Remembering my adventures
MAY 3, 2025 All the towns and cities in Albania are built on very steep hills / mountains with roads and streets a maze of crazy switchbacks. When you put an address into Google Maps, it says “You have arrived” but in reality you are on a parallel street either above or below the street... Continue Reading →
APRIL 22-24, 2025 Upon entering Shkoder, we saw a huge sculpture that was shaped like a giant key. It is aptly called the Albanian Key. Shkoder is one of the oldest and most historic cities in Albania and is known as the “cradle of Albanian culture”. The key signifies the city as a place of... Continue Reading →
APRIL 13-14, 2025 The city of a thousand windows. The first thing we noticed when we pulled into Berat was the houses stuck like barnacles to the side of a cliff, with an old castle on top. The second thing we noticed was that our Airbnb was one of those houses. We went up a... Continue Reading →
APRIL 9 - 13, 2025 The name “Albania” comes from an ancient Ilyrian tribe called Alban. Ptolemy mentions the it in the 2nd century. First and foremost, the roads. The main highways are pretty good, but the secondary roads are crazy winding and narrow. The average speed on the secondary roads is only about 40... Continue Reading →
APRIL 9-13, 2025. Our initial impression of Tirana was not good at all. First of all, the road into town had a speed limit of 50 kph. Our taxi was going 110 and cars were passing us like we were standing still. Then the taxi driver got lost and started losing her mind. She was... Continue Reading →
An Old Lady with a Backpack 