🇦🇱 Shkodra and Albania’s Virtues
In the most beautiful evening light we drive back to Albania. This time, the border is quickly behind-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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ALBANIA 🇦🇱
Currency: LekCapital: Tirana
Alcohol: Rakia
Special Facts:
The country of the craziest drivers in the world
The Mercedes is worshiped as a deity. Nobody drives another car
Skanderbeg is also worshiped as a god. The only national hero is present everywhere
Very cheap country
Extremely hospitable country (2nd place after Iran)
The streets are completely broken
Everywhere there is cheap and extremely delicious espresso
The country is littered with bunkers
The country has noticeable influence from the Balkans, Italy, Greece and Turkey
Language
You can go a long way with Italian. But we learn a few terms with Google in Albanian that should bring us some sympathy points:
Good afternoon – mirëdita
Hello – përshëndetje
Thank you – falëmenderint
How are you? – si jeni
Excuse me – justifikim
Goodbye – mirupafshim
Cheers – gesua
Currency
There are also many exchange shops across the country. The official currency is the lek with a rate of about 132:1 to the euro (as of August 2017). However, the euro itself is often accepted as a means of payment. The other currency can always be obtained in the exchange offices and the euro is not as affected by inflation as the lek.
Albanians say that the religion of Albanians is Albanian
Albania?!? What do you want there? Isn’t there only mafia and terrorists !? And they still have blood revenge, right ?!
– People
The reactions of many friends and colleagues to this year’s travel destination for Chris, Uwe and me looked like this or something similar after we had toured Scotland and Iceland together over the past few years.
Uwe and Chris himself also responded interestingly to my suggestion. “What do you actually know about Albania?”
The answer is: nothing. But I have one thing in mind: wild nature that has not yet been reached by tourism and the idea of the hospitality of the original Balkans. We are ready to face the prejudices.
What do we know of Albania? Nothing!
So, that’s why we have to go there.
🇦🇱 Vermosh takes your breath away
Crossing the border back to Albania is a joke this time. We quickly leave Montenegro at a small log-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 The Valbona Fairy Tale Valley
On the way, an oncoming car with headlight flasher stops us. Again a driver draws our attention to our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 The Crazy Koman Ferry
We fight our way through Albanian traffic again and take the only northbound highway Albania has to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Skanderbeg’s mighty Fortress of Kruja
We head north the next day; we men are among ourselves again. Saying goodbye is still difficult and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Searching for Solitude at The Coast of Albania
The hotel that we found in the middle of the night is preparing for a wedding and we have breakfast in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Trouble on the Albanian blue Adriatic
The trip to this village was worth it. It is beautiful on top of a mountain with great views, cooling-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 The Country of the Bektashi – heights and relief
Wir wollen wieder nach Norden. Ganz nach Norden, was bedeutet, dass wir eine ganze Menge-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 In the footsteps of vanished Cultures in Butrint and Antigonea
Between Tepelenëand Gjirokastër we pass a place just off the road where all hell breaks loose. You can-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 A spontanous Invitation to an Albanian wedding
We continue strolling through Tepelenë in the sweltering heat, as we hear traditional music. Rovena is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 City of Legends – Picturesque Gjirokastër
It is getting morning in Përmet. I feel rested, but my companions don't. They have a mighty hangover-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 The enchanting Bridges and Gorges of Përmet
Finally we leave the mountains and get onto a real road with real, modern asphalt. It's like another-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 With a terribly Underpowered Car Through The Albanian Mountains
After a princely breakfast, lots of warm hugs and well-intentioned gifts, such as homemade bread and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Visiting the Albanian family in Gjerbës
Rovena, where are we going today?" - is a question that's becoming common among us. Often the answer-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Refuge from the heat in the incredible Osum Gorge
It's my birthday and we just took a shower in an ice cold waterfall. We feel highly motivated. We're-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 A Day of Surprise – At the Bogovë waterfall
You're having an Albanian breakfast - they do that for us VIPs - slurping your rice, goulash soup and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Berat – The city of 1000 windows
From Pelenë (the ë is found in many words here and is sometimes an ö or an a) it turns into a desolate-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 The Road Trip begins – The fortress of Pelenë
The next day we leave for the airport to pick up our car - not a Mercedes, but a Dacia Stepway.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇱 Tirana: The best way How to get to know Albania
Albania?!? What do you want there? Isn't there only mafia and terrorists !? And they still have blood revenge,-->-->…
