=j(oe) + (l)izz + travel
-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). the ones that are being utilized will have the first floor finished with walls and […]
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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 from the rest. while it would have been nice to see many historical artifacts taken […]
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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 there was a giant question mark. once we narrowed down that we would be coming […]
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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 idea what we were going to find once we got out of the city’s limits. […]
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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 that we could see them both on the same day without being dictated by a […]
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the main promenade of sarandë looked to be the most built up area of town* that we’ve seen during our stay in town. it’s one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted waterfront property we saw and it stands out a lot from the older areas of town. stands out by a LOT. the promenade had […]
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coming off of one heck of a travel day, we got dropped off at our lodging in sarandë in the pouring rain. with the only things on our minds being to dry off and sleep off our travels, we did just that and by the time we woke up the sun was starting to break […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda. we’ve had some good meals this week across the three (actually more like 5 towns including the beaches) but we went a […]
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jojo: what do i like? -feels like the city (actually, every town we’ve stopped in so far) is very friendly, helpful and generally open to conversation, questions & pictures -everything is so cheap. saranda was cheap at roughly 600lek ($6 cad) for a pasta dish. tirana has more options and is cheaper by about 10-20% […]
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