Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Did you know . . .


  • that Montenegro recently celebrated its 3rd birthday as a country?
  • that it is about the size of Conneticut?
  • that it is the home to the 2nd deepest canyon in the world?
  • that the Tara river running through that canyon flows south to north -- eventually making it to the Black Sea?
  • that its name means Black Mountains?
  • that we live in the capital city of Montenegro, Podgorica (POD-go-reet-sa)?
  • that the population of this country is about 640,000?
  • that Montenegrins are the 2nd tallest people group in the world?
  • that there are 5 rivers that run through Podgorica?

2 comments:

A and O 4:55 AM  

Interesting! No we didn't know. :)

The Willekes - Chris, Jill and Christian 6:31 PM  

Pretty cool, Jill! Actually, I did know that, but did you know that archeological digs have revealed that it has settlements that date back to the Bronze Era?

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