Blogs from Berat, West, Albania, Europe - page 2

I picked Berat for my next destination as a lot of people I met advised me not to miss this beautiful little town. Berat was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site as it is a rare example of a well-preserved Ottoman town. It is one of the country's most beautiful towns, and is known as the "town of a thousand windows". The distance between Tirana and Berat is around 100km. Furgon (minivan) can cover this distance in just over 2 hours and costs only 450 LEK (£2.58). The way was actually not that bad. Only few parts were bumpy. Luckily I fell asleep just few minutes after our departure from Tirana. Once in Berat, I had to take a local bus to get to town centre from where I thought it won't be difficult to ... read more

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

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

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

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