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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 →

Berat is famous for its white stone houses and their windows, ‘the city of a thousand windows’. The area is known as the mangalem which was where we were based. A smaller area across the river is called gorica. Mangalem … Continue reading →

The antigone restaurant became our restaurant of choice over the time we were in berat. It was up umpteen steps0 but had several terraces overlooking the river and mangalem. One particular waiter got to know us and we learned a … Continue reading →

I was incredibly tired yesterday due to not sleeping much at all. I think the prospect of going out on the albanian roads again was playing on my mind. Suffice to say i was not at my sunniest and when … Continue reading →

Our sightseeing days are developing a pattern due to the unexpected high temperatures, 31 – 34. We amble about in the morning, stop for coffee, amble some more and then look for somewhere inviting for lunch. The afternoon starts with … Continue reading →