Day 141 – EU – Croatia/Montenegro [Dubrovnik to Herceg Novi]

12/07/20

44km

  From Dubrovnik (Croatia) to Herceg Novi (Montenegro)

Europe

Leaving Croatia behind – entering Montenegro with a special escort of nieces and nephew 🙂

I left Croatia this morning, with Dubrovnik in my rearview mirror against beautiful sunrise hues of pink and yellow. Stunning. A unique and quiet road swerved through the mountains, leading to the first town on the Montenegro coast: Herceg Novi.

As I passed the border checkpoint of Croatia, at the top of a hill, I got the attention of all the guards on duty – this time it was «positive-attention» though (unlike the crossing with Bosnia)! They were very appreciative of what I was doing and saw me out of the country with a round of applause. That was surprising and gave me a good boost.

I met with Matthieu & Anne just 2km out of the city, and got the pleasure to run with my eldest nephew Clement 14, and nieces Camille 11 and Alice 9. They found it difficult to stick to my slow pace – they were bursting with energy and probably expecting me to run much faster!

This afternoon was an opportunity to spend my last day with the family. We bid farewell tonight and I am rushing this blog post out before I go to sleep. It feels odd that I get to feel so tired just because I did not get my nap – I ain’t getting younger!

I am looking forward to discovering Montenegro – the little I have seen today is not enough to get an impression yet. I was surprised that the country has adopted Euro as its official currency (though the country is neither a member state nor part of the euro group).

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Here is the map of today’s run: