Our stay in Tirana at Migena, Martin, and Nils was extended unexpectedly. Raphael was in bed with fever and was Meli and Migena with everything so expect nature to health. So we took seven days leave of Tirana with a heavy heart and our friends.
Meli and Migena in traditional Albanian costume.
We drove along the coast to the south. The trip to Apollonia, an ancient ruin site developed to highlight. The impressive ruins (Amphitheater and a monastery) were destroyed in part by the bunkers Enver Hoxas, but were still very impressive. When we asked a guide for the way, he suggested that we should immediately stay the night. So we stayed with ruins in the back and a wonderful view over a plain and sea. That the next morning at the crack of dawn 'many Albanian families 1 May trip will be listed here and make us our place in dispute, including the leader of course has not said anything.
Theater in Apollonia - stay right in front of the ruins.
Auf dem Weg in den südlichsten Teil Albaniens, nach Butrint, übernachteten wir direkt am Meer auf einer Landzunge zu einer Burg. Während wir uns einrichteten, wurden wir plötzlich auf Schweizerdeutsch angesprochen und von Regula und ihren Freunden, die auf dem Seeweg nach Griechenland unterwegs waren, zu einem Fondue auf der Yacht Sarabella eingeladen. Am nächsten Morgen gab's das erste erfrischende Bad im Meer.
Morgendliches Bad im Meer.
Butrint, eine riesige antike Stadt mit einer unglaublichen Geschichte (wer mehr wissen will soll mal googlen oder auf unseren ausführlicheren Bericht, wenn wir wieder zu Hause sind warten), impressed us greatly.
A church in Butrint, or what's left of it yet.
For our last night in Albania, we looked for a beach close to Saranda. The hotel was not open, but unfortunately two other campers were to us, otherwise we would have had the entire beach to ourselves.
last night in Albania.
was called in Greece, then to come forward particularly. The gas was suddenly much more expensive (the Greek was now on the crisis, the exploding oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, or just increasing Petrol Price?). We visited the Meteora monasteries. Together with Russian and Greek tourist crowds we were even allowed to look into some monasteries. But the most impressive was the place of construction. On huge, up to 500 m high rock towers, the monasteries were built. For lunch we made our walk on to a somewhat remote monastery and were suddenly all alone ...
The rock towers of Meteora - The Varlaam monastery.
In Bulgaria, we stayed at the Rila Monastery. "Unfortunately," it was once again on a holiday (Day of Bulgarian Army) and we were not the only tourists. Nevertheless, impressed us of the monastic complex located in the forest and the paintings of biblical scenes.
The Rila Monastery - paintings.
for a hike in the Rila National Park, we relied on the guide, which led us to Borovets. That is the best starting point for hiking and details were not available in the Touriinfomation but at the front desk of the hotel. The first card purchased, then taught us better and we had some miles on Holperstrasse (which are lower in Bulgaria than in Albania!) Drive until we found the starting point of our hike: a hut at the entrance of the park. From the fireplace did smoke, but neither our nor knocking horns came out someone. So we spent the night in vain, got up early and then saw the keeper but still before we made our ascent. At first it went quite well, but then came the snow fields, it was foggy and we lost the markers. But nothing brought us to repentance. We were then greeted by sunshine shortly before the summit. Not only by the sun but also from a large ski lodge you can be reached by chairlift. Of course there were some "Sunday stroll" on the road and we were soon on the descent.
climb over a snow field in the Fog - The seventh Lake of seven.
Today we visited Sofia. The city is an interesting mix of culture (especially old churches and museums) and shopping city. Unfortunately, the paintings in the churches of the many candles are soot blackened so strong and illumination is missing that you could not see much more often. We were traveling by bike: concentrated on potholes and racing cars. Tomorrow we will visit a concert in a club (somehow the events are held here on Sunday and not on Saturday!).
the Aleksandar Nevski Cathedral - shopping street in Sofia.
We would on the outskirts of Sofia between the curb and the highway at a campsite and once again have power to blog. Unfortunately, the current is the only comfort ...
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