Is Montenegro the perfect country?

Montenegro has so much mountainy goodness…

We biked for three days away from the coast to reach the national park in the Durmitor mountains, but the ride revealed that the whole country could practically be designated as a national park. The mountain scenery is stunning and constantly changing.

Montenegro is designed for bicycle touring…

Leaving aside the beautiful mountain vistas, there are many other reasons that Montenegro was so much fun to bike around. Newly constructed highways across the country have left little traffic on the older roads, which are still in good condition. And despite crossing mountainous terrain, the roads are never steep. Drivers are not only courteous, but friendly to cyclists, honking and waving as they pass. Also, there are excellent opportunities for camping – we stayed at family-run site filled with outgoing hikers, at a quiet national park site beside a lake, and several times “wild camping” in small fields close to the road, but unseen.

Montenegro has the best juice…

Every store in Montenegro offered as assortment of 100% pure fruit juices. This was a very pleasant change from the sugary “minimum 10% fruit content” drinks that were the norm for the past month. And there are so many delicious choices: strawberry, peach, pear, mango, orange, pineapple…

A bit of clever advertising obscures the fact that the drinks all contain some apple juice. Look closely and you'll see that "100% strawberry" actually reads "100% strawberry (and apple)"