The trip from Dubrovnik to Tirana was a 4 step 2 day trip along the coast of Montenegro to the Albanian border and then south to Tirana. We left Dubrovnik very conveniently by cab when the cabbie offered a good price. The Croatian coastline south of Dub was more of the same small coves and turquoise sea. This day the squalls kept coming from the south. The cabbie pointed out the lack farms or factories in southern Croatia: another sign of war. Crossing into Montenegro this cabbie was with us until Herzog Novi bus station. His nerves were on edge due [View Full Entry]

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I left Kotor in the rain, forgetting to visit the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, and also forgetting to take any pictures of rain and gloom. This time the views from the bus were broader, of the wider sea, not of closed-in bays. This time the bus driver really excelled - adding smoking to his multi-tasks of phoning and driving. It was another modern bus, unlike the one next to it at the bus station, which was being repaired by a man covered in grease. By the look of his tools and materials it appeared like he was repairing it with string [View Full Entry]

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Zunächst seien an dieser Stelle noch ein paar Worte über Ohrid gesagt, denn auch wenn es bisweilen so scheinen mag, verbringen wir ja nicht die ganze Zeit im Auto und diese schnuckelige kleine Stadt, welche in einem pittoresken Bergpanorama am gleichnamigen See liegt, verdient es wahrlich, ein paar Worte über sie zu verlieren. Neben zahlreichen orthodoxen Kirchen und einer auf einem Hügel gelegenen Burg, ist auch die Altstadt äußerst sehenswert. So habe ich dann auch meine kulturdesinteressierten Mitfahrer dazu überreden können, einen ausgedehnten Spaziergang zu unternehmen, und ich glaube, si [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are again with just a few days before we start our journey. The weather outside is rainy. Hope that’s not a Prelude of things to come. It’s been a while since we have been away apart from Bruges and walking the ‘Hadrian’s wall. Last year, We have almost packed our bags. Our passports are at hand and we are all set for another exciting journey this time to Montenegro. Tess has done really well in planning all this as they don't seem to be that geared up on the tourist trade at the moment. But that should make [View Full Entry]

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We are getting quite good at getting up when circumstances require it. We left the hotel and all too easily found the correct bus to Shkroder despite the numerous spellings of the name. The journey was forty minutes shorter than expected and we arrived in Shkoder prepared for a struggle. As we stepped off our minibus we were instantaneously confronted by a guy asking if we were heading to Ulcinj. He gave us a reasonable price and we followed him towards his minibus (or so we thought.) He stopped at an old fashioned Mercedes and we looked at each other, shrugged [View Full Entry]

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Two girls travelling together let's not kid ourselves, decision time is not our strong point...we have decided to leave our fate to the flip of a coin!! So far we haven't been dissappointed! Leaving Albania to cross the border in Montenegro was an adventure we ended up taking a taxi accross and he took care of the paper work! brilliant!! We stopped booking our accomodation ahead of time and felt like it was catching up when we found out the Rolling Stones were playing a sold out concert in Budva our next "planned" destination!! So we flipped a coin at [View Full Entry]

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