Motorhome Trip Spring 2025 – Balkans & Greece

A slow journey through coastal villages, winding borders, and forgotten roads — one motorhome, one traveler, no urgent destination.

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Trip totals = 6’403.04 km / 89 h pure driving time / 11 countries (8 for the 1st time).

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Valley of the Stillness

A quiet day through Albania’s backlands: wild horses, unfazed cows, and resting souls with a view over their earthly paradise.

Jens Thieme 5/1/25 Jens Thieme 5/1/25

Captain’s Catch & Two Nights of Nothingness

Free beach camping by a pine forest near Vlorë. No neighbours, no menu, just grilled fish caught that morning by the owner and sunsets that look photoshopped. The good kind of nowhere.

Jens Thieme 5/1/25 Jens Thieme 5/1/25

Vlorë, Albania: Between Gold Rush and Ghosts

A drive through Vlorë reveals Albania in flux: glimmering façades, ghost buildings, investment fever, and EU hopes colliding with contradictions—and I was right in the middle of it.