From Albania to ItalyLeaving AlbaniaWe leave our apartment in Saranda at 7:00am and start our 3.5 hour drive to Tirana Airport. We are travelling through the interior of Albania. The hilly mountains lined with olive trees make for a very pretty drive. Click here for a short video.As we get closer to Tirana, the countryside flattens out. The Expensive Scratch The car rental place finds a small scratch on our back …
Cruising Around SarandeCanada Day MorningJune 30: The air is a lot fresher after the rain. We head out and watch a bit of the Ivory Coast vs Norway game at the FIFA fan zone before heading for dinner. July 1: Happy Canada Day! I apply my Canadian flag tattoo and we head to the waterfront for a relaxed coffee before catching our all day boat cruise.The Boat CruiseThere are five …
Butrint Ruins, Ksmail Beach and a Relax DayOff to Ksmail BeachJune 29: Louise is feeling much better today. After a relaxed morning, John has a definitely unrelaxed fifteen minutes getting the car out of the parking garage.It is a thirty minute drive to Ksmail Beach. We take a few wrong turns because often streets are so narrow, they look like driveways. Eventually we get to the beach. We drop …
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Blue Eye and SarandeAttempt to See the Ali Pasha BridgeAfter a leisurely morning at our air-conditioned Airbnb, we head out to the coastal town of Sarande with sight-seeing stops along the way. It is 10:45 am and already 30°C!!! We have a great view of the Castle from the road. We first attempt to go to the Ali Pasha Bridge which was part of an aquaduct that was mostly destroyed in …
