The entry from Albania to Greece is done in 15 minutes and we are already back in the EU. Shortly after the border we discover a beautiful bathing lake with a super campsite. There we stay for two days and enjoy ourselves. Except for a few anglers from the nearby village, no one disturbs our idyll. 

Until 1991 Albania was still a communist dictatorship and only accessible for group tours. Only at the end of the 90s the political system collapsed. Today, public order is stable and everything goes its more or less regular course. Christians and Muslims live in peaceful coexistence and everywhere you are welcomed with warmth and helpfulness.   

We cross the border at the Shkodra lake and put us there first on a camping site. The lake does not invite to swim because of the many seaweeds, but to compensate the restaurant offers a delicious Albanian cuisine at prices like we had 20 years ago, such as a pizza Margaritha for three, and a large beer for 1.50 euros. No wonder the MOMO kitchen stays cold with this offer. 

Actually, our vehicle was supposed to be on its way to South Africa by freighter at that time. Unfortunately, we had to postpone this plan a few months. We could have managed the Corona issue, but not the unrest and looting, which reminds us more of a country in anarchy and not of a relaxed travel destination. So we wait for the further development and make us first on the way in the direction of Greece.

On Monday, August 2, MOMO and we are ready to go and we quickly drive through the Tauern tunnel with a first stop at the Faaker See in Carinthia. In Bled, Slovenia, we take a break for a few days at a nice campsite on the river and pass the time with hiking and biking at temperatures around 20 degrees and rain, rain, rain.