visiting perast, a montenegrin town of two islets
our next stop after tirana was the small historical town of kotor in montenegro. montenegro borders albania to the north and by bus it took us roughly six hours to get there from tirana. this marked the end of our…
hiking the kotor wall
it should be no surprise that after a few months on the road, that our fitness level is sorely lacking. yes, we tend to walk almost everywhere we need to go however neither of us have broken much of a…
weekly recap #22 – zagreb & prague
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. zagreb (3 nights), prague (5 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last dinner in zagreb. pork spring rolls, beef empanadas, mixed greens and panko breaded pork tenderloin at street…
first 24 hours in prague (czech republic)
jojo: what do i like? -beautiful city. i don’t know how many cities i’ve said that about but the pictures of prague don’t do this city justice. the mouldings, spires, rooftops, windows, tramlines, bridges, castles and sunsets, cobblestone sidewalks, it’s…
the idiosyncrasies of albania, which we’ve learned to love
-unfinished buildings – we noticed this in every town we passed and even in the countryside. buildings will be built up and a large number are left dormant at various stages of construction (with no sign of construction equipment onsite). …
first 24 hours in zagreb (croatia)
jojo: what do i like? -being the capital of croatia, big city = options. have options for food other than grilled meat, pasta and pizza. woohoo! -very accessible city. many tram lines, all above ground meaning no time spent walking…
that time we spent an afternoon in a nuclear bunker
with one and a half days in tirana, we had just enough time to do a little sightseeing. there were a number of museums in the core of the city where we were staying but one particular museum stood out…
our short but sweet stopover in tirana
our european itinerary has been all over the map and has seen numerous changes as the weeks have gone on. about the only thing we knew for certain was that we wanted to spend two weeks in croatia however getting…
the beaches of the albanian riviera
we spent five days in sarandë and had two days to spend roadtripping it out in search of beaches. spending our first day on our hotel’s private beach was a great day in it’s own right but we had no…
Day Trips from Sarande
The Blue Eye and Butrint were two sights recommended by various blogs as two places one must see while in Sarande. Although both sites are reachable by bus, we decided to rent a car to drive to both places so…
