Tirana gets some bad press, and yes, the traffic congestion is maddening, but there’s some interesting and very unique things to do. Two massive underground bunkers built during the communist years for the government leadership…
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There’s only one direct bus per day from Gjirokastër to Berat. The driver was sick so the bus didn’t run. It seems the concept of substitute drivers is yet to make it to Albania. So…
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“Everything in the city was old and made of stone, from the streets and fountains to the sprawling age-old houses covered with grey slates like gigantic scales. … It was a slanted city, set at…
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From Corfu we caught a ferry to Saranda in Albania. We hadn’t expected much. It was really just a convenient crossing point from Corfu into Albania. So we were very pleasantly surprised to find a…
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