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Greece!
... We sat down at what looked to be the nicest place of them all. We ate the best that Greece had to offer. Greek salad was my favorite and I don't even eat tomatoes! The food is cooked so simple but fresh and I mean like just picked out of the garden fresh for this meal. They don't use any fancy sauces or dips to mask any flavors. The food itself is the treat. As I was enjoying what seemed to be a never-ending course meal ...
Skanderbeg
... one lead by his former Sultan, Murat II, in 1450. Overall, the Turks beseiged Kruja 4 times and were beaten back in 1450, 1466 and 1467 before finally taking control in 1478 after the death of Skanderbeg.
We stopped at the Skanderbeg museum and were given a guided tour which unfortunately, though interesting, went on a little too long meaning we didn't have time to visit the supposedly interesting Ethnographic Museum.
After ...
Episode 22
... narrow lanes with modern houses. There is a statue of Nikola 1 astride a horse; I think he was the one who finally defeated the Turks in the 19th century. Just two blocks from the very centre in a gully are numerous allotments where people grown their fruit and veg.
We headed south to Lake Skadar. This is one of the larger lakes in Europe, it is half in Montenegro, and half in Albania. It is an important breeding ground for many birds, some ...
Albania
... and flew across to the border, through rather than over the mountain range. However frustrating, it was a very scenic detour and very different countryside from the south, much more lush and forested. Just before the border we even saw a wee turtle crossing the road! Well he was actually quite large. I hope he was ok…
We eventually made it to the border, fumbled through both sets of customs, got insurance (kind of – the ...
The hunt for Albanian lager
... conversation, I imagine I would have got more out of him if I claimed I was German, but he didn't seem to speak English. Eventually, their caffeine fix sorted, my fellow passengers filed back onto the bus- almost being decimated by a second bus pulling in next to ours. I followed and fell to sleep as the music began again. Another jarring wake up call. I woke up and found the bus somewhere in the mountains, the bright lights of a ...
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