Jaryd's Adventures

A Quick Summary This week Kira and I took a bus from Montenegro to Shkoder, which is in the northern part of Albania. We spent a couple nights in Shkoder before taking a minibus to Theth, a small town in the mountains! The next day, we did a long hike from Theth to Vablone, another small mountain town (more like a cluster of houses). From there, we then made our way back to Shkoder the next day via 2 minibusses and a ferry! Full map Zoomed in map, the hike was between the two green dots on the top right! Some Highlights Albanian culture: To be honest, I barely knew anything about Albania before we started planning this trip. I'm not even sure if I would have been able to point to it on a map! For some reason, I expected it to be more run-down or dirty, but I've been so impressed and surprised at how nice and modern things are here for the most part.  Also, the people here are so nice. Even if they don't speak English super well, w...

Here's the slightly delayed post from last week! A Quick Summary This week, we took a train from Florence all the way south to Naples. There, we spent 3 nights and explored a nearby waterfront town and some more ruins. Then, we flew to Dubrovnik in Croatia, where we spent a night checking out that city. Then, we took a bus the next day to Kotor, Montenegro, where we spent the rest of the week doing some hiking and exploring different parts of Montenegro! Weekly Highlights Contrast of cities: Getting to see three cities (Naples, Dubrovnik, and Kotor) within 2 days was really cool seeing how different they were. They all had various old buildings and lots of churches but the style and feel of each city was so different! Naples felt a lot like South America in a way, it was bustling, lots of people, and lots of things going on in the street.  Naples street Dubrovnik was very touristy, especially when the cruise ships came in. However, it was a super nice city r...