After three weeks traveling thru the Balkans I almost ran out of time. Albania was great: Shkodra is a cool city with no rules. Tirana has a great atmosphere, nice colored buildings and good nightlife. But it is time to go to Macedonia again. Today I will return to the city my trip started from: [...]
Cars, cars and more cars. There are a lot of cars in Tirana, the capital of Albania. The cars at Boulevard Zogu I are stuck in a long line, which leads them to the main square, Sheshi Skënderbej.
The square is huge. At the right side (with your back towards the statue) you find a nice [...]
The bus to Tirana leaves Shkodra around ten in the morning. Most of the seats are taken, but halfway there are two free places. I take the one next to the window, so I can enjoy the view during the ride. The bus is heavily used; the seat next to me doesn’t have a headrest, [...]
We walk around the city, but there are almost no people around. “Everybody is out of the city”, Saimir explains. It is summer holidays, so most people are at the coast. Some cars pass by, a few people still try to sell something in the shops, but most of them are closed. It’s three [...]
The car goes from left to right, slaloming between holes in the road. We are driving in the center of Shkodra, in north Albania. Keep on rolling, a song by Limp Bizkit is coming through the speakers of the gray Ford Sierra.
Dorian, a third year student, is driving. Next to him, on the passenger seat, [...]
The weblog is a few days behind. I write about places I was a few days ago. That’s why I will just shift some time and bring you to Albania, where I am at this moment.
After spending the second day in Mostar, we took at six in the evening a train to Sarajevo. A three [...]