info.
Welcome back to Europe Gabriel.Safe travels brother.
I'm imagining the lovely smells and aromas of those beach side restaurants
I am excited to learn more about Montenegro through your eyes. I know very little about that country.
thank you for sharing
Looks like a nice place to visit. Nice video footage and explanation. Thanks for posting it!
Well a slow bandwith connection and a cold beer are... natural allies. 😂
Hey brotherman, glad you are back visiting Montenegro. I loved the vibe and night life energy there. If you take the train from central south you can ride the train up to Serbia a sweet and memorable train ride! It goes through the amazing mountains and gorges.
Gorges are very cool 😎
Montenegro seems to be a very cool place to visit. An enjoyable mix of ancient history with cool beaches. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful!
beautiful view from the rental space balcony
towns in the Balkan region particularly near the Adriatic Sea seem to resemble any town on the Mediterranean Sea..very beautiful indeed
True.
Many places there have common history. The Romans, and the Venetians roamed that area for years, and years.
City you stay is call Igalo and not Herceg-Novi ,but they are connected .Igalo was resort for older people to get rehabilitation during Yugoslav times.
And just 200 metter next to you is former Josip Broz Tito vila call Galeb which still intact and i thing you can even visit it few days a week
Unfortunately that COMUNIST flag does NOT exist anymore !😡
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY !
Looks like a great place to hang for a few weeks! Loved th video!
Very Nice Gabriel, still doing great things. Cheers
Very beautiful and very clean.
Cheers Gabe,lovely and some nice looking 🍺
33 euros for that plate is a massive rip off btw. That's worse than Stockholm tourist prices.
EDIT: Read some comments on Reddit and everyone seems to agree that this part of Europe(including Croatia) has just become way too expensive over the last few years. Like a guy had been going there for 18 years and won't be returning now because of the prices.
It has definitely gotten more expensive, but important to keep in mind that the two beers were 5 euros each and the Greek salad was 8 euros. So the plate of food was just 15 euros, which is pretty reasonable. But you can certainly find cheaper prices in more local areas.
Croatia has become impossibly expensive on the coast.
Go inland a bit, and the picture changes somewhat.
Greedy people, basically.
Restaurants on the coast are open only during the tourist season; May to September. After that they're closed until next year.
So, they want to earn in a few months what others earn in a year.
Then, they complain that there is not enough tourists in the off season.
Stupid!!!
Typical Dalmatians.
@@apscoradialesif you don't want to pay tourist prices then stop your sniveling and stay away from touristic areas
Traveling isn't for poor people
@@Blablagerman even in German hotels Erdinger can be pricey, I stayed at Holiday Inn in Essen and the beer costed around 7euro there
A wonderful view of the bay from the restaurant,plus a refreshing beer,I would also like that!😊,enjoy!
You're in Igalo . . . Herceg-Novi is up aways and around the bend. You'll pass by another "section" called Topla. I was wondering where you were at first!
nice!!! safe... clean
thank you for transporting me there, saludos
@ 32:36
Song
Tamo Gdje Ljubav Počinje
(Where Love Begins)
Artist
Crvena Jabuka
(Red Apple)
Great overview, Gabe! One observation is that there are very, very few tattoos on folks at the beach and most of the people were not obese. They were mostly in pretty good shape. Another observation was there was very little graffiti which is nice, and where I saw it, it looked like someone tried to remove it. Might have to plan a trip! Safe travels...
I love Herceg Novi, the best vacations from young days. Nice memories from there!
No one talks about this place, yet it is stunningly beautiful!
Take bus tour where you can see whole Monte Negro in one day. Ostrog is holy place. You go inside Ostrog and you live forever.
4:23 It is the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the central confession in Montenegro. That is why the frescoes are the same as those found in Serbia. Just to let you know, the language spoken in Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia is the same language with slight variations. Kind Regards
Variations are same like American English and Australian English ,as Serb only thing i find different in Croatian is months calling
Central confession in Montenegro is the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. Serbian Orthodox Church is a foreign spy agency.
NE LAZINJAJ
As for the languages in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, the Serbian language was modernized by taking words from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially from Montenegro. This was done by Vuk Karadzic for Austria-Hungary, which had both Croats and Serbs in its empire.,,
The language of the slavic subjects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was called Serbo-Croatian .Since the Montenegrio were not in that country, no one asked them. They spoke their native Montenegrin in their country, and the most important work of the Montenegrin poet demanded to be translated into Serbian because they did not understand anything... When Yugoslavia came, first and second, the issue of language remained a monopoly of these two peoples, the Croats and the Serbs... However, at the beginning of the nineties, all the countries of the former Yugoslavia began to call the languages of their countries because the variations of the language of the South Slavs are definitely separate languages.Over time, the languages got closer because it is a living form, so it seems that originally they are not from different roots ... The thing is that people understand each other but they don't speak like that in their environment....... They have increased the fund of words, they know what they mean, but they don't use those words...also among all the peoples of this area, for one thing there are at least 5-6 other names for the same thing.....Likewise, the people of the territory of the former Yugoslavia is not of Slavic origin, they are natives before Rome, but they were linguistically assimilated from the Slavs ... The most extensive genetic research of the population of Montenegro conducted in Houston gave the following results.
Origin from the first Europeans, 23,000 years and more - 35 percent of the population, the second is the African haplo group -25 percent,
in third place are the proto-Celts, and only then the Slavs with only 8 percent. Such a situation is also in Dalmatia, Bosnia...
What a beautiful place
It looks really nice. Enjoy.
Great country❤
Looks a great place, the meal was good value two beers too.😊
Kathleen, for a touristic area these are reasonable prices.
Gorgeous area you are staying in. Loved the walk along the beach promenade. To top it off your dinner looked delicious, oh and I love Erdinger Weissbier nice and refreshing when it’s hot. Have fun and Cheers🍺❤😎
Slow down with the beer 🍻 consumption Gunner
@@DaltonMirklesteinCheers to you too🍻
Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslavian writer, who wrote ‘Bridge on the Drina’ which is about Višegrad, BIH.
Yes, the only Yugoslav to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
His books were definitely better than what middle aged American women have on their nightstands ❤
Herceg Novi is a lot of walking and climbing stairs 🤣🤣🤣
Great video again ! 😊 Visit the Kotor cable car , very nice view ! 😊❤🇧🇦🗻
Looks nice. They seem to be getting the tourist spillover effect from Croatia, Kotor is written about as being over touristed. Off season seems to be the rule for a relaxed experience in Europe :)
Yes, Macedonian (of North Macedonia, not Greece) is basically the same as Bulgarian, and Montenegrin is basically the same as Serbian (plus Croatian and Bosnian, these 4, Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Bosnian are all basically the same). Slovenian is similar to but still not the same as certain local dialects of northern Croatia (not the standard language). There you have the languages of former Yugoslavia in a nutshell!
This is true. And because in Yugoslav times Serbo-Croatian language was preferred and was the most popular in media all across the country (it still is on some radio music channels), this language is understood in any ex-Yugoslav country nowadays. On the other hand, other South Slavic people have some problems to fully understand Slovenian but Macedonian is fully understood by Bulgarians and vice-versa.
@@Ojstra The Serbo-Croatian language died with the death of the old Federal Yugoslavia. The Serbs never published a single book in Serbian before the 19th century that is why they wanted to include the Croatian language & literary history. Croatians on the other hand aren't interested in the Serbian language as most Croats especially the younger ones can't read Cyrillic.
@@TheSouth-j7f, the linguistic idea of Serbo-Croatian language (or Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian, BCMS) is not dead yet. For instance, on Wikipedia: It is a pluricentric language with four mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. And as I also speak this language (although my mother tongue is Slovenian) and have been to all these countries and communicated with local people there, I can confirm that all these 4 now called languages are in reality dialects of only one language. It is all in politics in this language division, just like Romanian-Moldovan once.
@@Ojstra Best sketch from i thing 1987 from Top LIsta NAdrealist "JEzici" or languages in English where they pretend that Serbian ,Croati,Bosnia,Montengran are differnt languges and they cant understand each other
@@Ojstra Its dead and buried as Croatia and Serbia no longer teach this language in schools anymore.
hi Gabriel, the beach resort town had such a feel of Western Europe If I didn't know you would think you were in Spain, Italy, or France. Incredibly beautiful area very pleasant atmosphere the women are incredibly attractive. Not a very populated country overall but much to do and see.
Yes vato, all Slavic countries have hot looking cholas
It's stunning! Montenegro has NEVER been on my list (had a poor experience in Serbia so I'm not the biggest fan of the Slav countries), but it is now.
@@FSVR54 what was your bad experience in Serbia?
@@DeputyDog-mh1yo Most people seemed unfriendly to be honest...Belgrade wasn't my vibe. I wasn't prepared for the freezing cold as well, being from the tropics (but that's my fault).
Then I went to Albania and everyone was super nice there, such a difference.
@@FSVR54 I've heard as similar things about Belgrade
Thanks for the Shingren reminder, always appreciate those and the tip on currency conversion at the atm. Really enjoyed the waterfront tour, it seems like a place well worth visiting for a week or 2 especially if you need to just relax . Yep, I need that kind of a brk myself 😀
Always worth it to ask the tour companies if you can just hop off the day tripe at their destination instead of returning. They usually don't care and just want your money. I was in Marrakech earlier this year and needed to get to Casablanca - I found a day tour and the company had no problem. Got a ride to Casa, a tour of the Mosque, and was dropped off about 4 blocks from my Airbnb for about the sake price as the train.
i liked it there great town nice vibe
Cool video!
I would suggest to visit the old royal capital of Cetinje and then Mausoleum of Njegoš. It is on the way to Podgorica.
The story of the Gyro as far as I know is it was first made in Chicago by immigrant Greeks...fyi Gabe
For whatever it's worth, Wikipedia says that it originated in Turkey during the 19th century and was brought to Greece during the population exchange in the 1920s.
it is looking expensive now a days. happy travels
Where is the black mountain (Monte Negro) it is named after?
Those tunnels are the remains of the narrow-gauge railway that was abolished about half a century ago, it's really a shame that the communist authorities did that. Otherwise, the railway connected Heceg Novi with Dubrovnik, railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina and places in the hinterland of Montenegro.
Big fires in Greece. You better check it out first. 😮
Yes, fires around Athens but that doesn't affect the islands, unless there happens to be a fire on one of the islands. I'll check news before going but should be fine.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos ok. Just wanted to help you.
Very cool place
I wonder how long it will be before Montenegro gets as crazy expensive as Croatia. Time to get there and Albania before it's too late.
I've heard the Tara river canyon is an interesting place to see
And so many beautiful girls there...what a place to be :)
Baby coffin looks like a regular flower pot and it's not Podgoríca, it's Podgórica. 😂
My neighbors just got back. They have family in the area
Nice sea side town
0:37 Nice digs👍🏽👍🏽
Hey vato, will you be going to Serbia soon?
I'm digging this Montenegro vibe man, Russians notwithstanding of course. Shaka brah 🤙
Be careful driving in Montenegro 😎
There is a mistake I think on the map, Bulgaria and Romania are still not full members of Schengen zone, the schengen rules apply only for air transfers in these countries
Correct, it's a little confusing with those countries right now.
Also apply for water transfers, only land transfers are (for now) exception. But the most important thing here is that Romania and Bulgaria are now part of that 90/180 days rule that is important for Gabriel as a non-EU citizen. So any day there counts here in his case.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos So are we, the romanians, and the austrians, of course. Politics, economics, imperialism from austrians and not only, etc. Romania achieved years ago the conditions for Schengen zone but was denied the joining, because. We are at the border of the empire and is not apropriate to be nothing but a buffer zone.
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10:23 Gabe that is not a fine sand beach. 🏖 😮
22:34 It is the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, ie the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918-1941, in which Montenegro was abolished territorially and without the national rights, state and church it had until 1918.
That royal Yugoslav coat of arms depicted the ruling Karađorđević dynastic crown, specifically. They were firstly kings of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 (after the assassination of the Obrenović King Alexander I of Serbia) and then kings of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918-29) and kings of Yugoslavia until the WWII.
@@Ojstra THE FAMILY OF KING ALESANDRO KARADJORDJEVICA GOT REFUGE IN MONTENEGRO WHEN THEY WERE EXILE FROM SERBIA... THEY RECEIVED REFUGE WITH KING NIKOLA OF MONTENEGRO....
They were accepted by the Montenegrin king....His father married the daughter of the King of Montenegro, King Nikola. Years 1914-1918. under the influence of decade-long pernicious Russian policy towards Montenegro, which plans to destroy it, as well as the French Masonic Lodge, it is arranged that the Kingdom of Montenegro disappears and that Serbia occupies it.
Although it happened
Aleksandar Karadjordjevic in question ousts his maternal grandfather from the throne and occupies Montenegro. A rebellion breaks out that lasts for several years.In the meantime, the daughter of King Nikola, who was the queen of Italy, was revolted by such actions of Karadjordjevic and organized the assassination of Aleksandr Karadjordjevic in Marseille. She entrusted the organization of that assassination to my grandmother's uncle, who was her trusted man.
The assassination attempt in Marseille was successful and the villain paid. He was called Aca palikuca in Cetinje and in Montenegro... a man who burns houses.
In addition to everything, ironically, the Karadjordjevic dynasty is not of Serbian origin, but of Albanian origin.
Bridge on the Drina...by Ivo Andric. GREAT NOVEL
8th! Trying to get back into the game ☮️
I'm watching from Kurdistan I like it
Yes, the Kurds are a nomadic people
@@CallumScottieCambell I'm not the Turkish I'm Kurdish. Turkish is Nomad
@@DeputyDog-mh1yo Kurdish people is no nomadic people. Turkish people is nomadic people they came from asia.
@@Really-i4zWe migrated, but we are not nomadic people. Nomadic people are those that constantly migrate, like the Kurds.
@@ErvuJukl No, I'm not a migrant and I haven't migrated either. Come to Kurdistan Hawraman be my guest
Gabe's three cardinal rules of travel. 1. Decline conversion. 2. Decline conversion. 3. Decline conversion. Got it.
Especially the Jehovah's Witnesses.
@@GabrielTravelerVideosyou rejected the offers to enter The Kingdom? 😂
A quetion about logistics to Gabriel: How do you manage with free pages in your passport while constantly being on the road? 32 pages is not much space.
He has the big one, 52 pages, costs little more.
Yes, I got the larger one but almost full now after six years. I'll have to get a new one after this trip.
@@GabrielTravelerVideosDo you keep your old passports Gabriel as souvenirs?
@@dee74raz Yes, they're all in storage.
@@azdbukThe Big one is no extra charge. I just got mine.
Perast is stunning.
Nice look into the coast area. I do not think at this point Ill ever get over restaurant prices. It is still shocking to me, even after having been gouged continually since covid era. $40+/- for a simple meal....still shocks me.
As of alphabet ... After parting from Serbia in 2006, Montenegrins use to prioritize the Latin alphabet although Cyrillic alphabet is also equal in status under the Constitution of Montenegro and the Montenegrin language can be written in both alphabets. However, there are still some Serbian Orthodox places (like Ostrog Monastery) where (Serbian) Cyrillic is priroritized and there are still many Montenegrin citizens that declare themselves as Serbs (29% of total population in the 2011 census). When it was referendum on Montenegrin independence in 2006, only 55,5% of voters were for independence (which was only slightly higher than required 55%).
As of Cyrillic alphabets ... Russian alphabet has 33 different letters, Montenegrin 32 and Serbian 30. Many of letters are the same but not all.
Good to know, thanks for the info.
I like Slavic chicks
So Gyros is always mispronounced. The ‘g’ is ‘yeh’ so it’s ‘yeh’-‘ros’. The word means ‘to turn’ in Greek and of course the meat turns on vertical spits. If you really want to get technical, it’s origin is from Constantinople Turkey where they would grill stacked meat like lamb but let’s just keep it Greek
I was in Sydney and saw a restaurant that was called "Yeeros", spelled like that. I thought it was pretty cool that they named the restaurant how you phonetically pronounce gyros. Although perhaps they should have called it "Yeerdos", which would be slightly more accurate. Looks like you're right, they originated in the Ottoman empire in the 19th century. But I don't remember seeing gyros in Turkey.
Yeah, the turks brougth it from stepes of Asia and teached the europeans how to cook.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos yes because (muslim) turks don't eat pork.
To add, Montenegro uses the Euro but is NOT in the EU
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There is no Montenegrin language, they speak Serbian there and use cirilic and latin letters. It is a Orthodox country same as Serbia and 20 years ago used to be one country called Serbian and Montenegro after which they seperated in around 2004.
nice hotel I want to stay there . saludos
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I've never seen beaches in California as busy as they seem to get in Europe in August. Maybe it's because the beaches there are narrower, so there's less room to spread out?
There are also wide and long Beaches in MOntenegro like in BEcici or long beach in Ulcinj but they also crowded in summer
@@CallumScottieCambell You can go in Jun or September ,not packed then
@@dzonikgI like sand, I don't dig the rocks bro
@@DeputyDog-mh1yo There are tons off sand beaches in Montenegro
@@dzonikg well hopefully Gabe will show them, because these beaches looked kinda rocky
Visit Cetinje, which is old royal capital, and then move on straight to Zabljak and the mountains. Avoid Podgorica, it's 50 degrees at the moment.
I also heard that in some coastal and nearby regions were some fires at the beginning of the August. Are they all extinguished now or not yet?
@@Ojstra yes, there were several major fires, but fortunately, they are now extinguished or under control.
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That was an expensive restaurant at 36 euros for dinner. It looked very touristy due to its location. Hope it was good. I just spent a month in Croatia on the coast, which was about that much as well at certain restaurants.
Not too bad if you figure that included a Greek salad, which was an extra charge and two beers. In lots of places it would be a lot more. For Montenegro a bit expensive but a touristy area.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos That's true, with all of those extras.
Still less than half of what it costs for a similar type dinner in Los Angeles - all things being equal in terms of nice location, type of menu, etc. People in southeastern Europe complain a lot about the prices going up in the last few years, but still a bargain for folks that come from North America for example.
@@IzzyHaye It would cost you about $20 for the two beers alone, plus the main dish and salad and tax. Plus a seaside location. Easily $70 without tip.
@@IzzyHaye I'm familiar too. I live in the city as well. We must go to very different places.
Gabriel, with your overall travel expenses in Europe, how much do you on average spend each week?
Good question, but I don't know exactly. It depends a lot on which country I'm in, for example big difference between Switzerland and Montenegro. But I'd say on average I'm spending around $2,500 to $5,000 a month. And then of course if I go somewhere like India, Nepal or Thailand then it's less.
Hi , was wondering if you still you use World Nomads.
Yes.
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What language is spoken in Montenegro?
I like Montenegro, but there are many Russians
Croatia has become way too expensive, and people are looking for better prices. I hope the tourists don't overrun Crotia's beautiful neighbor, Montenegro, and Jack up their prices as well. Although, Croatia's prices "may" have peaked. Speaking to some of my family members that rent out rooms in the Zadar area, they have begun lowering room rates. We shall see....
Amazing Arts of Christianity! I feel crying, remembering those Holy Saints who pass the Gospel to us!
Cult maybe?
stoked for this one
@@RexHimmer not as epic as 6,000,000 🙂
Bummer my dude, but it's casual
20:48 This girl walked down the street as if she had liberated Montenegro😁😁😁There is a law that prohibits walking in a bathing suit on the street, but it is poorly respected... it was somewhere around 300 euros. Everything is ok, but there are a lot of old grandmothers who move like that ...boobs to the ground 🤣🤣🤣
TO COMICAL, PIZZA MEXICANA, ALL PIZAS ARE MEXICANAS THE TOMATO IS ORIGINAL TO THE UNITED STATES MEXICANOS AMERICAN CONTINENT INTRODUCE TO NAPLES AT THE TIME THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN. I WAS TRESPASSED OF A RESTAURANT FOR INFORMING THE COOK PIZZA WAS NOT ITALIAN, TO COMICAL. THANK YOU FOR FUNN MEMORIES . SALUDOS
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why don't you appply for a digital nomad visa in Greece, then you can stay for a year in there
It's a good idea, I've looked into it. I would need to provide proof of accommodation. So that changes things, I think I would need to find an apartment somewhere more long term. But it's something I would seriously consider doing.
That church is build in 1875 so not so new
I see, good to know. The paintings are in amazing condition. Perhaps they are more recent.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos It's a project of Serbian nationalist agenda to make new churches and claim they're old so they can spread their pan-serbian influence to neighboring countries. One of the reasons Montenegro declared independence from Serbia was to try and shake off this malign influence. But as you will probably notice, there's still plenty of Serb influence in Montenegrin towns, the more inland you go. If you end up in Cetinje, you will find the haven of true Montenegrin culture, so I totally recommend going to that town and talk to some of the locals.
@@libertas5005Serbian women are very attractive, like most Slavs. Are they friendly to foreigners?