Vjosa River

We got up early to pack our things as the plan was to catch the bus to Berat around noon. During breakfast, a slight disagreement arose on whether or not said bus even existed, and it was decided that we'd stay in Përmet today and the following day until John's aunt would drive us to Tiranë herself on the 28th in the morning. It wasn't exactly what I had hoped for since I was excited about seeing Berat, but it was the cheapest option and by now I had no doubt that John and me were able to have a good time in Albania regardless of the exact place. We figured we might as well return to Spiro's shop and ask him if he wanted to take us to the river. We got some fresh plums and peanuts as a breakfast snack. The moment we announced that we'd be staying here for two more days, he immediately suggested taking us to the river himself in a bit. Guy already knows. In the meantime, I got myself an appointment in Tiranë for my travel souvenir, as the money I had originally lost was finally back in my account and I could afford a small tattoo now. We decided to get some Skepasti for lunch, which is a sort of quesadilla that's stuffed like gyros. Spiro then picked us up to drive over to the river. We swam in the closed off pools of water by the old Ottoman bridge until all of a sudden the sky was covered in black clouds and thunder came rolling. The wind created clouds of dust from the dried up ground and we saw thunder strike not too far away on our way back to the car. It started hailing when we were on our way back. I wasn't expecting such extreme weather changes. John's aunt cooked for us when we returned while some Albanian soap opera was running on TV. We had stuffed eggplant with rice and fries, and a lot of it. By the time we were done eating it was still raining heavily. We decided to go to the café downstairs and wait for the rain to stop. However, after John had been struggling with illness himself the last few days, it started catching up to me too. First we blamed the alcohol on him puking, but apparently it wasn't that. I spent the rest of the day tied to bed.Baca selengkapnya