Ready for a new adventure!
6 апреля 2024 г., Люксембург ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Departure at 1.30am for Charleroi Airport.
2 hours later!
6 апреля 2024 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
New airport unlocked!
6 апреля 2024 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Flying over the Alps and along the Balkan Adriatic coast.🌄🌊
Tirana-Albania! 🇦🇱
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After 8 hours of travel, I am in Tirana!
Skanderbeg Square
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The square is huge (40,000 square km) and is dedicated to the Albanian national hero.
Many buildings overlook the square (including the beautiful National History Museum and the National OperaЧитать далее
🇦🇱 Tirana - Et'hem Bey Mosque
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The Et'hem Bey Mosque is located in the same square.
Completed around 1800, il was closed for many years during the Communist dictatorship.
In 1991 almost 10.000 person entered again to pray,Читать далее
🇦🇱 Lunch with local food
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Qofte (spiced lamb meatballs) and boiled liver in a very tasty cheese sauce😋.
To drink a very refreshing local beer and an amazing coffe (super good, italian style).
🇦🇱 Tirana city center
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The city center is extremely clean, tidy, full of restaurants and tourists.
Almost everywhere shops also accept the Euro and many locals speak Italian, a consequence of the great migration to ItalyЧитать далее
🇦🇱 BunkArt 2: Anti-atomic bunker ☢️
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Dictator Hoxha was terrified of an invasion by NATO, neighboring Yugislavia or the USSR. As a result he ordered the construction of over 200,000 bunkers nationwide, some of which still exist and areЧитать далее
🇦🇱 The funny traffic lights of Tirana
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The traffic lights in Tirana are very paricular.
The red light is a red "T" and also the traffic light pole lights up red or green.
The avenue in the photo leads to the Pyramid of Hoxha, the nextЧитать далее
🇦🇱 Pyramid of Tirana
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This concret Pyramid was built in honor of Hoxha 3 years after the death of the dictator. The cost was enormous, especially for a small country like Albania in a great economic crisis at theЧитать далее
🇦🇱 Tirana - National Stadium
6–7 апр. 2024, Албания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The super modern (2019) stadium of Tirana.
Inside there is also a bar, where it is possible to drink a good cocktail for just €7.
Inside the stadium is full of shirts of Roma players, team thatЧитать далее
🇦🇱 Tirana Modern & old buildings
6 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The curious thing about Tirana is the coexistence side by side of super modern skyscrapers and historic buildings from the 19th century.
The city is constantly expanding (especially around theЧитать далее
🇦🇱 Tirana - Car rented and ready to go
7 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
3 high-school friends, one Skoda Fabia, many countries to visit.
🇦🇱 ➡️🇽🇰 Driving among mountains
7 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Beautiful snow-capped mountains and rivers.
The streets are very new and relaxing, but are full of people crossing the highway lanes on foot and walking along the sides 🤯 so it is important to payЧитать далее
🇦🇱➡️🇽🇰 Crossing my first land border
7 апреля 2024 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
For me this is the first border that I cross not by plane (excluding intra-European ones).
And the first border and stamp in the passport is that of a country with limited recognition, Kosovo,Читать далее
🇽🇰 Prizren: 2nd bigest city of Kosovo
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Super nice city, the center is quite small but it is a good for stopping and lunch during the Tirana/Pristina travel.
Many had many turists, the internal streets are not paved and the city has manyЧитать далее
🇽🇰 Prizren - Sinan Pasha Mosque
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Another super beautiful Mosque in the center of Prizren.
🇽🇰 Prizren lunch
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Excellent lunch with local food in a local restaurant.
Very tasty cheeses as a starter, chicken in tartar sauce for me and stuffed peppers for my friends.
As usual in this part of Europe, amazingЧитать далее
🇽🇰 Prizren and its military statues
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The city if full of statues representing the heroes of Kosovar independence.
Kosovo is the second youngest state in the world (2008), and for this reason their heroes wear bulletproof vests and haveЧитать далее
🇽🇰 Pristina: the Capital of Kosovo
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After lunch we moved towards Pristina.
In Pristina casually we parked our car near one of the buildings where EULEX forces operate.
EULEX is the largest diplomatic/military operation ever conductedЧитать далее
🇽🇰 Pristina - The view from our room
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
From the window of our room it is possible to see the famous national library, realized in brutalist style.
The squares of the Balkan capitals are surprising.
Large, full of children and people,Читать далее
🇽🇰 Pristina: Radio Kosova building
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
In the city center the radio building stands out: on top of the building the logo of the UCK (National Liberation Army), the Kosovar flag and a writing on freedom.
🇽🇰 Pristina - Cathedral of M. Teresa.
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Even if the majority of the population is Muslim (95%) and only a minority is Catholic (2.5%), in the center there is a beautiful church (partially under maintainance) dedicated to Mother Teresa ofЧитать далее
🇽🇰 Pristina - National Library
7 апреля 2024 г., Косово ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The buiding of the National Library is considered by many people as the ugliest builing in Europe.
It was realized by a Croatian/Yogoslavian Architect and was inaugurated in 1982 (when Kosovo wasЧитать далее