Journal to Montenegro

I am preparing for my adventure to Montenegro...I have been told of all the hairpin turns and twists to visit beautiful architecture cut into the mountains. The Ostrog Monastery is carved at the top of a mountain and getting there is turn after hairpin turn!.  Tradition dictates that you walk up to the Monastery barefoot and when you are finished....walk down barefoot. I will attempt that. I have booked a night sleeping on the cold floor with a blanket and a pillow....just as the Monks do.  The bones of a saint are buried there, and great healing takes places in this sanctuary.  People from around the world come there to feel closer to God just as my protagonist does everyday. I will walk in her shoes, sleep in her bed and become her more intimately, just as I do when I write her life.

This is going to be one exciting journey.  Montenegro is only one destination.  The other destinations have more crazy turns in common....and I have a confession!  I really don't like to fly, and I hate heights! So the way I'm thinking is I better get over it really fast, because there is no way to do this trip without "feeling the fear, and doing it anyway!"

The Time Journal

Take a trip with her.  I think you will enjoy the ride whether it be on foot, in the air or  by boat.  Join her in the car as it navigates the trecherous roads of the Almalfi Coast.  Walk with her up into the side of a mountain into the spiritual halls of Ostrog Monastery.  Sleep next to her on the hard floor with a scratchy wool blanket and feel the healing energy outside the bones of a saint. Become one with her....feel her joy...feel her pain....live her life with me. Ride along side her on the watery ride to Capri and sit next to her with pen and paper in hand as she negotiates the next plot twists and turns. When you return to your life, walk to your mirror and gaze into the eyes of the person who greets you.  You are strong and courageous and she would delight in knowing that you are now prepared to faithfully walk your journey.