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August 18th 2012
Resumo:Procurando o meu lugar na Albania; Bebes muito fofos!!; Estou bem. Cheguei bem na Albania. Pais que eu gostaria de ter visitado 8 anos atras, mas na epoca nao tinha muito $ e tempo. Incrivel como o pais eh pequeno e tem tanta beleza. Alem do mais, eh super barato viajar aqui. Recomendo!! Durante 2-3 dias fiquei procurando ONGs/orfanatos para trabalhar em Tirana. Como agora eh ferias aqui na Europa eh dificil encontrar as pessoas nos escritorios e mesmo as criancas maiores estao de ferias no litoral. Assim, achei um orfanato de bebezinhos e criancas de 0-6anos. Passei 2 manhas com elas. Lindas!!! Se elas estivessem no Brasil todas seriam adotadas facilmente. No entanto, como nao sei muito o que fazer com babies, achei melhor tentar procurar um lugar que tenha criancas maiores e que realmente ... read more
March 12th 2012
On Thursday 10th March we decided to hire a car and drive south from Tirana to Berat. Had we had any idea what this drive was going to be like, you would consider us more than a little bit crazy!! We thought it would be an easy peasy drive, but it turns out this is not the case! With the thousands of potholes to dodge (yes, on the freeway!), the complete lack of road signs (and we had no map!) and even one man walking a bear down the road and another dragging a dead dog on a rope, it was never going to be the simple drive we were led to believe it would be!! In fact, it was so bad that we were rendered helpless but to get drunk upon safe arrival! When we ... read more
August 9th 2011
Berat is thought to be one of the oldest towns in Albania and is overlooked by the Kala (or castle to you and me). I spent most of the day exploring Berat and started off with the castle, which was mostly built in the 13th Century, but with origins going back to the 4th Century BC. A very beautiful place with great views of the surrounding area, as I was walking up the hill to get to it I heard the crump of artillery shells in the background, which is always an intersting backdrop to any walk:-) There must be a firing range in the area unless there was another Balkan war taking place:-) Most of the castle inside the walls is in ruins, although there is a nice church which is worth a visit. The ... read more
July 26th 2010
Na ten dzien, nie wiem, jaki konkretnie dzien tygodnia, bo na tym etapie wakacji to juz przestalo sie liczyc, mielismy zaplanowane zwiedzanie Beratu, winnice i odwiezienie H. do Gjirokaster na autobus, zeby mogla wrocic do Aten. Zaczelismy od sniadania w hostelu, gdzie pierwszy raz jadlam burka, ktory jest tradycyjnym balkanskim snakiem i jedza go wszyscy o kazdej porze dnia i nocy, a tu jest hymn pochwalny na jego czesc: Nad Beratem kroluje zamek Kala z XIV wieku, do ktorego prowadzi strome marmurowe podejscie: w upale 30 kilku stopni o 10.00 rano trzeba przemykac waskim cieniem; schodzac trzeba uwazac, zeby na sliskim nie pogubic zebow. Ubrane na czarno babcie cudem, albo rozklekotanym mercedesem, przenosza sie z gornego miasta na dol. A na gorze zycie toczy sie wlasnym rytmem. Piekarnia sprzedaje jeden rodzaj c... read more
July 25th 2010
Obudził nas szum morza. Wokol ani zywej duszy. Ale za to byly smieci. Postanowilismy wiec czym predzej sie ewakuowac i szukac sniadania gdzies przy glownej drodze. Po kilku kilometrach natrafilismy na babcie, ktora obslugiwala zarowno stacje benzynowa, jak i restauracje. Okazalo sie, ze babcia mowi po albansku i po grecku. I nigdy nie spodziewalam sie, ze moja znajomosc 10 slow po grecku polaczona ze znajomoscia 10 (w wiekszosci tych samych) slow przez H. da nam szanse zjedzenia sniadania. A byla i kawa, i chleb, i maslo, i miod! W okolicach babci musielismy skrecic gdzies w gory, zeby na polnoc nie przebijac sie nad morzem. Mielismy tylko ogolna mape, wiec musielismy - korzystajac z rozmowek na koncu przewodnika - pytac. Zaczynalismy od "Mierdita" - dzien dobry. Potem "Rruga na ...." czyli "Droga na...", a na koniec "Falemenderit" ... read more
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August 23rd 2009
From Tirana we headed off to Berat, apparently Albania's prettiest town as it was preserved during the communist era as a museum town. We arrived in the afternoon and after a trek across town and up cobbled streets to the Hostel, we arrived at the most beautiful hostel - The Berat Backpacker's Hostel - owned by a nice English guy called Scott. The highlight of the hostel was the pretty garden complete with grape vines, fig, pomegranite, lemon trees and aubergine and tomato plants. We went into the main town and walked up another cobbled hill to the citadel, where we climbed the walls for the stunning views, and then walked around the pretty Mediterranean style village, visiting the little orthodox ornate church. From 7 to 9 pm the people of Berat walk up and down ... read more
October 25th 2008
At the bus station in Prishtina i asked the ticket seller which platform my bus leaves he told me 19 but when i showed my ticket the driver said no, it will be the next bus, i tried to get on the bus 20 past 5 my bus leaves at 6pm, turns out all departures on 19 leaves for Tirana, every half hour, a few stopping in macedonia en route and different companies which added to my confusionm when it left was relieved to see my bus pull in. We left on time, the conductor collecting our passports to make a passenger list. An hour into the trip we pulled over and a car pulled next to us, i think he was telling something to the driver about our bus, turns out the cooling thing is ... read more
The Way It Used To Be - Chapter Twenty-five: Berat
Published: May 28th 2008Europe » Albania » West » Berat
August 15th 2005
For every reason to steer clear of Tirana, there exist two to go to Berat. An undiscovered jewel three hours south of the capital, Berat welcomes you with both the same Albanian hospitality as before, but in more majestic and sanitary surroundings. Mysteriously, much more trash seems to find its way into bins and dumpsters that appear out of nowhere. While indeed ditches and the riverbank are defiled with non-biodegradable garbage, it is only a fraction of scenes further north. This permits the eyes to concentrate on Berat’s real attraction: the white-faced village communities perched on both mountainsides of the valley and the imposing walled castle with town located within. The two hundred or so dwellings that make up the castle village are home to about 1,200 residents, who enjoy life in a quaint, sheltered, and ... read more
