..depart

..massive air traffic control systems failure caused chaos yesterday..so was bracing for a cancellation..or long delay ..in the event..we had pushback on time .result..next..Tirana 🇦🇱
..massive air traffic control systems failure caused chaos yesterday..so was bracing for a cancellation..or long delay ..in the event..we had pushback on time .result..next..Tirana 🇦🇱
Tirana...the Capital...of a country invaded by..amongst others..Visigoths..Huns..Bulgars and Slavs...a Communist state after WW2 that fiercely protected it's sovereignty...it's now a developingEn savoir plus
Unique Albanian history museum..inside a Communist era nuclear bunker....reconstructs the history of Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs...fascinating ..and disturbing...Albania has come a mightyEn savoir plus
..travel day .so limited quality pics ..5 hours through the mountainous centre of Albania..often following the mighty Vjosa river..
..resort town on Albanian Riviera..sandwiched between Ionian sea and hills of olive groves...here for 4 nights..for a good relax..incl football and F1..and then a day at Butrint NP...a World HeritageEn savoir plus
..not much to report today
..sunny....beach...chill...😊
..you know you're staying in a cool place when one of these turns up for the day...absolutely massive...on a trip round the Med...
..this came across Greece..Turkey..Bulgaria..and Albania...bit of an inconvenience...as I didn't come here for rain.😡...should be gone by tomorrow..🤞🤞
...an ancient Greek polis...and later Roman city..and now a UNESCO World Heritage site...the cultural bit of the trip😊...these ruins are up to 2500 years old...and some the best preserved RomanEn savoir plus
...a salt lagoon..connecting to Ionian Sea