Author Archives: tbeartravels

TUESDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2012. SHKODER (Albania) TO ULCINJ (Montenegro). The receptionist at the Kaduku Hotel in Shkoder had a friend who owned a taxi and he was prepared to take us the 35 kilometres to Ulcinj (Montenegro) for fifteen euros.  … Continue reading →

SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER 2012. TIRANA TO SHKODER Shkoder is the biggest northern city in Albania. Another bus ride and this time it was a small bus called a furgon.  Furgons are privately owned and they depart when they are full, … Continue reading →

SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2012. VLORE TO TIRANA Last night we went for a walk to check out the bus station location so we knew what our plan of action would be this morning.  I’m pleased we did because it was … Continue reading →

THURSDAY 18TH OCTOBER. SARANDE TO VLORE. The hotel manager’s father took us by car to the bus pickup point.  From Sarande to Vlore is 133 kilometres and we were told the journey would take from five to six hours.  I … Continue reading →

TUESDAY 16TH OCTOBER. MORNING GREECE and AFTERNOON ALBANIA. Morning bus to Ioannina and to Sarande in Albania (afternoon). The map below was omitted from the previous post.  It shows the access roads, walks and monasteries around the Meteora area.  I … Continue reading →

DAY 19 MONDAY 15TH OCTOBER.  Bus to the Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron and a return via the town of Kastraki to Kalambaka. Yesterday and today were days that will remain in our memory forever.  The bus took us to … Continue reading →

DAY 18 SUNDAY 14TH OCTOBER. Early morning walk around Kalambaka to a rock ledge overlooking the town.  Mid morning trek to Holy Trinity Monastery. Our first walk this morning was to a ledge overlooking Kalambaka town. We didn’t intend going … Continue reading →

THESSALONIKI TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2012 to SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER  2012 The following images are in approximate chronological order. John and Litsa’s apartment is about six kilometres from the centre of Thessaloniki. There is a seaside boulevard from near where they … Continue reading →

Day 9  SATURDAY  6TH OCTOBER 2012. Returned to our country house having experienced life in a typical Greek island village. Bev did her best to get us a ride but being Saturday there were few cars moving about. The owner … Continue reading →

Day 7. THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER. Moved from Therma to Kamariotissa to experience town life. Packed up at our country abode but before we left our Greek neighbours John and Litsa invited us to their veranda for coffee and tea to … Continue reading →