ArnavutlukTirana41°19’39” N 19°49’24” E
12 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Punishingly hot today, so of course we went for a walk all across the city to see a Roman mosaic! It took some finding and was rather fragmentary. Another steaming, dripping, walk back to the centreOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukTirana41°19’39” N 19°49’25” E
11 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Hot one again today with temperature well up into the thirties. We walked across the city centre to the archaeological museum and spent a couple of hours there. It's not a big museum and with very fewOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukTirana41°19’39” N 19°49’25” E
10 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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ArnavutlukTirana41°19’39” N 19°49’25” E
10 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
For the ĺast ten days all decisions have been made for us - where we sleep, where and what we eat and where we visit every hour of the day. Now we have free time it's amazing how long it takes us toOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukTirana41°19’41” N 19°49’26” E
9 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Walk around the centre of Tirana in the morning, the highlight of which was a vist to the National Historical Museum housing the best Archaeological artefacts, and a trip to a communist era nuclearOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukElbasan41°6’37” N 20°5’12” E
8 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
On the road back to Tirana we stopped in Elbasan for lunch and to view the remains of a basilica. Then on to a small but high quality Roman villa, and finally a crazily situated fortress. We ended theOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukQarku i GjirokastrësGjirokastër40°4’32” N 20°8’21” E
7 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
More photos from the castle
ArnavutlukQarku i GjirokastrësGjirokastër40°4’32” N 20°8’21” E
7 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Gjirokaster is another UNESCO world heritage site. Again it is a town of Ottoman houses around an earlier castle, like Berat, but they look quite different as the houses all have thick grey stone roofOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukQarku i GjirokastrësGjirokastër40°4’32” N 20°8’21” E
7 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Antigonea is another hilltop site that was built by Pyrrhus, King of the Epirotes in honour of his wife Antigone. It is valuable as is was destroyed by the Romans in 168BC and not re-built by anyoneOkumaya devam et
ArnavutlukQarku i GjirokastrësGjirokastër40°4’32” N 20°8’21” E
7 Haziran 2018, Arnavutluk ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Out of Saranda on the road to Gjirokastra after about an hour we stopped at a beautiful spot which is the head of a number of really strong springs. The biggest is called the blue eye, it is so clearOkumaya devam et
