Airport hotel
31 mars 2024, Angleterre ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Check in to airport hotel. Easiest trip up to the airport I think we’ve ever had. Room is really nice, will definitely stay here for Stansted again, under 10 minute walk to the terminal, even a freeEn savoir plus
Off we go
1 avril 2024, Angleterre ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Very early start this morning but upgraded to exit seats, extra leg room! Not bad when we didn’t even book our seats! 💺
First apartment
1 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
So far so good, even got a balcony!
Kotor bay and Old Town
1 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A wander around old town on our first day and Richard made friends with a cat…. Very different from the weather at home at the moment!
Mountain hike Kotor
2 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Beautiful morning hike up the mountains of Kotor.
Boat trip Bay of Kotor
2 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Boat trip to see Lady of the Rocks church on a man made island, submarine tunnel, and blue cave. Might have been warm out but certainly wasn’t on the speedboat! 🚤
Bus to Budva
3 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
After paying a ‘bus station tax’, whatever that is before we could board the bus, got onto a minivan. Not quite what I was expecting, thought it would be a local bus for 30 mins.
Budva day trip
3 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
An afternoon relaxing in Budva by the sea.
Mix up at the bus station
3 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Certainly eventful trying to get on the bus back. First made to print the bus tickets for €1 each then bus tax for €1 each. Then the bus arrives and starts telling people to exchange for aEn savoir plus
Goodbye Kotor
3 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Last night in Kotor
Bus to Tirana
4 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Well can’t say this wasn’t an eventful journey.
One of our bus drivers got off just outside the capital with a strimmer of all things…
First experience of squat toilets when in Europe still.En savoir plus
Border crossing
4 avril 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Very pretty border crossing to Albania.
Through to Albania
4 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Though the border and into Albania.
Beautiful apartment
4 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Second apartment is absolutely lovely although difficult to find anything with their ‘minimalist’ approach. Definitely choosing somewhere closer to the centre next time!
Dajti express
5 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Cable car that led half way up the mountain for wonderful views and then hiked even further. Knackering but a lovely hike.
Money!!
5 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Good to know, very cash society in Albania and not to arrive late at night when it seemed our cards wouldn’t work on checkouts or atms. Something about older technology we found out the next day.En savoir plus
Tirana
6 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Very good walking tour around Tirana with a funny and informative guide. Beautiful city that is definitely in the process of developing. I would love to come back in 10 years and see what has beenEn savoir plus
Bus drama
7 avril 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
So the bus was definitely not from the place it said it would be. It was a completely different part of the city. Thankfully people helped us. Some with very little English but a lovely man at theEn savoir plus
New apartment
7 avril 2024, Macédoine du Nord ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Really lovely apartment and balcony with a view!
Matka canyon and caves
8 avril 2024, Macédoine du Nord ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Beautiful canyon where we took a boat trip to the entrance of the caves and walked along the canyon for a couple of hours. Only a local bus away from the city, think it cost about £1.20 each for aEn savoir plus
Skopje
9 avril 2024, Macédoine du Nord ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Wander around Skopje, city of statues. The main one of course being Alexander the Great.
Last bus
9 avril 2024, Macédoine du Nord ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
On the bus from Skopje to Sofia.
At the border to Bulgaria
9 avril 2024, Bulgarie ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Sofia
10 avril 2024, Bulgarie ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
‘Free’ walking tour today and wander around the city.
Relaxing day
11 avril 2024, Bulgarie ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Wander around the woods in Sofia’s biggest park and relaxing time reading in the shade.