Hotel Ylli Detit 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 ...

Hallo zusammen,<br><br>von B**at ging es wied** zurueck in die Hauptstadt (**neut 45in Wartezeit und etwas ueb** 2h Fahrt, wenigstens sind die Strassen in Albanien recht gut). Hatte dann nur ein paar Stunden Tageslicht, ab** das reicht aus, um Tirana zu sehen.<br><br>Das Nationalmuseum ist ganz nett und etwas groes** als das Museum des Kosovo. Die Geschichte Albaniens ho**t mit 1945 auf, man schein noch nicht b**eit zu sein die kommunistische A**a zu bew**ten. Das ...

... a castle and friendly people. We arrived near dusk, with all the old guys in suits chewing the fat, sipping thick coffee on street corners. Really a wandering place, we spent the night and next morning there, and then through the coastal town of Durres, headed for the town of Berat in the mountainous interior, billed as "a highlight of any trip to Albania" and "a collection of white ...

... Btw, PD_00 was the SSID (ID of the network) we connected to, when we connected. · Mother Teresa We've spent three nights here and are leaving tomorrow morning for Macedonia but as yet we still don't know why there are Mother Teresa posters all over the city. And it's not just little on-the-lamppost posters. No, there are huge banners hanging off buildings. We assumed maybe she was born here, but we discovered no, she was actually born in Macedonia, our ...

... is, questioned his motives but I found him genuine and helpful enough that I reckoned he deserved an observation all to himself. · Hotel Mediterranean I was surprised to see that the rooms in Hotel Mediterranean are very Asian-esque - spacious, all tile, cold looking and with a huge bathroom dominated by the open-concept shower. · The Call There are quite a few mosques here, something I noticed straight off the bat (you would too, coming from Italy). When I ...

... a minibus or furgon (think VW Van) as they say in Albania, from the border to the next major city, then get on a real full size bus from there (not a furgon, as many of them are small, uncomfortable and many times, without any air what-so-ever). So, after eating, we hired the taxi and he drove us for at least a half hour towards the Albanian border. The first part of the cab ride was just through straight roads passing storage ...

... Alba" was to prevent economic refugees continuing to use Albania's ports as a route to migrate to Italy. During the 1999 Kosovo War the city hosted some 110,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Kosovo and became a base of operations for much of the refugee response by aid agencies in Albania. Economy Durrës is still an important link to Western Europe due to its port ...

... passimme laivan poliisille, ja aamulla niita noutaessamme ilmoitettiin, etta piti maksaa 20 egee saadaksemme ne takaisin. tah! kukaan ei kertonut meille tasta, eika missaan todellakaan lukenut et pitaisi maksaa. Meilla oli rahaa vain kortilla, eika niilla pummeilla tietenkaan mitaan visa-laitteita ollut. Kateista ei siis ollut ja jouduimme odottamaan hyvin kauan kunnes kaikki ihmiset olivat saaneet passinsa, ja sittenkin ne torkeat ...

We crossed into Albania very easily. Lucy had broken her virginity in walking over a border. She was so excited !!!!! As we walked away from customs, the local taxi drivers were trying to convince us to part with 10 Euros for the 6 K trip into town. Being the tight ****ers that we are, we told them to jam it and we kept walking. Eventually, a taxi driver saw the error of his ways, so he took us the remaining 4 K's for a decent price. The first thing that you see when you ...

... and I picked up a cantaloupe (at least that is what I thought it was) for 50 cents...what a bargain shopper I am!!! Turns out it was a honey dew, very ripe, but I eat it anyway (not too many other takers). This is Sandy speaking (just in case you wouldn't be able to figure it out)! Murray seems to be doing a great job sharing our trip so far. I think he may be stretching some of what has happened, particularly as it applies to what I have been doing! So, I ...