La Vie En Rose for 2006 August 10

I'm leaving Budva for Albania tomorrow. I will stay in Tirane for a day or possibley two, then head south to the nice beaches on the Ionian (?) coast. From there is a short skip & jump to Corfu, and I'll probably spent a week or so in Greece before heading to Salonika and from there north back to Belgrade. My original plan was to get to Salonika via Macedonia, but hey, things happen.

Today we took a day trip to Centinje but unfortunatley for Centinje it was pouring the whole time. It might have been a nice time. It's kind of depressing to be on a beach resort when it's raining, especially in this internet cafe which, like the one in Novi Sad, doubles as a gaming salon, only with louder games. So I'll be a little glad to see the back of Budva and Monetenegro and hopefully heading somewhere that isn't as touristy--Albania, which might almost be like pioneer tourism, and then when I am sick of that, head straight back into "package tour heaven," as lonely planet calls Corfu. The historian in me comes out all the time. Cetinje was the royal capital, and I pictured Jan and COra Gordon travelling there nearly a hundred years ago. It's not to difficult as I don't think much has changed. I've been faithfully documenting things that strick me as particularly poignant. They don't have many billboards, here, for instance, instead simply spray-painting their advertisments on rocks or buildings or the back of street signs. Everywhere you see "Da," or "HE" (Cyrillic for "ne") in reference to the recent reforendum. What does slabodan--freedom--bring Montengro? Certainly not a respite from Serbian tourists, at least not here in Budva.