Blogs from Himare, South, Albania, Europe

Horrible, horrible nights sleep. As expected there was a mosquito in bed with me and new bites arrived every few minutes; feet, face, hands. I got up twice to have a cold shower to relieve the itch. Nightmare. Breakfast is fried eggs, omelette, French toast. I ask if there are any no egg options he says they can do toast with cinnamon and sugar. He adds Cucumber and tomato because he feels like my plate looks empty; it is but I appreciate the thought. I eat breakfast with Emma and two English girls from Norwich. They are planning to go the beach so I join them for a few hours as they say there is shade. The beach is all stones and one of the girls has water shoes which she raves about so Emma and ... read more

Our last few miles of Greece were glorious as the bus took us round hairpin bends with every corner revealing even better mountain views, Woolly sat with his trunk pressed to the window waiting eagerly to spot the sign welcoming us to Albania. Woolly says – It pays to be vigilant! Suddenly the bus stopped in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere.....are we going to mammothnapped? Had we broken down? Why is everyone getting off? I jumped down to find the women hoisting their backpacks into position and setting off up the road to what looked like a stern official.....uh oh were in trouble by the looks of it, but instead of him arresting my two pesky companions he merely smiled at them, took their passports before handing them back. It seemed like a ... read more