It’s been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened during that time. Besides the Covid pandemic, we had a lot of personal things to take care of. We had tree #2 fall on our camper. Luckily this ended up being less of a nightmare that …
We left Sarandë in mid July, a few days before we were going to attempt to fly back to the US. Ervin drove down from Tirana again to pick us up. Our friend Carolyn came with us too. We all had the same flight home on Air Serbia, going through …
We certainly can’t complain about where we are. Sarandë, Albania is absolutely beautiful! Every day we wake up to perfect weather, a magnificent view of blue sea, the southern Albanian coast, and the island of Corfu, Greece. There is a community of expats here and we’ve met some fantastic people. …
It took a while for Ervin, our driver, to get us out of Tirana. The roads were packed with cars plus there was a festival happening that brought many people into the city. We headed east out of town towards Durres, then south into the heart of the country. Our …
The day finally came when the red zone restrictions in Tirana were lifted and we were free to leave the city. I couldn’t believe it. It seemed like we had been in lock down for so long, never knowing when the restrictions would change, never knowing what the restrictions would …
The first week we were in Tirana was great. Howard’s dad was still with us and we were out exploring the city each day. We discovered some fabulous restaurants, cool cafes, and great museums. Right in the city center is Bunk Art 2, a unique museum about the history of …
We weren’t expecting to drive through Kosovo the day we left Skopje, but our driver said the road was better. It was faster too, even though we would have two border crossings instead on just one. So we headed North from Skopje, Macedonia to the border. We had a short …
Macedonia has an interesting history. Throughout time, the area was constantly taken over by various rulers and empires, only to eventually win it’s independence back again and again. More recently it was part of Yugoslavia until they succeeded in 1991. They renamed the country the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia …
We had a bit of trouble finding the bus and getting tickets to this attraction. The information we found online is either out of date since everything changed 2 years ago, or confusing. Here is how we got to the cross. Please note this was in February 2020, the off-season. …
