• On the road again, doing touristy things

    September 30, 2024 in Albania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Lesson of today: a walk can become a hike if you take a “wrong” turn. 🥾

    Today we changed locations and scenery. From the "maison des sorcières" 🛖to the container. 📦, from farm 🐮to the beach 🏝️ , from mountain panorama 🗻to ocean view 🌊.

    On the way to the coast we made several stops:

    First: tire repair shop, for 10€ (who needs the local currency?💶) and without a check 🤑( who needs to pay taxes?🤷🏻‍♂️) we got the nail 📌out of the tire 🛞 and back on the road. 🚙

    Next: the blue eyes of Albania 💙A water spring with almost unreal clear blue water 💧and a discharge rate of ~6000l/s
    We walk the official route to the viewing platform but somehow decided to take a different route back. Hence hike 3 in 3 days… 🥾🤷🏻‍♂️

    After that a dinner was needed so we drove to Sarandë where we did not only get a “small bite” (we ended up not needing dinner) but (one of us) also completed the “getting feet wet im Mediterranean Sea” todo 👣

    Next stop and next point on the todo: check out the “Borsh (Borshi/Borshit different times, different names) Castle”🏰 .
    Originally build in the 4th century BC the last remodel was in the 18th century so unfortunately we could not find evidence in the ruins that there is family history 🤷‍♀️.

    The rest of the drive was just spectacular. Driving along the coastline in glittering sunlight with a view over corfu and the “heel” of Italy we arrived at “Livadi Beach” where we will stay the next days. 😴📖🌊⛱️☀️🌴😴
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