{"id":2089,"date":"2020-03-18T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2020-03-23T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:08:20","slug":"albania-discovering-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Wonderland<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was about 10 years old when me and my sister woke to find our mother had imagineered a scavenger hunt through our new house. My parents had recently divorced and I discovered that meant they didn\u2019t want to live together anymore. This new house that had no father was a smallish apartment, up loads of stairs that didn\u2019t have a yard where I could burn things, which I liked so very much. To wake and suddenly find something to like here overjoyed my young heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I forgot any troubles I had and scavenged from one excitement into the other. Looking for clues, as me and my sister worked towards \u2014 my mother promised \u2014 a grand surprise. Although, until then, I had considered this new house with little interest, I now felt I was living in a wonderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was this same sense of wonder \u2014 of a place transformed \u2014 that returned to me when I visited Albania, some twenty years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellis and I had just spent far too much time in a dreadful town on the coast of Montenegro, which name I do not recall and do not want to look up. Of course we made the best of our time \u2014 we were young, newlywed, and on our honeymoon \u2014 but we were excited to move on. From Montenegro we would drop down south, into Albania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we came into this new country, about which I knew little, it was brought to our attention that Albania was not a nice place. People told us, using their serious voice, to be careful. Careful of what, we didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out, and you don\u2019t learn this in school, Albania was a brutal dictatorship for quite a while. People called it the \u2019North Korea of Europe\u2019. Not a nickname that inspires a lot of confidence. In this time not a whole lot of people came into Albania and not a whole lotta good came out of it. It seems the only people who left formed into ruthless gangs that, I guess, ravaged the lands. This, you might imagine, is not the kind of news you want to receive just as you\u2019re about to cross into a new country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore imagine our continuous surprise, in the weeks to come, that Albania wasn\u2019t a police state full of stone-faced thugs, but a wonderland filled with some of the most delightful people you can ever hope to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unleash The Dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first thing we did as we crossed the border was check whatever people might do in Albania. Turns out there\u2019s a lot, but one thing stood out: a two-day hike in the north of Albania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day backpackers from all over descend upon the city of Shk\u00f6der (pronounced, for some strange reason, as \u2018Skodra\u2019) from where they leave to Komani lake. There they embark on a ferry that bobs through a narrow waterway as it carves a path through the mountains. A lake ride supposedly so mind-bogglingly beautiful that one enthusiast confided in us that \u2018one hasn\u2019t really been in Albania if one hasn\u2019t experienced it.\u2019 Well, rip a page from our passports because, of course, we didn\u2019t go anywhere near this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hike is one-way, so after Komani Lake (and one night in a little village) you hike up one side of the mountain, come back down the other side and arrive in a different village, named Theth. From there you drive back to Shk\u00f6der. However, we came with our own car and although we had been testing it, we were pretty sure it couldn\u2019t go up a mountain. We felt sad about our misfortune for a while, until we took a left onto the small road that ends up in Theth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theth and the famous hike are in an area colloquially known as \u2018the Albanian Alps.\u2019 Turns out the drive up to this mountainous village is an utterly wonderful drive. It\u2019s just you, a small winding road criss-crossing through the mountains, some cows and maniacs who break for no one. I swear we would\u2019ve felt like we were part of a Top Gear TV-special, if Ellis would know what that was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we drove up the mountain darkness was soon to hold us hostage us between the two mountain ridges and so it was decided for us that we were to spend the night in a village some 20 kilometers before Theth, called Bog\u00eb. A blessing in disguise for we later found out that the road to Theth can only be tamed by 4×4\u2019s. Our 50 euro car would be no match. And so I found myself scrolling through Airbnb as Ellis tore the car through beautiful scenery, a smile on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent our night at the Boga Alpine Resort, a wonderful little hotel where we were the only guests, cared for by a young maid who knew how to point at things in English and the owner; an Albanian man in his mid-thirties who spoke English with the most outrageous British accent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The view from our room was magnificent, the food (which cost less than what falls out of my pocket if I shake hard enough) was better than expected, and the morning run I had after a good night\u2019s rest was \u2014 dreadful. It seemed as though every dog in the village had agreed to take turns chasing me down the street. I think I have never run faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily one of us was having fun that morning because Ellis ventured out on a lovely hike and the scenery was candy for her camera. So, with her beautiful rendering of this valley the dogs were soon all but forgotten \u2014 though I couldn\u2019t get my heart rate to go down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hiking
Hike in the mountains of Bog\u00eb, Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Waiting for a Ride<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To reach Theth from Bog\u00eb we had to leave our car at the hotel and join one of the jeeps that would make the journey. The owner had warned us these taxis would only be going up the road in the morning, until about 10 o\u2019clock. Of course, we left way too late \u2014 the maid gesticulating we had missed our chance, but we are nothing, if not stubborn. So we waved our car goodbye, I checked if I had safely stored away the keys for about two gazillion times and we went down the lane to the little cafe where \u2014 hopefully \u2014 a late taxi would pick us up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back I see that this was the first time, in the five months we had been traveling, that we encountered the \u2018old way\u2019. We had been driving our car through places where our phones kept up a connection to lightning-fast 4G and so our lives were made easy. We booked hotels, checked Google Maps, even knew where there would be traffic. Now we were sitting at the side of the road waiting for transport, which maybe wouldn\u2019t show up until tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was interesting to notice how much I disliked this limitation and not knowing. I was traveling the world and had nowhere to be, yet here I was, all cantankerous that I might not be able to do exactly as I liked. The world wouldn\u2019t cooperate for once and I wasn\u2019t having any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the while I could have been looking up at the beautiful mountains surrounding us; their rugged surface made golden from fallen leaves. How they followed the river that wound down, two gigantic arched backs on either side of the water. The houses that dotted the hills \u2014 imagine the lives lived there, so different from mine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I didn\u2019t. I just wanted to be on my way to Theth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albania, it turns out, isn’t a land of thugs, but a land that amazes around every corner.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

Wonderland<\/strong>
I was about 10 years old when me and my sister woke to find our mother
had imagineered a scavenger hunt through our new house. My parents
had recently divorced and I discovered that meant they didn\u2019t want to
live together anymore. The new house that had no father was a smallish
apartment, up loads of stairs that didn\u2019t have a yard where I could burn
things, which I liked so very much.

To wake and suddenly find something to like about this house overjoyed
my young heart.

I forgot any troubles I had and scavenged from one excitement into the
other. Looking for clues me and my sister built up \u2014 my mother
promised \u2014 to a grand surprise. Although up until that point I had
considered this new house with little interest, I now felt I was living in
wonderland.

It was this same sense of wonder \u2014 of a place transformed \u2014 that
returned to me when I visited Albania, some twenty years later.

Ellis and I had just spent far too much time in a dreadful town on the
coast of Montenegro, which name I do not recall and do not want to look
up. Of course we made the best of our time \u2014 we were young,
newlywed, and on our honeymoon \u2014 but we were excited to move on.
From Montenegro we would drop down south, into Albania.

Before we came into this new country, about which I knew little, it was
brought to our attention that Albania was not a nice place. People told
us, using their serious voice, to be careful. Careful of what, we
wondered.

Turns out, and you don\u2019t learn this in school, Albania was a brutal
dictatorship for quite a while. People called it the \u2019North Korea of
Europe\u2019. Now that\u2019s an unflattering nickname if I ever saw one. Nothing
came in and little went off Albania during this time. However, the few
Albanians that did get away formed ruthless gangs that, I guess, ravaged
the lands.

This is not the kind of news you want to receive just as you\u2019re about to
cross into a new country.

So imagine our surprise that we found, in the weeks to come, Albania
not to be a police state full of stone-faced thugs, but a wonderland filled
with some of the most delightful people you can ever hope to meet.

Unleash The Dogs
<\/strong>
The first thing we did as we crossed the border was check whatever
people might do in Albania. Turns out there\u2019s a lot, but one thing stood
out: a two-day hike in the north of Albania.

Every day backpackers from all over descend upon the city of Shk\u00f6der
(pronounced, for some strange reason, as \u2018Skodra\u2019) from where they
leave to Komani lake. There they embark on a ferry that bobs through a
narrow waterway as it carves a path through the mountains. A lake ride
supposedly so mind-bogglingly beautiful that one enthusiast confided in
us that \u2018one hasn\u2019t really been in Albania if one hasn\u2019t experienced it.\u2019
Well, rip a page from our passports because, of course, we didn\u2019t go
anywhere near this.

The hike is one-way, so afer Komani Lake (and one night in a little
village) you hike up one side of the mountain, come back down the
other side and arrive in a different village, named Theth. From there
you drive back to Shk\u00f6der. However, we came with our own car and
although we had been testing it, we were pretty sure it couldn\u2019t go up a
mountain. We felt sad about our misfortune for a while, until we took a
lef onto the small road that ends up in Theth.

Theth and the famous hike are in an area colloquially known as \u2018the
Albanian Alps.\u2019 Turns out the drive up to this mountainous village is an
utterly wonderful drive. It\u2019s just you, a small winding road criss-crossing
through the mountains, some cows and maniacs who break for no one. I
swear we would\u2019ve felt like we were part of a Top Gear TV-special, if Ellis
would know what that was.

As we drove up the mountain darkness was soon to hold us hostage us
between the two mountain ridges and so it was decided for us that we
were to spend the night in a village some 20 kilometers before Theth,
called Bog\u00eb. A blessing in disguise for we later found out that the road to
Theth can only be tamed by 4x4\u2019s. Our 50 euro car would be no match.
And so I found myself scrolling through Airbnb as Ellis tore the car
through beautiful scenery, a smile on her face.

We spent our night at the Boga Alpine Resort, a wonderful little hotel
where we were the only guests, cared for by a young maid who knew
how to point at things in English and the owner; an Albanian man in his
mid-thirties who spoke English with the most outrageous British accent.

The view from our room was magnificent, the food (which cost less than
what falls out of my pocket if I shake hard enough) was better than
expected, and the morning run I had afer a good night\u2019s rest was \u2014
dreadful. It seemed as though every dog in the village had agreed to take
turns chasing me down the street. I think I have never run faster.

Luckily one of us was having fun that morning because Ellis ventured
out on a lovely hike and the scenery was candy for her camera. So, with
her beautiful rendering of this valley the dogs were soon all but
forgotten \u2014 though I couldn\u2019t get my heart rate to go down.

Waiting for a Ride
<\/strong>
To reach Theth from Bog\u00eb we had to leave our car at the hotel and join
one of the jeeps that would make the journey. The owner had warned us
these taxis would only be going up the road in the morning, until about
10 o\u2019 clock. Of course we lef way too late \u2014 the maid gesticulating we
had missed our chance, but we are nothing, if not stubborn. So we
waved our car goodbye, I checked if I had safely stored away the keys for
about two gazillion times and we went down the lane to the little cafe
where \u2014 hopefully \u2014 a late taxi would pick us up.

Looking back I see that this was the first time, in the five months we had
been traveling, that we encountered the \u2018old way\u2019. We had been driving
our car through places where our phones kept up connection to
lightning fast 4G and so our lives were made easy. We booked hotels,
checked Google Maps, even knew where there would be traffic. Now we
were sitting at the side of the road waiting for transport, which maybe
wouldn\u2019t show up until tomorrow.

It was interesting to notice how much I disliked this limitation and the
not knowing. I was traveling the world and had nowhere to be, yet here I
was, all cantankerous that I might not be able to do exactly as I liked.
The world wouldn\u2019t cooperate for once and I wasn\u2019t having any of it.

All the while I could have been looking up at the beautiful mountains
surrounding us; their rugged surface made golden from fallen leaves.
How they followed the river that wound down, two gigantic arched
backs on either side of the water. The houses that dotted the hills \u2014
imagine the lives lived there, so different from mine.

But I didn\u2019t. I just wanted to be on my way to Theth.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,51,52,56,53,57,55,50],"countries":[48],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-journal","tag-albania","tag-boge","tag-hike","tag-jeep","tag-komani-lake","tag-shkoder","tag-taxi","tag-theth","countries-albania"],"yoast_head":"\nAlbania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ellis & Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1001\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ellis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschreven door\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ellis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ellis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ddb3a635ad9844d564bb3db319df435c\"},\"headline\":\"Albania, Discovering Wonderland\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1299,\"commentCount\":26,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Albania\",\"Boge\",\"Hike\",\"Jeep\",\"Komani Lake\",\"Shkoder\",\"Taxi\",\"Theth\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Journal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/\",\"name\":\"Albania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1001,\"caption\":\"Beautiful scenery in Albania. Hiking in the Albanian Alps. High mountains in autumn colors.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/albania-discovering-wonderland\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Albania, Discovering Wonderland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ellis & Me\",\"description\":\"Never-ending Honeymoon\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ellis & Me\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/Logo_Green.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/Logo_Green.png\",\"width\":288,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"Ellis & Me\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ellis_storytelling\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/nl.pinterest.com\\\/ellisandme\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ellisand.me\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ddb3a635ad9844d564bb3db319df435c\",\"name\":\"ellis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ellis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me","description":"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/","og_locale":"nl_NL","og_type":"article","og_title":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me","og_description":"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!","og_url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/","og_site_name":"Ellis & Me","article_published_time":"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1001,"url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ellis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Geschreven door":"ellis","Geschatte leestijd":"6 minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/"},"author":{"name":"ellis","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#\/schema\/person\/ddb3a635ad9844d564bb3db319df435c"},"headline":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland","datePublished":"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/"},"wordCount":1299,"commentCount":26,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg","keywords":["Albania","Boge","Hike","Jeep","Komani Lake","Shkoder","Taxi","Theth"],"articleSection":["Journal"],"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/","url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/","name":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland — Ellis & Me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-18T01:31:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-23T12:08:20+00:00","description":"Ellis & Me are traveling the world on our never-ending honeymoon. We're helping charities, meeting amazing people and having a blast. Come with us!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Albania_part_1_blog_post_Ellis_and_me_Boge_Mountains.jpg","width":1500,"height":1001,"caption":"Beautiful scenery in Albania. Hiking in the Albanian Alps. High mountains in autumn colors."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/albania-discovering-wonderland\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Albania, Discovering Wonderland"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/","name":"Ellis & Me","description":"Never-ending Honeymoon","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nl-NL"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#organization","name":"Ellis & Me","url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Logo_Green.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Logo_Green.png","width":288,"height":60,"caption":"Ellis & Me"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellis_storytelling\/","https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/ellisandme\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/#\/schema\/person\/ddb3a635ad9844d564bb3db319df435c","name":"ellis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a1c9c0910940250fffdc0e3d17ebe66c6cbe9a07967a85e85230c6b2386df9c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ellis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellisand.me\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}