Monthly Archives: September 2015

Our last evening of the trip and a catch up with some of the swiss family. We ate in a nearby restaurant and had filet de perche, the speciality fish dish of lake geneva. This morning the sun was shining … Continue reading →

Well, himself always checks the weather forecast for our next day and destination. The forecast for the milan – geneva leg was ‘brouillard – persistent’. Persistant fog, wonderful, after a day of torrential rain. Not! But when we went out … Continue reading →

We can tell we are near milan. Our room is sleekly and discretely decorated in slate grey and coffee, with a very modern matching bathroom with touches of black. The mix lou likes of old outside and spanking up to … Continue reading →

Up fairly early to make sure we left the apartment as pristine as possible. A chatty farewell with photos and hugs and we were off northwards again. It was a lovely sunny day and we enjoyed the ride and the … Continue reading →

Split has a castle (diocletian’s palace) rather than an old town and it is full of souvenir shops, bars and restaurants. Our lovely hosts had made sure we were furnished with maps which ivana annotated to indicate the best places … Continue reading →

Another long drive on sunday with three borders to cross but first breakfast at floga. We were asked not to come down until 8.30. When we walked into the bar i could see why. It was full of men drinking … Continue reading →

Saturday was the long drive northwards. We knew the part after tirana was bad but were more concerned about the first bit back over the magnificent but time consuming mountains beside the sea. Google and the gps revealed a route … Continue reading →

On friday evening in sarande we played hunt the stamps. I had written a few postcards and needed stamps. Postboxes i had located. A lot of helpful people sent me to different shops but no stamps. We had decided to … Continue reading →

Well, the author of my guide book may dislike serande but as seaside towns go it is certainly not the ugliest i’ve visited. Watching the sun light up the buildings across the bay was lovely yesterday morning and seeing a … Continue reading →

Our journey from berat to serande was alive with livestock! Before leaving berat i wanted to go up to the kale, castle. A very large walled edifice and full of houses. We took the ‘better’ road up (it is all … Continue reading →