My next country in the Balkans is Bosnia and Herzegovina!!!  I was actually really excited about visiting this country and I knew ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina!


My next country in the Balkans is Bosnia and Herzegovina!!! 

I was actually really excited about visiting this country and I knew just a little bit of its history from blog posts that I had read. As I was riding the bus and approaching the city of Mostar I started noticing cemeteries, tons of destroyed buildings and many of them still standing but with bullet holes all around. 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, former part of Yugoslavia, had a cold war not too long ago and has been independent only for 25 years. The cold war was basically Serbia and Croatia fighting to make the Bosnian territory theirs. 
As you walk around town you feel kind of weird because you can still see the effects of the war on the town, they haven’t reconstructed everything and in a way it shocks you to see it. Many of the houses have their original gates with bullet holes in them.

Montenegro is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L!!!!!!!!! I arrived in an afternoon bus from Shkoder and it was pouring. Once at the station I decid...

Montenegro


Montenegro is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L!!!!!!!!!

I arrived in an afternoon bus from Shkoder and it was pouring. Once at the station I decided to walk to the hostel with a guy I met in the bus, Billy. After walking the wrong direction we turned around and all soaked we made it to the hostel and checked in. I decided to stay in to avoid getting even and just enjoyed a relaxed evening inside the dorm room free of rain!

Don’t ask me how to pronounce the name of this city because I have no idea! Albanian language is very hard! I got a bus from Tiran...

Shkoder, my last city in Albania!


Don’t ask me how to pronounce the name of this city because I have no idea! Albanian language is very hard!

I got a bus from Tirana and after a couple of hours I made it to Shkoder!!! 

Tirana… the capital city of Albania! Many people said visiting Tirana was not worth it and I should skip it but I thought I would do ...

Tirana, the capital city of Albania!!!


Tirana… the capital city of Albania!
Many people said visiting Tirana was not worth it and I should skip it but I thought I would do the judging of this city on my own so after teo days in Berat I got a bus to Tirana for the night.

Although my time in Tirana was short I got to experience what the Albanian big city was about and I finally saw where all the younger people in Albania are!

Well, Albania has been a great surprise so far!  It is just so beautiful surrounded by so many mountains all around (apparently the ...

Berat


Well, Albania has been a great surprise so far! 
It is just so beautiful surrounded by so many mountains all around (apparently the most mountainous country in Europe!… And seems like the country with the most Mercedes Benz per capita! haha)

I arrived in Berat with my friend Adam and immediately loved the vibe of the UNESCO World Heritage city. It felt like a bigger Gjirokaster but still with a lot of charm. 

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Hi! It's me... Andrea!

In this blog you can live vicariously through my journey around the world!

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