Podgorica!

I woke up this morning early and drove to the airport to jump on a quick flight to Montenegro. I was just flying there and back for the day to check out a guy that Richie told me was interested in doing porn.

The flight was short and we descended over some amazingly beautiful snow capped mountains and a huge lake. I arrived at Podgorica at 7:15am, yes, Podgorica is the capital of Montenegro…and a very nice little city at that! I took a quick taxi into town and then walked around for about 2 hours before settling down in a café to do some work. I ventured on and decided to rent a room in a hotel for the day. I rested for a few hours and the guy knocked on my door. He was thick, muscular and sexy! We laid down together for a bit and then wandered out to see the city and grab lunch. We walked down near the river, ran into some goats, and then had coffee in a fabulous café. Podgorica is a really nice city and is VERY different from Serbia (Montenegro broke off from Serbia about 8 months ago…and I can see why!) Anyway, I headed back top the airport for my quick flight back to Belgrade, grabbed my rental car and tucked in for the night since I had to fly out the next day for Los Angeles.

Finally a Location!

I headed out the door to make a run for the airport to buy some airlines tickets (JAT Airways does not have e-ticketing) and then pick up Richie.

About 1 hour into the journey I was pulled over for speeding and had to pay a $50 fine on the spot! I was passing a bus, so of course I had to speed up, oh well! During the whole transaction it was snowing and the cop was not so happy I was playing stubborn American. Anyway, we moved on through beautiful scenery filled with hills, rivers and eventually snow capped mountains. When we arrived at our destination I knew it was perfect! A bunch of little cabins and main lodge with 2 fireplaces. I negotiated a rate with the guy to come back in 2 weeks and have the whole place to myself.

After another 3 hour drive I dropped Richie off and plopped into bed exhausted.

Old War Wounds

I woke up early and, now with my head cleared, I headed back to Belgrade to gear into kick ass mode! Well, when I went to retrieve my little rental car I found it to have been violated overnight. Some angry Croatian keyed my car! I told the hotel staff off for not providing sufficient security, but I did explain that I understood the anger Croatians had for Serbs.

I made it back to Belgrade in 4 hours, got lost around Belgrade looking for my hotel, so when I finally found it (oh, I decided to stay in a more modern hotel this time) I was exhausted and laid down on the couch with my laptop and CNN playing on the TV and went hard core looking for models and locations. I finally find 4 locations on some website and then e-mailed them to Richie. Later on Richie called me to let me know when he could head out the next day to check out the places….oh, and then hot Sasha stopped by…yum!!!!

Escape to Zagreb

Woke up early, checked out of from my Soviet-esque hotel and hopped on the freeway towards Zagreb. The day was amazingly beautiful and clear (thanks Haliburton for global warming! 60 degrees in January in Serbia is fabu!). About 1 ½ later I was at the border with Croatia. The change in the roadway was amazing! I had left the bumpy road and shanty gas stations behind for a modern smooth European-esque freeway! Zoom zoom all the way to Zagreb…..2 ½ hours of pretty mountains to my right and golden fields to my left.

When I arrived in Zagreb I was very impressed with how beautiful the city is. I checked in and turned around to enjoy the rest of the day wandering around old town Zagreb with its cobble stones, trolley cars and Austro-Hungarian architecture. BUT….. I quickly found out I, well, my little rental car, was NOT welcome in Croatia….wink wink…Serbian plates. The nasty looks were, well, nasty!

Here I am mixing porn and politics again! Think back guys…back to the 1990’s and the Yugoslavian conflict…well, then you would understand why my little rental car was discriminated against!

Anyway, I went back to my room to meet up with a tall hot blonde Croatian guy!

Bad day....Baaaad day!

Today was a bad day. Actually, it was a beautiful sunny day, but I revolved my whole model pool around one of Richie’s friends’ promises. I finally met the guys….well, go back a day and see what I wrote about Serbian guys! Sigh! Well, I decided not to go into superman mode, but rather feel sorry for myself mode! If it could not get worse, Richie and I drove out to a “bungalow” to find it was way too small and not what I was looking for. HELP!!! I was getting worse…getting knocked down, even thinking about canceling my shoot. So I went back to my room, ate a bunch of chocolate, and made a reservation at a hotel in Zagreb (Croatia)! I thought if I ran away from Belgrade and Serbia for a day that it would help…we’ll see!

The Hunt for WiFi!

Woke up, packed my stuff up and headed to a new hotel that offered WiFi. Before I agreed to stay, I took my laptop up to the room and low and behold no WiFi! Richie blasted the front desk in Serbian and I told him to just bite his lip and move on, thus we did. The next hotel was soooooo Soviet-esque! Not only were the bricks and mortar of the hotel Soviet, but the staff looked like they just stepped off an Aeroflot Tupolov flight in Leningrad in 1982! I mean really, it was surreal! The one semi-hip front desk (hot) boy allowed me to test the WiFi in the room and ta-da, a winner! Now safe and secure and with hi-speed internet access Richie went off to do some errands. The rest of the day I hunted for guys, but found out Serbian guys are a bit afraid of other Serbian gays to find out about the film. Later in the evening I decided to meet up with a friend of my friend Richie. I am always suspicious of meeting guys from the internet that do not have clear pics, but Sasha seemed to be a nice guy. WELL! I opened the door and one of the sexiest men I have ever met in my life walked in! I rubbed Sasha’s feet while we talked about a lot of different things….then …knock knock! It was Richie to come grab me and take me to a club….damn!

Belgrade for the 1st time

I arrived in Belgrade tired! I flew from LA to New York and then on to London where I changed airlines and continued down to Belgrade. My buddy Richie was waiting for my after I breezed through immigration and customs. Richie took me to a hotel that was suppose to have WiFi, but didn’t…AHHHHHH!!! Richie came back after a quick shower and nap and took me to a friend’s place to chat and see if he could help me in my Serbian adventure. After 2 beers (I rarely drink beer, so I felt bloated and tired) I went back to the hotel and finally drifted off to sleep.