Month: October 2011

Itinerar albanez 8. Apollonia / Albanian Itinerary 8. Apollonia

On our way to the South, we stopped 8 km west from Fier, to visit…

Itinerar albanez 7. Mancarea / Albanian Itinerary 7. The Food

I have not much to add about the Albanian food versus what I wrote about…

Itinerar albanez 6. Kruja / Albanian Itinerary 6. Kruja

Kruja is at only 32 km from Tirana. Here was erected a fortress in the…

Itinerar albanez 5. Podul de la Mes / Albanian Itinerary 5. The Mes Bridge

The best preserved Ottoman bridge is in a village called Mes, at 6 km north…

Itinerar albanez 4. Cetatea Rozafa / Albanian Itinerary 4. Rozafa Castle

Approaching Shkoder, the ruins of the Rozafa Castle, on a 130 m height hill, attract…

Itinerar albanez 3. Shkoder / Albanian Itinerary 3. Shkoder

Skhoder or Scutari in Italian  (meaning 'those who make shields') is a little town (90000…

Bastionul din Timisoara / The Bastion in Timisoara

Just a break from Albania today. In my hometown, a newly restored zone called 'The…

Itinerar albanez 2. De la sud spre nord / Albanian Itinerary 2. From South to North

Here is our return itinerary from Albania. This time we drove a part of time…

Itinerar albanez 1. De la nord la sud / Albanian Itinerary 1. From North to South

After one week in Ulcinj, Montenegro, we moved to Ksamil, Albania, in the South of…

Bosnia, intre Muntenegru si Serbia / Bosnia, Between Montenegro and Serbia

As we have never been in Bosnia, we decided to come back home, crossing the…