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Tag Archives: Tirana
Shkoder to Tirana
Shkodër Castle sits high on a hill overlooking the city and the surrounding countryside. A steep climb up in the van deposits us outside the gate and then we walk up on a very uneven slippery rock path. Like the … Continue reading
Tirana to Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
It’s Saturday morning and there isn’t much traffic so we get out of Tirana easily. Soon we are on a 110kph highway travelling south east towards Elbasan. The highway ends abruptly and we wind our way through the town. Everyone … Continue reading
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A Guided Day in Tirana
The weather website said it was going to rain. We are to meet at 9am and it’s raining. Not pouring but hard enough. After a short pow wow we, as a group, decide not to start out as planned with … Continue reading
Berat to Gjirokaster to Tirana
We have a long day yesterday and by the time we get back to the hotel it is 8:30 pm and a post will have to wait. On the drive from Berat to Gjirokaster, we stop at an ancient site. … Continue reading
On the Road to Berat
This morning we meet our guide/driver for the next two weeks and then pick up our friends L&R from the airport. Stage two of our trip begins. As we drive towards Berat, south of Tirana, we learn tidbits of information … Continue reading
Tirana, Day 2
Today we are headed to Parku i Madh i Tiranes (Tirana Lake Park). It was built in 1956/57 using a plan of a Bulgarian designer. The park is 230 hectares, the lake itself is 55 hectares. The park sports 120 … Continue reading
Tirana, Albania
We go for our first real walk in Tirana today. Our destinations are a pyramid and a SPAR Market (to buy items more suitable for Debbie’s breakfast). The sidewalks have rough spots, tippy flag stones and protruding sections that are … Continue reading
And we are off!……to Albania!
Years ago, we wrote about stepping through a portal, into a metal tube and then reemerging from the portal in another country. This morning we enter the portal and then numerous tubes and find ourselves in Tirana, Albania. Why Albania? … Continue reading