Gjirokastër

We made a quick stop in Gjirokastër, a UNESCO World Heritage city known for its stone houses and castle views 🏰. Before exploring though, we desperately needed to reorganize the chaos in our car 🚐🧺.

Later in the afternoon, we strolled through the old bazaar and cobbled streets full of Ottoman-style houses. We ended the day with a local dinner with a view of the mosque 🌙.

On our way back, we heard a kitten screaming from a ditch full of trash 😿. She’d been stuck there for three days, injured and all alone. We couldn’t leave her there, so we took her to the vet the next morning and decided to keep her as our temporary travel buddy.

She’s still very vocal (seriously, she doesn’t stop meowing 🙉), but incredibly cute. Anyone in need of a small, noisy but adorable Albanian travel cat? 🐈Read more