I was absolutely wiped this morning after a few long days and poor sleeps so had a “rest” morning, lol. A surprisingly good hotel breakfast buffet (a nice change) and some hand laundry, blog writing, and picture editing took up my morning.  I finally ventured out with the intention of seeing something but ended up … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 18

Ohrid/North Macedonia  I have two free days in Tirana before my flight back to Venice so today I chose to take an organized day trip to North Macedonia. It’s gonna be a long day but why not take the opportunity to see another country? 6:45am pickup outside my hotel and by 7:20am we were finally … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 17

Berat  > Tirana We stayed in a hacienda looking hotel on the outskirts of Berat. A rooster was confused and started crowing at 3:12am. Other roosters, a frog, sheep and a dog made their morning sounds an hour or two later so it was a short sleep last night. Luckily nothing is scheduled today but … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 16

Gjirokastër > Berat Usual routine: morning walk then a 9am departure for Berat. It’s a 3 hour drive so we had our coffee pit stop along the way. Rural and fertile, it’s the most productive region in Albania Ted bought us a treat for the bus… during Communism there were no sweets at all except … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 15