Valentinas Travels

What comes to your mind when you hear "Dijon"? I'm almost sure it's MUSTARD. The city in eastern France is well known for its spicy mustard. But that wasn't the main reason why a good friend of mine and I decided to do a weekend trip to Dijon. From Switzerland, its is reached in no time (less than 2 h from Basel) and it has the perfect size for exploring it in a weekend.  We stayed in a small air b'n'b in the center of town which was fantastic. The day we arrived, there was a festival going on ("Fête de la musique") and we enjoyed it very much to be in the middle of the rumble!  Dijon is a very beautiful city and listed to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list since 2015. Strolling around the old town, admiring the eclectic architecture and to sit down for a good glass of regional wine - that's the perfect way to spend a weekend for me!  In Dijon you won't miss the big market hall, called "Les ...

Podgorica (Montenegro) - Dubrovnik (Croatia) - Kotor (Montenegro) - Podgorica (Montenegro) Nice traditions have to be continued - like for example the one that my boyfriend and I started last year: Alternately, we organize surprise trips for each other, during which the other one only learns at the airport where we're going (to read about our last surprise trip to Sweden, click here: --> Link ) .  That's why I had no idea where the plane will bring me when we arrived at Zurich airport last week.  I had an approximate idea of the weather, but that was it. My boyfriend gave me a boarding pass  which had been modified in such a way that it didn't tell me anything either. Only some minutes before boarding, I found out the destination: For 6 days, we would explore Croatia and Montenegro !  We flew with Air Austria via Vienna to Podgorica , the capital of Montenegro.  There we picked up our rental car. The procedure took a long time, but then ...