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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Kotor

Summer of '26, Cruises, Europe, Iberian Idyl and Mediterranean Eclipse Collector Cruise, Western Europe1 Comment

Flying Low in a Cable Car.

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026 Rich McClear

My experience living in Montenegro is that sometimes things don’t work.  We got off the ship and the van I booked to take all nine of us to the Lovćen cable car was not waiting.  I texted and called.  It … Continue reading Flying Low in a Cable Car.

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Summer Memories, Kotor

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Rich McClear

In my last post I referred to our retreat from Kotor before the NATO bombing campaign.  From 1998 to 2004 we spent part of our summers in Kotor either running or teaching at a journalism summer school that had attendees … Continue reading Summer Memories, Kotor

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Kotor Saturday Market

February 6, 2013January 14, 2016 Rich McClear

When we were teaching at the Kotor Journalism Summer School a visit to the Saturday Market was a regular event.  Not only for shopping but to gather sound for radio pieces. Continue reading Kotor Saturday Market

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Skala Kotor

February 6, 2013January 14, 2016 Rich McClear

This is the road from Kotor to Cetinje.  Someone once asked the Prince-Bishop Njegos Petrovic how long it took to travel from Kotor (then part of Venice) to Cetinje, the capital of independent Montenegro.  He said “For a friend, about 6 … Continue reading Skala Kotor

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Kotor

January 30, 2013January 14, 2016 Kevin

Kotor is a World Heritage Site.  It is a walled city that had been part of the Venetian Republic, and then part of Austria until the end of the First World War when it became part of Yugoslavia, and then … Continue reading Kotor

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