Tag Archives: Saranda

Balkans Tour 2017 – Corfu to Southern Albania
As I continue to remain in the UK for the next month or two at least, I am reliving my 2017 Balkans tour. It started with a flight to Corfu……. Corfu, Greece It seemed that I was the only easyJet passenger en route to the Greek Island who would not be staying for a week […]

Monday Morning Blues – Blue Eye, Albania
This week’s MMB photo comes from Southern Albania. Close to the coastal town of Sarandë sits a very unusual spring. It’s name is Syri i Kaltër, translated as Blue Eye. It indeed does resemble a blue eye as you can see. Nobody knows how deep the spring is, but it is deeper than 50 metres […]

Balkans Tour 2017 – The Bus To Tirana
After re-enacting the Titania breakfast with a view (and securing some takeaway cake for later), we arrived at the bus station at 9 in readiness for the 9.30 departure. Despite Mr Cool’s (the laid back bus ticket seller) assertions the previous day, we were lucky to secure the last two tickets. Unluckily they were for […]

Balkans Tour 2017 – Corfu to Southern Albania
It seemed that I was the only easyJet passenger en route to the Greek Island who would not be staying for a week or two’s sea & sunshine. The word around me was focusing on best beaches, location of the best full English and biggest issues to face (such as full English being unavailable in […]