Hotel Britania Sarande

... Greek wine and their local Ouzo. I ate Pastitsia, a pie with layers of pasta and meat but I kept eating Stee's dinner of this fish cooked in peppers and onions. Vance doesn't do fish so he had a harder time with the menu options. Everyone was in a great mood so we ended up just sitting and talking and laughing and drinking and eating for quite awhile.

... bumped and pushed and cut in front of and argh. It's like, ya'll, we're going to the same place. Relax. We're going to get there. Ugh. But, I'm trying to forgive and be forgiven. But I have to admit I've cursed like 19 of them prior to the whole forgiving thing. <br><br>Tonight was our first formal night. It was really fun. I absolutely loved seeing all the older folks dressed up. So many of them went all out with tuxes, or 'old-person' ruffled suits and bow ties. And ...

... straight for the cable car queue. The compromise (after Robyn found out the cable car queue was an hour&#8217;s wait) was a donkey ride up the zig zag path. Robyn only just got on her donkey before it took off at full speed. Olivia was on next and much to Mitchell&#8217;s disgust the guy lifted him straight off his feet and planted him behind her as a pillion passenger. Next was Chris&#8217;s ride with Ryan planted in front of him. Their donkey ...

We had a whole day of just hanging around Corfu town so we went for some breakfast and then picked up our laundry and popped back to the hotel to pack our bags. The weather is not so good today raining and a little cloudy so for the most part of the day we just mooched about shops and did some stuff on the internet. The batteries in the camera keep going so as soon as we can get some good ones then we will post the pictures.<br><br>As it was the friday before the ...

... back to the hotel and booked a really nice place in Sorrento with a swimming pool just hope its open the pool at this time of year and its only 7 days now till Danielle comes to meet us in Italy I am so excited to see her.<br><br>Met some English men travelling around there were about our age and they were dead nice so asked them did they want to come for a quick drink with us and we went for some wine. Then for the most food in the world both Ian ...

... in Corfu town where there is a little bit more going on. He was ok with it and we decided to just get on with the day. Ian wanted to walk up to a little villiage at the top of the hill and after Meteroa I said he was welcome to go on his own and I would go to the beach and wait for him.<br><br>The beach was amazing it was so hot the hottest day and I just kept reading my book and going for a swim in the sea it was so calm and you could see ...

... the hostel which was down a really steep cliff no way of getting back up to the village apart from walking so I dont think I will be seeing much of the island! Although the view down to the sea and the little fishing harbour is amazing we sat why Brian went off to find us a room. This is when all the fun started the place is like a run down hovel they have a swimming pool which is not finished with old toys and ...

When my furgon arrived in Gjirokaster, I immediately boarded a bus to Sarande. Once I finally arrived, it was too late to visit Butrint, the nearby ruins and my main reason for heading to Sarande. As is the case with most Albanian transportation, there are only a few buses there and back each day. I had missed the 11:25am bus. The next bus wasn't until 2:30pm and would only give me about 45 minutes at Butrint before the last return bus at 4 ...

... Regardless of its mythology, archaeological finds prover there was a settlement here in the 4th century BC: a healing sanctuary to the god Asclepius. With the rise of the Roman empire, the settlement became a successful city, complete with forum, aqueduct, and farms on the lands outside of the walls. However, with the fall of Rome, the city declined, converting to Christianity in the 6th century. It was conquered by the Normans in 1081 and then bought ...

... it. We watched as it filled the bucket from the sea and went off to deposit it on the flames. But the battle seemed ineffective, like throwing a cup of water on a house fire. By the time we arrived back at the villa and the sun was going down behind the hills, my tee shirt was white with ash.<br><br> That night I awoke in the pre-dawn, the only time when the thermometer dips below twenty five degrees, convinced that we were not alone. Looking round to my right I ...