Roadtripping the BALKANS (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia)

Our first international flight since India leads us to Europe to visit @ThePassportCouple ! We’ve made some great memories with Nate and Alicia, and our third trip together is exploring their backyard as we take a two-week road trip through Albania and some of the surrounding countries!

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Jennifer and Elliot

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🎥 Episode 420 | Filmed in November 2023
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we are just about to start our desent to tyan Life Time remaining is approximately 25 minutes we are in Tian Albania and we just flew 6,000 miles see our friends Nate and Alicia this trip has no plans just the way we like to travel the only goal was to reconnect with friends and make lasting memories this is our third trip with Nate Alicia to a prosperous New Year we don’t know how to operate a boat so we just C for and this this time we’re visiting their home Cheers Cheers today’s a big day actually now how are we going to top that y’all I don’t know how to catch how to cat Cheers Cheers hand down was worth it we were blown away with what we found we spent a week walking around Tian dealing with jet lag and immersing ourselves in this new culture before it was time for our first Adventure when we were finalizing dates to visit Nate and Al have proposed an interesting activity there is a marathon in Tian oh so as I completed my first backyard Marathon earlier this year it was going to be mine and Nate’s first official and another half in the books for Jen this turned out to be the first pivot of many Nate the Great is 1 hour in probably about 7 miles done change of socks caffeine gel and then I’ll join in I ran into Marathon I’m counting it I hurt my back just 2 weeks prior to leaving I could barely walk nonetheless run on top of that we couldn’t get tickets to the marathon because it was full but that wasn’t going to stop us how you guys feel how many miles uh 15 in almost 16 15 16 literally just got here really oh that’s perfect time it really was I think it’s going great we’re good pit crew here we have pretty much everything that we need and and everybody’s just coming in going out which I think is is the key to pit Brewing it’s not actually called that though right that’s it’s like a F1 pit stop yeah that’s what it feels like super high stress for like 2 seconds and then it’s good then we just chill it’s nice and beautiful we have our cappuccinos and enjoy the lake view yeah while they’re all and not R yeah thanks guys appreciate it you need anything else no this is great I ran out of water mes [Music] 12.8 backyard half check check I’m so proud of you thank you now that Jennifer has finished her backyard half we are leaving the Grand Park here in toron and going to meet Nate at the Finish Line back at their apartment you want like squ yeah definitely lunge oh my gosh today’s a big day actually because we have a half marathon finisher a marathon finisher Boo and we’re all together fours four friended and it feels so good 1 2 three [Applause] yeah road trip [Music] time we are leaving the capital city today and heading out to another country which feels so weird to say starting our road trip today and we won’t be back here for another almost 2 weeks welcome to Toronto I just love this is going well minus that almost accident feel like that describes traffic traffic it’s just almost accidents continuously [Music] yeah it’s time for our first border crossing by land in many years into Montenegro [Music] thank you and good day to you we got a stamp yeah yeah baby stamp it you know you might get your Albania stamp after all I know I know oh good call here we go folks should we go to any other countries while we’re at it oh I’m so happy our first pit stop in Montenegro is looking out at the Adriatic Sea when we curved around and we saw how absolutely stunning The Blue Water of the Adriatic Sea was just it was like wow wow wow [Music] out of the hustle of Tian our first stop felt like we were in an entirely different part of the world what do you think of buva buva um it’s unbelievable it’s like a mix of Hawaii and the Mediterranean and like a small little coastal town in like Connecticut or something which is all bua how about you Nate well I feel like that’s a very tough one to follow to be perfectly honest um but they have a lot of cats and dogs so I’m like thoroughly enjoying it it is just like absolutely insane right now it’s like 70° sunny it’s the off seon it’s late October right now so there’s like all the clubs are closed which is a good thing and a bad thing but the good thing is that it’s very peaceful and we have like the Adriatic just like washing up right now it’s fantastic being here um it’s just so weird being in a different country different part of the world um but it’s also kind of cool cuz we’re going to walk through the marina to Oldtown and um get a little taste that boat life that unfortunately we no longer have a boat so [Music] [Music] yeah pasta shop and well it’s 1:00 but we did just leave our Airbnb about 30 minutes ago right after eating breakfast so our senses are a powerful thing what do you want whatever you want so we picked up some fresh and I really do mean fresh uh fetuccini pasta with alfredo sauce and we got some Arata which is like a tomato sauce with it’s a little spicy and has a pepper flavor to it but it looks fantastic the guy was making the fresh pasta rolling it out um putting it through the pasta maker it looks so good and um and then it was tossed in a cheese wheel I mean say no more yeah say no [Music] more that is so delicious oh my gosh you know it’s good when Jennifer goes for the second bite without really talking about it that is so delicious it’s like what pasta is meant to be like you go now how are we going to top that y’all that was like literally the first like 10 steps into I know it’s like the first yeah building we saw first door it blows my mind how old this city is 2,500 years here’s one of the oldest cities on the Adriatic and it has had like a variety of different cultures kind of take over um and which have all influenced the kind of experience that we’re having right now we just had Italian food food right for lunch in our apartment there’s like Turkish like Turkish coffee makers it’s like just a huge variety [Applause] [Applause] there’s a certain color that I associate with like the Mediterranean and like its picturesque quality and this is it I don’t know that I can say that I’ve like really have really appreciated it until now until after having a boat and like seeing lots of different water types the Mediterranean is absolutely stunning and like the Adriatic Sea has just been wow like there’s no word for it and just wow the old town was awesome we spent the entire time just admiring culture the beautiful aquamarine water and now we’re going to go check out the aquamarine water in more detail have some chill time at the beach just hanging out with our friends that’s what this whole trip is about and we are loving it so far pH [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] that was so relaxing and so refreshing it was a bit cold when we first got in but then after swimming around H it just felt perfect it was nice and refreshing but without it being that like refreshing that felt really good though now let’s go get a bite to eat Cheers Cheers Cheers Cheers the perfect Beach day perfect Beach day yeah cheers and just like that the first day of our balcans road trip was in the books [Music] day two of our road trip where we have just left budva picked up some amazing fried dough treats and are enjoying this view before we leave Montenegro this is pranich freshly made so from this fried dough you kind of have the perfect combination you have salty from the cheese and it’s really creamy really delicious and then you have sweet from the Nutella which is also really creamy and delicious too but you have this like play on flavors it’s perfect the dough itself is not sweet so it it creates this nice balance for like each of the salty and sweet flavors it is so [Music] good oh my God that was probably the best way to start day two of the road [Music] trip back in Albania our next stop took us into rural Albania up into the cursed mountains or more famously the Albanian Alps there’s some things in life that are just kind of spontaneous and everyone in the car is talking about how none of us expected to see the Fall Foliage this year and we are completely submersed in the Fall Foliage it is absolutely breathtaking and it feels almost like this is probably one of the most beautiful drives that we’ve ever taken I believe the road that we’re driving on driving to te it was built in 2022 and previous to that this road was primarily 4×4 Vehicles only and driving on it I cannot imagine what it would be like to drive on this road because there are countless hair pin turns oncoming traffic that feels like it should be a one-way street but it’s actually a two-way street but in a way it’s reiterating the fact that it is just so important to book the trip take the trip go on the trip even without sometimes the most concrete plans because sometimes that’s when the most unexpected and the most beautiful things come from it [Music] this view in theft is absolutely incredible like the backdrop of the hotel is just these amazing Albanian Alps that we’ve been driving through for the past couple hours we’re trying to get out and like really into the Wilderness and I don’t know how it’s going to work out we’re going to play by year with the weather and uh pivot as we need but so far it’s just been an incredible trip here in the balons like had no expect coming in no plan other than to see Nate and Alicia and everything else is working out better than we could have hoped to Nate’s impressive driving skills up and down the mountain thank you slower than slow slow than slow slow slower than slow Cheers Cheers guys we are attempting to explore theft national park today but today tomorrow and the next day are all cloudy and rainy which is what it is um so we’re trying to just get pockets of fun and enjoyment outside as much as we can and the rest of the days we just pivot make the most of it this is like the information desk but I think because it’s the shoulder season offseason nobody’s here um so we don’t know all the details about the park but we do have one Trail on all trails that we are going to attempt to hike well we are officially embracing the pivot this is the the road that we’re not driving on to get to the trail which is up there oh look at the nice waterfall the rain has come officially it is raining it is getting no it is raining a bit heavier but there’s a building right behind the church that you can smell as like wood wood fire burning and it smells so good it smells like a campfire but we’ve been walking around the church and the church is beautiful this kind of like uh like cloudy rainy day Vibes is really giving a very unique perspective on today and and the mountains and the scenery and the and the the changing colors of the trees it is absolutely beautiful and we’re all just feeling so grateful and so thankful to be able to experience this right now like of course we would have loved to have gone out for a hike but that’s just not the cards that we were [Music] dealt good morning we are starting our day off with some Mountain fed water and it is absolutely delicious um but today we are leaving Seth and heading to our next destination we’re going to try to squeeze in one last attempt at a hike here in Theft before we need to move on and it’s been raining off and on this morning but we are in a period of no rain looks consistent so see how it goes the other couple go chasing waterfalls what do you think so far this is absolutely beautiful like we went into Albania and we had no idea this is that this even existed and our expectations have just been blown away it’s the best thing about having no expectations they can always be blown away yeah that’s true it looks like we are crossing the river here and I can’t say this Ridge looks that um stable but we did just see two hikers come back this way and they didn’t mention it so I guess it’s no big deal just missing a few uh few links this is just so beautiful little sketchy though okay in retrospect there’s a walk around path not sure if you’re supposed to use this D something sketchiest in the middle feel like I should strapped in right now okay what I suppos to do we we stop me you know there was a way around right really oh my God okay I have had to stop Flying the Drone that was too scary that was it Nate my main concern is just these bolts are not in anything it’s like just setting up like a a piece of wood across a river a little little more sturdy but like along the same line little frightening it’s just a 30t drop right there just it’s just set down is it really no there to say not it’s not boled in no there’s room for it to be bolted in but they just never got around to it my heart’s a little bit racing but that’s okay and you may be thinking why risk it if there’s a path on the side well we didn’t know well I didn’t know that until after sometimes you have to risk things in life safety first but also risk things it’s a [Music] balance about a water full here we go we’ve arrived folks we’ve arrived the last part of the hike has gotten much more dense and wooded we’ve seen a lot more people too so we’re definitely on the right track oh oh my gosh oh Bo you hear the power of the water yeah [Music] turn when can see you [Music] hold W when we first saw how big the waterfall we were all so impressed and so grateful if to have made it all the way there but then we kind of remembered that there’s that little trick of like the one or 2% that last little bit that gets you really close to the waterfall and it’s always so worth it and it’s kind of like that in life in a way like just like going the extra mile or going the extra distance to get to see the full waterfall hands down is worth it sooner or later you understand never give up [Applause] [Music] you guys ready to head back yeah let’s do it no look at this but yes good job we made [Music] it we’ve made it to Purry which is a restaurant here in scer and is like The Unofficial biking capital of the Balkans and we’ve been watching so many cyclists go by of all ages from like maybe 7 years old to what looks like 70 years old it’s fabulous we had fed of fries and then we ordered some father’s rice which has beans rice vegetables and then He adjusted it to us so we could have a vegetarian plate which we’ve been very pleasantly surprised with that has cabbage roasted vegetables that looks like carrots bell pepper onions uh eggplant and a little bit of grilled cheese which looks awesome there’s nothing like better here in this region this air fries do not disappoint exactly what the doctor ordered after that long hike today can’t wait to good morning it is day five of our Albanian Balkans road trip and we are in the historic town of Ky K has a lot of history here in Albania is once the capital of the kingdom of Albania their main I guess historic figure in the past scond andberg captured this from the Ottomans which was a huge event and now we’re here even though today is a little bit cloudy windy kind of chilly we’re making the most of it and we have walked over to the old bizaar and just these cobblestone streets are just amazing you just feel like you’re in an entirely different world and Jennifer Jennifer and I have found our piece of artwork we like to just try to find something different in each country we go to and while we have a place to put it yet eventually we will share with you guys our wall of artwork from all around the world do you think this is just for the water yeah I think so it is time for the next day of our balans road trip and today we’re going into another new country and before we leave cier I just wanted to show you guys like what it’s like in our Urban we’re saying in this modern apartment right behind us but it’s just like surrounded by little pockets of nature so right to my left here we have a fig tree um just growing right here there’s some sort of fruit growing over here which you think it almost looks like a kind of a peach but almost like a bell pepper too it’s really strange um looks like it could be delicious I have no clue over here we have grapes on the vine we have some Tomatoes like dripping over the ledge and then just lots of flowers and it’s just I mean I didn’t have any expectations coming here to Albania but it’s just like I mean just look how beautiful it is and then just on the other side of the apartment we have this amazing chicken coup where like all these chickens are just living in between the uh in the buildings it’s like a totally different world and I can’t wait to just continue exploring it’s just fantastic time for our four Crossing into dot dot dot North M Old Co testing center this is all I have thanks you guys thank you the um agent said that we needed insurance from Albania for the car but yeah so now Nate and Alicia are going inside to try and get this special insurance that we need hopefully it works out hopefully it works out and if not we’ll pivot it’s kind of it’s kind of our thing yeah okay that was like so sketch it’s literally just a guy with a laptop computer with a laptop in the passenger seat of his car what that’s where we went and we got another stamp yay yay it brings me so much joy go bigger go home all right it’s the marathon man you guys just on the border of Albania and North Macedonia is Lake oid and the town of oid that we are in right now is the largest of the towns on lake oid and which is why we’re here now and it’s pretty rough out there the boats are kind of going back and forth and right now we on the Lee Shore which is like the roughest Shoreline on the lake at this particular moment wow Splash Zone flash down as we enjoyed the sunset and oid we tried to stay present be satisfied and just watching the day in knowing we wouldn’t have many more on this trip today it is so calm almost like glass it’s crazy because you can see through to the bottom it’s only about maybe a foot deep here and there’s tons of little fish like little minnows and it’s beautiful today we’re going to be walking through town and around the lake up to the castle at the top of the hill and we’re going to be exploring a bit of Old Town over one of my favorite things about traveling in general is just the variety and how just you learn so many things that you didn’t even knew existed and here in over it is no exception right behind me is one Church of many and apparently overed was once known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans and there were 365 churches in this small town it’s just crazy um a very long and Rich history here and it’s just fun just be able to walk around and learning different pieces of it and you’re just amazed about how large and diverse the world is we have made it to the oid boardwalk and this Boardwalk is this like uh wood planked Boardwalk that’s probably about 6 ft above the water and it runs along the edge and it’s kind of nice because there’s these sharp Cliffs that are just adjacent to the boardwalk so you have the water on one side and then these sharp Cliffs on the other it’s really cool and so we are going to walk towards the Fortress [Music] at the top of this hill just on the other side of Oldtown are a series and a collection of walking trails which it seems weird to be hiking after we’re just walking through like Cobblestone tiny Alleyways and just seeing a multitude of churches but it’s kind of nice like you literally have it all and now it’s like we’re in nature like we’re in a totally different area and we were literally just at St Joseph the Theologian Church wild hi babe I’ve never seen someone do this intention too cheers cheers to embracing the pivot embracing the pivot we have decided to come to a Macedonian style restaurant here in North Macedonia and we’ve gotten just three traditional dishes so we have like a traditional like appetizer plate with grilled mushrooms grilled eggplant a bunch of local cheeses bean dish gr tach tach GR Chee which is like a bean dish here in Macedonia has beans dried peppers just with a bunch of spices and then the last one is the Tava which is onions carrots peppers green beans cabbage potatoes eggplant zucchini okra and parsley wow the tly Tava is just like a really warm your bones from the inside stew and it is delicious there’s really hearty flavors going on and the okra kind of gives it this really nice bite there’s okra potatoes all these different vegetables it’s really delicious the topi gry with the beans is really creamy and with the um with the Tomato in there it kind of gives this nice like very Savory creamy deliciousness that has to be one of the best meals that we’ve had on this trip probably we think second best to the pasta uh the fresh that was made inside the cheese wheel right in front of us but this knocked it out of the park that was so good I think there were about like 1,000 ums in that meal amongst all three of us counter yeah the um counter went through the roof it was just that was so good H that’s a meal that we were going to be dreaming about I don’t think we said this but Nate wasn’t able to join us today because he was busy editing um putting some final edits on a video that they’re trying to release as soon as possible so that’s why it was just the three of us today what wow now that’s the end to a perfect day like I don’t [Music] know Nate how are you doing how are you how’s the video almost done great job sorry I had the bail I feel like you don’t have to apologize for that no I definitely feel like I do we had such a terrible day it was awful it poured and rained all day long it weird it was like so interesting I guess you’re right OT it’s that whole 30% chance thing so I was just in the 70% where it didn’t you guys just got dumped on it followed us everywhere really did bummer yeah wow road trip to a new place heading back to Albania yeah passports check we have car registration check we have car insurance check and we have the accommodation tickets check check check you to see it first I just wanted the stamp but it brings me way too much joy we got a stamp people okay it’s just getting out of the country but I’ll take it I’ll take it I’ll take it it’s not an Albanian stamp but go no there’s more wait there’s more I thought we were there yes you do need the scarf on your head oh my goodness not wearing the right shoes for this BR that’s the street box carrying people stuff up there oh my God hi smell something you like so I think we’re supposed to go go that way okay cuz it’s definitely not that way all right so why don’t you go up there we’ve made it oh my God I absolutely took a wrong turn I’m sweating buckets these Hills are very steep but we made it well we already have kind of a bag explosion but what a nice room this Old Town of Barat and Che out the view oh my God today we have fantastic weather tomorrow is iffy so we are going to go out normally we’ve been trying to like relaxed on our travel days cuz it’s just like boom boom boom boom boom but we have a good day today so we’re going to make the most of it and we are all starving so we’re just going to go try to find some food pick up the room and check out Barat there are these two cities and they’re um face seen each other and the river and they’re kind of climbing up into the mountains and Barat is known as the city of a thousand windows and that is what we’re going to see here [Music] today literally decided to come to the place that Nate found when he was parking the car can’t go wrong with suake here in Albania and some cold beers what isi okay suaki is the Greek version of a taco basically so we have PE bread shaved meat with french fries veggies and the most important part is like the sauce that they put on it which is taziki a yogurt sauce with garlic and cucumbers in it so fresh and so delicious and they serve it basically every restaurant in [Music] Albania oh my God one thing I’ve been loving in Europe are our daily and multi- daily espressos so it’s just such a culture here especially in Albania going to Montenegro and North Macedonia there weren’t cafes like multiple cafes lining the street and here we have kind of like a cafe on every corner almost and they’re all local spots haven’t seen a single Starbucks and they are just delicious so we have a little bit of an after who picked me up today I think we’re going to cross the river and just walk around enjoying Barat enjoying our company [Music] Stones we carry clothes we lived in all the tales we will tell our children oh take in the high Ro we have a the sun setting over Barat right now and just the Shadows the light it’s all beautiful we’re at the end of our trip and our whole group feels very grounded because we all know that it’s like the last bit so we’re all trying to soak it in and really enjoy and thoroughly take in these last like moments in a way and uh yeah so we’re just grateful feeling very grateful one thing that I’ve Loved here in Albania are just all of the dogs that we find most of them are trays so we found a few you know every once in a while there’s a a dog on a leash or something like that but they are just so friendly just happy you go like you here we have a pack of like two puppies and three biger dogs I guess they’re adults cuz they kind of look like puppies too just alongside the water just living their best life cheers guys cheers to Future fancy drinks and future fancy places yeah Cheers Cheers oh that is so [Music] good good morning n and I are finally running together brings me a lot of Joy because we were both comparing train training for the marathon and of course she did it and um I had to sit on silence but back is feeling good much much much better than it has [Music] been how you doing great it’s beautiful out here [Music] [Applause] [Music] amazing these [Music] every [Music] you today we are enjoying a free walking tour here in Barat uh hosted by Bruno and uh we love these free walking tours all around the world they’re available and uh they’re basically a free tour that you give a donation at the end based on how much value you receive it’s really great business model I think um and it’s great for us cuz there’s no signups there’s no like planning for it sometimes you know they will have I guess too many people um in a tour but for here we have about eight people and it’s very chill and we’re going to learn about the history of Barat vam people are everywhere every city every country only North Korea Maybe [Laughter] this walking tour not only taught us about the city of a thousand windows but also about Albania as a whole the last piece that we felt was missing in this [Music] [Applause] [Music] trip great tour yeah feel like now I’ve learned something and that’s always the goal absolutely feel fulfilled I think Bruno had a lot of information in his tour but I think the piece that stood out to me the most which was a common theme was um something that we had been questioning about here in Albania 60% of the country is Muslim 35% is um Christian mainly Orthodox Greek Orthodox and but what they consider is that above all the main religion here in Albania is just Albanian everybody is so friendly and I couldn’t agree with that more the more people that we meet the dogs um it’s just it’s just really nice our last night was one we’ll never forget this is Lily he and his wife open up their home for authentic Albanian Cuisine every night ing to for Guess Rota you know Rota a soft cheese Rota egg tomato just a liquid of tomato different heres with this tiny Nook and Lily’s contagious attitude we felt like guests in their home we tried almost the entire small menu doesn’t even fit on the table celebrated the end of this amazing trip with Rocky Gaz and we’re the last to [Music] leave the you thank you l so Beau oh the food was so today is the last day we’re driving back to ton about a 2hour drive so nice and short and then that’ll be the end of our journey so it’s pretty sad we’re not ready for it to go it’s over so sad unfortunately our time here in Albania and our foggins road trip is over thank you all so much for watching and for our next video we’re going to be back State Side maybe unveiling what’s next we’ll see maybe not either way thank you see you next one why did you move to Albania yeah we decided to move into like a home base because living out of a suitcase as amazing as it is is exhausting at times um learning how to do your laundry in every new city and how to get your groceries and just to carry your spices in your suitcase it’s exhausting after a while so after 3 years we decided to get a home base we originally wanted to go to Italy but the Visa program in Albania is awesome for Americans it’s 365 day Visa no questions asked so that gave us like a good starting point which is like unusual only two countries in the world have that kind of visa for Americans Americans yeah and the cost of living is great here and turns out we really love it here so we got lucky yeah and turns out after two weeks with you guys we love it even more because we actually found out what’s in our backyard after being here for like almost eight months so what are some of the most surprising things that you guys have learned from the road trip um the food in Albania and the Balkans in general is like incredible I kind of was not sure what to expect I think from the meat or like from the meals here um but it was just fantastic food it was amazing like we haven’t really eaten local food since we’ve been here I know that sounds bad but reality yeah I think it also just like confirming the fact like literally everybody in Albania is so kind because we knew here in Tian we’ve been treated so well but going out and seeing more of Albania and just like reaffirming that that’s true everywhere we’ve been at least yeah it’s been amazing seriously well thanks for having us y’all thanks for coming let’s do this again sometime yes please yeah that would be great and according to Al it would be great sooner Elliot wave Elliot wave goodbye slow it down buddy how you doing Nate this is so fun this is so fun why doesn’t every restaurant have one of these I don’t know probably because of people like us I don’t know how to catch to [Music] C says hi jumps on lap yeah please don’t hurt me that was so forward I don’t know what to okay oh is she needing you kind of yeah please not on my KN come here okay there’s another cat down there too oh no no no not on the table come here sweetheart that’s okay you’re you don’t know how to cat that was such a great statement I just think it’s funny of all the people to jump on yeah I’m not the person hey just don’t need me okay hi just don’t need me going to happen I know I know but I might need reinforcements again give me your sweetheart thanks Alicia yeah yeah thanks Alicia that cat is so chill yeah why are you okay with this this is so weird yeah I know don’t be jealous all really good what’s so special about this bottle of alcohol uh it’s it’s from uh Portugal it’s actually very confident there reading La it’s a product of Portugal no it’s a port wine we went to Porto and uh it’s Brandy and wine yeah Brandy and wine it’s like usually I think it’s more of like an after dinner wine but they do have it anytime and it’s just it’s a really wonderful pairing