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).

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.

Jens Thieme 4/30/25 Jens Thieme 4/30/25

Bringing Nothing to the Middle of Nowhere

On the R427 near Bileća, the road ends—and China begins. Explosions, silos, Mandarin banners, and prefab dorms mark a deeper story: Beijing’s silent grip on the Balkans through debt, concrete, and control.