Montenegro to Albania

We were in Montenegro for 2 days, seeing the entire coast and being on 4 buses along the way. In Kotor we went to bed with water and electricity, waking up without electricity at 4, having it come back on, and then waking up at 7 without water. We hiked up to the fortress ruins above the city before the sun got too hot and when we came back down, the electricity went out again at the bar we were at. Time for a beer and to move on. New city in Montenegro, Budva, sandy beaches and thousands of people there, all crowded together under the rented umbrellas, swimming in the Adriatic Sea.

The next day we took more buses to get to a couple more cities and across the Albanian border where we had to pay a 10 euro entry fee. The houses here were more prepared with water storage on top of the houses. A lot of construction going on, but a lot of it seemed to be on a break as weeds were going in new house structures. There are bunkers around the countryside, reminders of the communist past. Impossible to blow up, the inventor stayed inside one as a tank blasted it to prove their strength.

We have been in Tirane, the capital of Albania for a day now, walking through the city, a bit on the dirty side, lots of street vendors, had cow tongue at a traditional restaurant cause I had to try the most interesting thing. Actually quite tasty in a spicy tomato pepper sauce. We have been getting toured around by the family of one of our friends in Germany, which is quite nice with the langguage being quite different.

Coffee here is great, very thick and black, but on the sweet side.

Today at 7 we take a 14 hour bus to Athens overnight. Going to be awesome, hopefully with some sleep, and then we take on the Greek capital for a day before off to the islands of Naxos and Paros for the next 4 days.