Hotel Stela Tirana
Rr. E Dibres Tirana, Albania
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Grossstadt
... sind noch zwei, drei Staedte in Albanien, bevor es dann nach Griechenland geht. Momentan bin ich mir noch nicht sicher ob ich danach noch Mazedonien und Bulgarien besuche, oder ob ich direkt nach Istanbul fahre. Mal schauen, worauf ich so Lust habe...
So nun aber genug fuer heute (sorry, fuer die etwas zu lang geratenen Eintraege, aber wenn ich mal im Schreibfieber bin...)
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Eliza Dushku and the Mayor of Tirana!
... we were all BFFs. No actual speaking required!
Brush with fame of the day (I'm being hopeful by not writing 'of the trip'): We got to our hostel (luxury compared to the night before) and while I put on some more sunscreen Tom turned the TV on for the first time this trip, (this might be because this is the first time we've had a TV in our room though). It was a news channel showing Eliza Dushku and some random Albanian ...
ALBANIA-first part
... of the capital, together with the foreign embassies (the U.S.is a large Citadel surrounded by high walls), a narrow river with green banks, an old stone bridge while on the right side there are some shopping streets with dozens of boutiques, bars and restaurants.
Tirana is a nice city and much is due to the current Mayor who in the recent years ordered that a lot of illegal houses, built after the fall of communism, had to bee destroyed as they had worsened ...
In Albania
... boring and the labyrinth didn't exist according to the tour guide, but I think she is full of ****. In the afternoon we were in Santorini the island where they believe Atlantis existed since part of the island sank. It was cool to see, and we got to ride the Donkeys finally, something we had been looking forward to since the start of the trip. It was exciting and definetly the highlight of the cruise.
We then got ...
Nothing to Balk(an) At!
... night before heading to Albania. His wife, daughter, and a couple of their friends had been vacationing on the beach and we needed to go pick them up before heading to Albania. Along the way, I convinced Chris to make a small detour to visit what I had heard was one of the top sights to see in all of Bulgaria: the Rila Monastery. Unfortunately, Bulgaria, like much of the Balkans, seems to have an aversion to roadsigns of any usefulness. We got online ...



