Hotel Keti Durres

Kruja was a short day trip out of Tirana. <br><br>There is a well preserved fortress that has now been converted into a museum on Albania history of Skanderberg - a prominent Albania figure in 14th century who lead ...

... und von ein** B**gstadt aus den Ottomanen ein kleines Reich abgetrotzt. In 25 Schlachten mit den Ottomanen ging ** als Sieg** h**vor und sein Reich wurde **st 26 Jahre nach seinem Tod von den Ottomanen besiegt (in 1479). Die Alban** sehen sich als Rett** des Abendlandes, waren die Ottomanen doch zu ihr** sta**ksten Zeit in Schlachten mit Skand**b**g beschaeftigt statt die Truppen gen Wien zu schicken. <br><br>Albanien macht keinen sehr islamischen Eindruck, die ...

... stayed firmly in place until 1912. Such is life. The ground floor of the museum contains an interesting history of Albania up to Skanderbeg's death, but the upper floors deteriorate into a strange cult-fascination with the man. A room filled with books about him, a map showing every town in the world with a statue of him. Apparently, there's one in Michigan. Regardless, it is interesting and dry, and I keep the curator busy, flicking on and off lights as I travel ...

... a double sheet pulled across both beds, a ploy obviously discovered upon laying on the bed (or beds). · The Cafe Culture reprieve Okay, so we realise reading this that we haven't really been very complementary to Albania and we doubt any of you will be considering here for your next jaunt abroad. That's not what we set out to do so with that said let's try to leave Albania, or more specifically its capital Tirana, on a good note, eh? The fact that there isn ...

... Pharmaceutical to be the slot sponsor. Today she reckoned she had a problem with her eye. This follows sharply on the heals of an issue yesterday with her right foot. Seemingly it hurt when she walked... "you know, the bit that bends on top when you walk?", is all I got. We'll keep you posted as to what issue crops up tomorrow. Btw, we both seem to have fully recovered from the head colds we picked up within a day of each other back in France (17-18 days ago now). About time too.

... was also covered in rubbish, and due to the ex-presidents paranoia some of the 700,000 concrete bunkers that he had installed in the country during his reign. They were absolutely everywhere, in fields and especially on the beaches and on hills overlooking the coast. Makes for an ugly coastline. The next day we just carried on our way, tried to stop at a beach near Durres for a swim but were put off by the smell and the bits of toilet paper ...

... the country anyhow. Supposedly a lot of them have been dismantled (not an easy task, given their seriously resilient construction) in the more recent development all around the country, but you wouldn't know it when driving around the countryside. Someone gave me a figure of an estimated 40,000 across the country - that's a crazy number of defensive bunkers for a nation this size, built during a time of peace. I didn't actually get many good shots of ...

... cities of Albania. It is located on the central Albanian coast at 41°19&#8242;N 19°27&#8242;ECoordinates: 41°19&#8242;N 19°27&#8242;E, about 33 km (20 miles) west of the capital Tirana. It is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari (300 km away) and Brindisi (200 km away). It has a population of around ...

... to stay we hurried to the stadium, ticketless, and with an Aussie bloke in tow. We met a line of police with shields and batons, and when they couldn't understand us they waved us through. Presumably we weren't the people they wanted to hit. The next cordeon wielded guns, and when we tried to ask for the ticket office they waved us up some stairs, and we were in for free! In the Turkish end.... Turkey are on a par with Germany when it comes to teams ...

... There was also a mosaic and an old chapel in there which were pretty cool. Not much more to see, well, we did see the old walls, we grabbed our bags and jumped on the first bus out of town. My memory told me we had to get to Tirana then onto Korce before hopping over to Greece. Getting to Tirana was easy, but I broke down and cried as I found an Aussie bar and Lucy would not let me stop for a beer. So, we jumped in a minibus and headed for Korce The drive was similar ...