AngliaLongford51°28’20” N 0°28’53” W 16 czerwca, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Early start this morning from Heathrow but flight on time so all well .
First impressions of Albania are that it is trying hard to shake off its past communist image with lots of building going on , Czytaj więcej
AlbaniaQendër Vlorë40°30’45” N 19°24’30” E
17 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
This morning we traveled to a small former monastery reached by a wooden bridge .
Saw one of the 75000 nuclear bunkers built by the dictator who was paranoid the west was going to drop nuclear bombs Czytaj więcej
Albania40°30’11” N 19°17’17” E
18 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Early start with a boat trip first to Sazan island . Lots of old defunct Russian miltary hardware littered around . I opted not to walk up to the ruined village ( I believe I didn’t miss much ) but Czytaj więcej
AlbaniaBerat40°42’36” N 19°56’43” E
19 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Long drive to the UNESCO site of Berat. Had a walk around the castle which is a wall really on a hill with a village inside . Interesting churches . Learnt about the history of Albania which really Czytaj więcej
AlbaniaOrikum40°24’57” N 19°28’59” E
20 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Free day today . So I took myself off to a hotel further away from the city where the water was cleaner and had a day next to the beach . Nice to sit and read my book .
This evening was a traditional Czytaj więcej
AlbaniaHimarë40°11’17” N 19°35’57” E
21 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today we headed over the mountains south to a different part of Albania ( and if I’m honest what I expected Albania to look like ) through the Llogara National Park - lovely mountains and glorious Czytaj więcej
AlbaniaKryegjatë40°43’13” N 19°28’18” E
22 czerwca, Albania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Today for me was a highlight as we visited Apollonia , about an hours drive away . We saw the Byzantine church on the site and the Roman ruins built 2000bc . They realise that there is so much more to Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik
Bit Brutalist
PodróżnikDo a lot of brutalist!
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Does not look over-touristed so that’s promising.