Leaving Ohrid behind, we headed toward the Macedonian/Albanian border about 45 minutes drive away. This was the first time I had ever driven across an international border, and we were expecting to be promptly interrogated and searched as we had to join the ‘other nationalities’ queue. Less than 10 minutes later however, we had new passport stamps and crossed over the border into country number 2.
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Travel writing take 2 – Balkans
I started this blog after finding my travel notes from the Middle East, and wanted to write them up into prose so I don’t forget the things I’ve done. I found myself really enjoying this – actively taking the ephemeral scribblings of my trip and constructing them into a more logical narrative – so have decided to just keep on writing, this time about my most recent trip to the Balkans (Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo). Considerably more contemporary than my Middle East trip, what I’m going to write might actually be useful for anyone thinking of undertaking a slightly different but fantastically rewarding European adventure – so hopefully this manages to inspire someone to do something a little different to usual.
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