Arrived in Sofia
2022年9月22日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Sofia City Centre
2022年9月22日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Straight off the plane and into the city centre for a quick explore and lunch!
The photos also include Roman remains for the old version of Sofia which was called Serdica. But is now a metro station,もっと詳しく
Soviet Walking Tour (by Josh)
2022年9月22日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
This afternoon we did a Soviet walking tour around the eastern (in more ways than one) part of Sofia. This included the national stadium built by the communist, a monument to the soviet army forもっと詳しく
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral & Sqaure
2022年9月22日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Our final stop included the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a huge building which involved many Russian chants and us getting told off for having squeaky shoes.
After that it was over to the St. Sophiaもっと詳しく
Night in Sofia
2022年9月22日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Tonight’s adventure was drinks in the city centre (at £1.90 for the local beer it’s hard to say no). The night resulted in us visiting a local restaurant that included a questionable bar, yourもっと詳しく
Tour of South Sofia
2022年9月23日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Lots of Soviet treasures in south Sofia includes the cultural palace, which had beautiful views of the 2000m mountain ranges that surround the city.
Walk round central Sofia
2022年9月23日, ブルガリア ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Final stops in Sofia include a church from the 300s in the centre of the old Roman city Sardika.
Crossing the border
2022年9月23日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
🇧🇬 —> 🇲🇰
Matka Canyon
2022年9月24日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
After arrive late into Skopje, we headed straight over to Matka Canyon, arriving in the dark it only became clear this morning where we were actually staying.
Matka Boat Tour and Vrelo Cave
2022年9月24日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
After a morning walk and breakfast overlooking the Treska river, we went on a boat tour down the canyon along to the Vrelo Cave. The tour guide only spoke Russian so luckily a Lithuanian person wasもっと詳しく
Skopje Walking Tour
2022年9月24日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This afternoon started with a walking tour of Skopje with what can only be described as a member of the Macedonian Nationalists. He gave us an excellent overview of the history of the city but alsoもっと詳しく
Skopje to Oursleves
2022年9月25日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Due to the 6am bus to Pristina being non-existent we had Skopje to ourselves as we walked round for a coffee shop to kill time before our 10am bus.
Mother Teresa Museum
2022年9月25日, 北マケドニア ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Short stop at the Mother Teresa museum, someone who was born in Skopje Macedonia 🇲🇰! The museum was a short introduction to her life and included the scariest wax work model I’ve seen so far.
Kosovo Border 🇽🇰
2022年9月25日, コソボ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Border crossing into Kosovo 🇽🇰. The breakaway state from Serbia 🇷🇸.
Pristina (Приштина)
2022年9月25日, コソボ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
First stop in Kosovo was the capital Pristina 🇽🇰 , it had it all starting with a statue of Bill Clinton, a library that evidently was designed by a very special person, massive lunches for 5€,もっと詳しく
Prizren
2022年9月25日, コソボ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Final stop in Kosovo is Prizren, the second most populous city and located on the banks of the Prizren River between the foothills of the Sharr Mountains in the southern part of Kosovo.
We arrivedもっと詳しく
Prizren Fortress
2022年9月26日, コソボ ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Early morning walk up to the top of Prizren Fortress with some fantastic views as the sun rose of Kosovo. The fortress itself was built around the 6th century Byzantine Empire.
Crossing into Albania 🇦🇱
2022年9月26日, アルバニア ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Views on the road
2022年9月26日, アルバニア ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
A VERY wet Tirana
2022年9月26日, アルバニア ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
After getting off the bus (which was torture- 4 and a half hours of Albanian music), we’ve arrived into a very wet Tirana, so nothing for it but to hit the pub for £1 pints and pay with a 5000 Lekもっと詳しく
Tirana Walking Tour
2022年9月27日, アルバニア ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Finally some sunshine, this morning setting out on a morning walking tour of Tirana so that we can get out bearings. Included on the tour was the usual history of the city and Albanian people fromもっと詳しく
Afternoon exploring
2022年9月27日, アルバニア ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Final stops in Tirana were exploring the spots from the walking tour that seemed interesting. We visited the old Russian embassy which had moved to an undisclosed location after the local governmentもっと詳しく
Montenegro Border 🇲🇪
2022年9月27日, モンテネグロ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Not the safest border in the world, the Albanian side consisted of collecting everyone’s passport on the coach to get signed (I could have given them anyones). And entering Montenegro the border manもっと詳しく
Podgorica
2022年9月28日, モンテネグロ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Final stop on the taste of Balkans tour is Podgorica, capital of Montenegro and home to 30% of the countries populations. Up until 1992 the country was good Titograd in honour of Yugoslavian communistもっと詳しく
Trip in Numbers
2022年9月28日, モンテネグロ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
🚶🏼 119.51KM walked
🚶🏼 154,594 steps taken
🛣️ 768KM driven
🚌 4 international buses
🚌 1 domestic bus
💰 4 Currencies
