Into Albania

We travelled by private car from Meteora, Greece to Tirana, Albania, today. This saved us the time & hassle of backtracking all the way back to Athens (by bus) & flying from there to Tirana. We stopped in Korce for coffee & a wander - it used to be called "Little Paris" & it's a lovely city with heaps of trees & wide avenues.
Without the step by step photos from our host we would have had no hope of finding our apartment. Chatting with an Aussie couple in the supermarket we discovered that this is normal in Albania.
After settling into our apartment (and delightedly using the washing machine) We headed out to explore Tirana. We checked out Skanderbeg Square, Bunk'Art 2 Museum, the House of Leaves & the Cathedral before ending the day with dinner, at Panevino. Tirana has a number of gf options within easy walk of us, an improvement on Turkey & Greece. But you have to be careful, even at the good restaurants. Panevino served my gf dessert on a bed of glutenous crumble. Luckily I asked the question.
Our nightly stroll in Tirana was very eventful. We found ourselves engulfed firstly by the World Cup soccer fans and then by the huge nightly protests occurring in Tirana at present. Our fingers are crossed for the people here, who have already suffered so much.Read more