Once I reached this snow covered meadow, the goat tracks I’d been following came to an end. I followed a trail laid down by wolves until that vanished in the scrub. The last hundred metres to the summit I was in untracked territory. http://flic.kr/p/qDPYKb
Tag: albania
Trees in the Rain
http://flic.kr/p/qpnNtr
sunset, moonrise
The dome in the foreground is one of the infamous concrete bunkers constructed in Albania during Enver Hoxha’s rule. If I’d come across it earlier in the day, I’d definitely have poked around a bit, but I was running out of light. http://flic.kr/p/qnUWCx
Tower of Elbasan
One of the towers in the surviving walls around the old city of Elbasan. I think these were originally Byzantine walls, later buttressed by the Ottomans. http://flic.kr/p/qnqvxQ
Mikpritje
I came to see the monastery and get a stamp for my pilgrimage book. I wound up being treated like an honoured guest. These were my companions at lunch. http://flic.kr/p/qgPtme
Gëzuar Krishtlindjet!
This morning I attended Liturgy for the feast of the Nativity of Christ in the Cathedral of St Paul and St Astius in Durrës. For more about Shen Asti, please see the Wikipedia entry: http://ift.tt/1t1yXAJ http://flic.kr/p/qfi3pj
Welcome to Albania
http://flic.kr/p/qfoK4e
