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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 7 – Tirana
We’re now at the end of our first week in the Balkans, and today is sadly our last full day in Albania – tomorrow we’ll be heading on into North Macedonia. On Sunday, when we were in Tirana, there were a few things further out from the city centre…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 6 – Gamti Mountain
Today promises to be the most adventurous day of the holiday so far. As I mentioned yesterday, we have a tour booked today which will take us into the mountains overlooking Tirana. When we booked the tour, it was an 8:30am pickup from our apartment, but last night I got…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 5 – Berat
The days are rolling in here in Albania. After a brilliant day in Tirana yesterday, our original plan for today was to do something a bit further away – Lake Shkodër up in the far north eastern corner of Albania. However, last night I was scrolling through some TikToks and…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 3 – Gjirokäster & Blue Eye
Good morning from Albania. It’s day three of our expedition to the western Balkans. Today we’re heading down into Dürres to pick up a tour which will take us to southern Albania to visit the historic city of Gjirokastër and the mysterious ‘Blue Eye’. Google Maps tells us it’s a…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 2 – Durrës
After the early start yesterday, it was such a pleasant experience lying in until 10am today. We woke up to discover that heavy overnight rain had flooded the balcony. Dad was up earlier, so headed down into Durrës town centre to pick up some groceries. When he returned, we waded…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 1 – Travel
Welcome back to my blog, where I seek to show you the sort of stuff in countries that travel guides won’t cover. After tacking South East Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand) last November, this time we’re exploring a couple of countries in South East Europe – Albania and North Macedonia,…
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Continue reading →: Thailand: Day 18 – Bangkok
Well it’s been an absolute blast, but today we’re heading home! Good news is, flight isn’t until around 8pm local time, so plenty of time to cram in a few last minute things. We had a bit of a lie in, and dad indulged himself in the buffet breakfast with…
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Continue reading →: Thailand: Day 17 – Bangkok
It’s our last full day of the Holiday and probably the one I have been looking forward to the most! Originally our itinerary had today down as a temple / city tour, but we thought we would be all templed out by now, so made other arrangements instead. I…
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