We made it out of Montenegro intact. This morning we left the coast road and cut across some mountains (no big deal this far into a trip) and came out just short of the border. Our other border crossings were two steps - stop at the end of Croatia, then again at the start of Montenegro. Here they had just one building. There was a window where we gave our passports to the Montenegrin official, and he tossed then across a desk to an Albanian official. We shuffled over to his window, took our passports, and were on our way.
We stopped in the town of Schkoder. A pretty sketchy approach, and then a nice city center. Old men were playing chess in the park. We made some lunch and gave our bananas to some kids.
We had planned to reach the town of Lezhe, but when we passed a campground in Barbullush we knew we'd have to stay. They had an empty, grassy campground, a restaurant, and, OMG, a swimming pool. A stunningly beautiful pool (or is every pool stunningly beautiful right now? No, this is really nice). It was 3:00 and we had about 40 miles done, so this wasn't getting off the road too too early. We're within a day of Tirana, and that was the goal for tomorrow. And there's not much we know about camping or lodging around Lezhe, so this is probably a good call.
So, ironically, here we are in the (I think) poorest country in Europe, enjoying our nicest lodging experience. Mixed feelings about that but it feels mostly like an end-of-tour treat.
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