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The Unpronounceable "Gjirokastër"
... in 1811. The house had two towers and a double arched façade, with an Ottoman style interior and some good views of the Old Town and the Castle from the 3rd floor balcony.
Back down the hill and through the Old Town, we came across yet another Ethnographic Museum. However, the house this one was in turned out to be the birth place of Enver Hoxha (surprised it hadn't been burnt to the ground given Albanian opinions of the former dictator!). We were even given a personal ...
De retour en Albanie
... Ali Pasha, mais ce dernier a été détruit en 1928 pour y construire les maisons du village les ruelles et surtout la prison du château... Le château de Gjirokastër est devenu un musée militaire, avec sa galerie des armes et des trophées de guerre qui appartenaient aux envahisseurs italiens et allemands.
Depuis 1968 et tous les cinq ans se tient un festival folklorique (le woodstock albanais ?!) sur la grande place du château, avec des groupes venant ...
Blue butterflies
... café for another caffeine hit and to watch the pebbles on the riverbed under the pristine water.
And then I went to the lavatory.
Not usually a noteworthy event but as I was finalising the transaction a movement underneath the door caught my eye. A sinuous S entered at stage left. A SNAKE!! EEEEKKKKKK!!! Keep calm, keep calm, they sense fear (though Gert tells me they actually smell it, like doggies). ...
Banana With A 'Y'
... I still mess it all up.
Anyways, it was a four hour bus ride from Patras to Ioannina. Once in Ioannina we couldn't get any info at the bus station about the town for example a map, sites etc. so they sent us on a wild goose chase to the police department who supposedly had the tourist information office. When we got to the police station no one new much about tourism and ...
On, On, No Matter that everything is closed!
... seen all week and they turn up in the place where it is the most beautiful and peaceful. They left before we did though and we still have quite a bit of time to look at the view and be quiet and all.
This town was quite a way up the hills and had a great view of the valley and the river in the valley which was another river that had moved over time. So at one point, it was supposedly great for ...