Faleminderit & Fala Wanted finish this blog off by saying that my experience in Albania and Macedonia visiting my mother and fathers birth…
5 AUG TIRANA-MILAN-SINGAPORE-MELBOURNE Woke up at 4:30am, I was exhausted. Halim tried to wake me at 4am – no go! He said…
4 AUG TIRANA I took a walk to local café. Tirana was still hot and humid. Took some photos of interesting textures…
3 AUG TIRANA-BERAT Early rise, still hot in Tirana, for minges (breakfast) I had petanik with fasule and a glass of cows…
2 AUG TIRANA Woke early, still hot and humid in their house in Tirana. I already miss the cool relief of the…
1 AUG VOSKOP-KORCE-TIRANA Woke up at 7am, went for a short walk with Meco. Voskop smelt of toiled earth. Came back and…
31 JUL KORCE-VOSKOP Woke up at Regency Hotel in Korce. Had a simple toast, fetta cheese, boiled egg and tea brekky whilst…
30 JUL BITOLA-KORCE Early rise, 7:30am, my last day in Bitola, hot! Sebajdin is at work already. I drank coffee and journaled.…
29 JUL BITOLA Guzuer Bajram!! I couldnt of planned my trip to Bitola any better, even though it just fell into place. I happen…
28 JUL BITOLA-KANATLAR An early rise and off to the village of Kanatlar 30km away with Nevsat, Shermin and Firdes. It was very humid…
27 JUL TIRANA-MACEDONIA-BITOLA-PELISTER As usual it was a need to know basis with Spartak and Bashkim, this time regarding how I was…
26 JUL TIRANA After a sweaty and feverish sleep I woke up late feeling very average. Chilled out until 9:30 in my…
25 JUL TIRANA-KRUJE-LEZHE- It felt odd that we were the only people in the café, we joked around that Spartak had arranged…
24 JUL DURRES-TIRANA Rohan and I had brekky in the same outdoor dining area where we were dancing in the night before.…
23 JUL SERANDA-HIMARE-DHERMI-VLORA-DURRES It was a very early start, 6:30am wake-up, 7am minges (breakfast). Christopher had organized a choice of 2 Mercedes…
22 JUL SERANDA-KSAMIL After a quick breakfast and coffee at Mano Hotel Rohan and I stocked up with supplies at the local…
21 JUL SERANDA-BUTRINT-BLUE EYE Our meeting with tour guide Ola the night before, we’d planned to visit Butrint (Buthrotum), Ali Pashas Castle and Blue Eye spring. She picked us up…
20 JUL SERANDA Awake at 9am. I got up and headed to Mano Hotel cafe, greeting oh so lovely Romina on the…
19 JUL GREECE-SERANDA Finally, everyone was now allowed to pass in a chaotic manner only known to Greece! I was woken by…
18 JUL KORCE-MACEDONIA-OHRI-GREECE It was an early rise at Aleks’ apartment in Korçë. Breakfast once again at the Konti Hotel next door. Cheese, eggs, toast (if you can call…
17 JUL VOSKOP-VOSKOPOJE-KORCE-DARDHA I woke up in Gurali’s bed, well rested, the sun was pealing itself up over the mountains. The rich…
16 JUL KORCE-VOSKOP I was the only one awake in the morning, actually Bashkim was already awake and out of the house.…
15 JUL MILAN-TIRANA-ELBASAN-POGRADEC-KORCE Once in Milan Rohan and I looked for a café to chill whilst waiting for connecting Tirana flight. I shouted the beer I…
14 JUL MELBOURNE-SINGAPORE-MILAN It was difficult leaving my daughter and mother behind, was just a tad more than a month since she’d had a stroke. And despite my…
