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Montenegro, Albania, Greece & Vienna 2022

28 June 2022

Our first view of Montenegro from the bus to Podgorica

Most Milenijum (Millenium Bridge)

Orthodox Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection

Grapes are found everywhere around the region

Buildings with their typical style

View over the river Morača

Old Ribnica River Bridge

A view of the horseshoe in river Rijeka Crnojevića (River of Crnojević)

Old abandoned hotel

Nice park in Cetinje

Mausoleum of Petar II Petrovic-Njegos, a walk of 461 steps up the stairs

Trees hit by lightning on our walk down from the Mausoleum to our hotel

Spot the lizard

The mausoleum is on the top of the mountain from where we walked all the way down

A very rainy day in Kotor

Nice and cosy stop for a croissant

Olive tree

Praskvica Monastery

Sveti Stefan, now one big hotel

Virpazar

Squacco heron (ralreiger)

I got company from a Blue-tailed damselfly (lantaarntje)

On our way to Skadar Lake

Huge fields of water lilies

Grey heron (blauwe reiger) and cormorants (aalscholvers)

Dalmatian pelican (kroeskoppelikaan)

Pygmy cormorant (dwergaalscholver)

Wine tasting in Godinje

Saddle-backed bush-cricket (zadelsprinkhaan)

Many stray cats and dogs can be found nearly everywhere, but some are so cute!

Dark bush-cricket (Bramensprinkhaan)

On our way in Stari Bar to the old fortress

Old aquaduct

Coffee stop at Ulcinj

Lunch and swimming at Restoran Ivana, our last stop before Albania

Very interesting bathroom...

Live music during dinner at Hotel Tradita, Shkoder, Albania

Kruja

Teleferiku Dajti Ekspres

Tirana

Scarce swallowtail (Koningspage)

Et'hem Bej Mosque

Piece of the Berlin Wall, originally located at the Potsdamer Platz

Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Bad weather approaching!

Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg Square

Hiding from the downpoor

House of Leaves

Nice refreshing granita

Who needs a birthday to eat cake? We didn't!

Berat Castle

Our hotel for the night

Common wall lizard (Muurhagedis)

Old town of Berat

Common house martin (Huiszwaluw), many were nesting under the roof of the hotel

Sceliphron spirifex

Apollonia

Hermann's tortoise (Griekse landschildpad)

Revealing a recently found mosaic

Stones were reused again and again. Here you can see a lion's head for example.

Stele. Descent to Hades, Hellenistic Period, III century B.C.

Gjirokaster

View atop Castle of Gjirokastra

Egyptian grasshopper (Egyptische sprinkhaan)

Beautiful demoiselle (Bosbeekjuffer)

Blue Eye

European green lizard (Oostelijke smaragdhagedis)

Panoramic view from Lëkursi Castle

Corfu

Old World swallowtail (Koninginnenpage)

Barn swallow (Boerenzwaluw)

Butrint National Park

European pond turtle (Europese moerasschildpad)

Balkan green lizard (Reuzensmaragdhagedis)

Lion gate

Lion killing a bull

Corfu from the coast in Saranda

Mute swan (Knobbelzwaan)

Great crested grebe (Fuut)

Ioannina Island

The Great Meteoron Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour

Monastery of Varlaam

Metsovo

Kastoria

Company during lunch

Marsh frog (Meerkikker)

Probably a Barred grass snake (Westelijke Ringslang)

Bears at the Arcturos Bear Sanctuary

Edessa Waterfalls

Swimming pool at Loutra Pozar, with 37℃ water

Golden small roundels with embossed star from the antechamber of Philip's II tomb

Golden larnax containing bones of the young royal wife, probably the Thracian princess Meda who followed Philip to the netherworld (336 B.C.)

Thomb III: The "Prince's Tomb"

Philip's II trimmed with gold suit of armour (336 B.C.)

Tomb of Philip II

Tomb IV

Tomb I. North wall: The rape of Persephone

Tomb I

Atatürk Museum

Rotunda

Arch of Galerius

White Tower of Thessaloniki

Boulevard of Thessaloniki

Portara

After a delayed and then cancelled connecting flight we stayed in Vienna for the weekend and got on the Hop-on, Hop-off bus to do some sightseeing.

Weltmuseum Wien

Maria-Theresien-Platz

Votivkirche

Karlskirche

Nice refreshing drink to end our trip through Montenegro, Albania, Greece, and an unplanned weekend in Vienna

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