I can't wait for Friday evening: Suitcase in hand I'll be boarding one of the evening busses from Prizren to Durrës, Albania. I'm no fan of overnight busses, but it seems that either I take an overnight bus for 15 Euros or I pay to have a taxi take me in the morning for 90 Euros. After a (sure to be) sleepless night, I'll arrive in Durrës around 6am and then try to figure out how to get myself down to Sarande. There's not a whole lot of established information on Albania. Trying to find bus schedules online? Hah. I'm not even sure if Durrës has a bus station or if I need to find the right street corner from which to catch the Sarande bus. In terms of my sleeping situation, some of the fancier hotels do have websites, but I'm aiming for private room rentals (which I anticipate will be 10-15 Euros per night as opposed to the 35-Euro-and-up hotel rates). So I'll be travelling in a way that I never travel: without my first night's accommodation planned. I'm banking on the fact that there will be people who meet the bus with rooms to let (this is a common thing). Challenge.
I'm looking forward to two weeks of rest, relaxation, with a little adventure thrown in. Once I finish this little holiday and arrive back in Kosovo, I'll pick up my luggage, head to Pristina, and fly back to Reno. Sigh...sagebrush, Mexican food, GT (my car), family & friends, mail...it'll be good to spend some time in the US.
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