When most people think of Albania they think of corruption, gangsters and human trafficking (thanks Liam Neeson). Luckily for me, however, I discovered recently that Albania is a far cry from…
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A few eyebrows were raised when I said that I was going to visit Albania. ‘Look after your kidneys!’ more than one person told me in a tone that was joking…
In case you haven’t guessed yet, Albania absolutely blew me away when I visited this Autumn (and if you’re new here, hey, I’m Dani and Albania absolutely blew me away when I visited this…
As soon as I arrived in Albania, Berat was all anybody talked about. This ‘City of a Thousand Windows’ in Southern Albania, surrounded by mountains and filled with mosques and churches…
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The Balkans are not usually the first destination that backpackers choose to visit. For many people coming to Europe for the first time, Paris, Rome and London all make the list…
The first time I tried rakija I was 18 years old. I’d just started my first year of university and I met a Bulgarian guy who had brought a plastic water…
Not many people have heard of Berat, and even less have heard of Roshnik, a small village located about 30 minutes from Berat’s centre. Usually visitors to Albania spend a few…
Everybody warned us about Albanian men. ‘They’re all Mafioso, they will take you, sell your body and harvest your organs,’ they said. The stigma surrounding Kosovo was even greater. ‘Kosovo isn’t…
Tirana, Abania. Not a place where many people decide to spend their holidays, and it doesn’t usually feature on the itineraries of most people backpacking through Europe. Tirana isn’t the glitziest…
