Day 55/56/57 - Himarë

In the morning we checked out at the Filikuri Hostel and moved our stuff to Sun Bakers (three nights in Himarë, three different hostels :D). We then went for some breakfast at the same place we had dinner the night before. The woman recognized us again and was very happy to see us again. ;) However, she forgot half of our order and at some point we just decided to give up. 😅 After getting some snacks in a little shop where Lucas spoke to the owner in Greek (!! So surprised how many languages people speak), the three of us went to Filikuri beach, a secluded beach outside of Himarë to which you have to climb down along a pretty loose rope along the rock. At some point it's attached to a bush. 😅 For those of us being afraid of heights, it was impossible to go down there so we skipped on this plan and went to a different beach in Himarë instead. 😀 We went for a swim (there was an icy cold layer of water on the surface, but it was warm at the feet) and enjoyed the beach time together, making fun and joking around. Later on, we met up with Jon and some people from his hostel again to go up to a castle to watch the sunset together. It was beautiful up there and we got to see a colorful sunset over the sea. :) After, Chris, Lucas, and me went for pizza and pasta in a restaurant again before going back to the Sun Bakers.
Back at the hostel, we were hanging out at the bar socializing with other hostel people and having a few too many gin tonics. 😅 It was a fun evening though. :)

The next morning, Chris took a bus back to Tirana while Lucas and me would relocate to another hostel - again. This time we went to "Relax hostel", according to online references the owner is quite moody, which turned out to be true. 😅 I decided to stay another night in Himarë to have a beach day at Filikuri beach with Lucas and some other people from the hostel. :) We went down the rope to the beach which was indeed a little scary, but it was fine in the end. 😁👌 Lucas and me enjoyed some really good conversations and went back to Sun Bakers for a drink after, where we also met Jon again. :) It was a rather quiet night at the bar so Lucas and me went back into Himarë and got some traditional Greek food on the way to our hostel. Waiting for our food, we also randomly met Sylvia (Australian girl we met in Tirana hostel) again and two British guys. They joined us in the restaurant and we were sitting there for some time, which was fun and good seeing her again. :) It's a really small world travelling in Albania, we bumped into so many familiar faces in different hostels a the time. 😀Read more