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From: Tom P on 20 Jun 2010 06:27 Martin wrote: > On 20/06/10 00:26, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: >>>>> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Europe that includes >>>>> flying to Rome, renting a car, then driving around the Adriatic to >>>>> Athens. >>> I gather he's planning a round trip, in which he'd better check if the >>> rental company allows him to drive through places like Albania and >>> Montenegro. >> The Bradt guide to Montenegro says the local folklore has a spoof >> tourist board slogan "Come to Montenegro - your car's here already". > > Unless your car is a Mercedes in which case it is already in Albania. Reminds how back in the '90s in Moscow I saw cars being sold in a street market, they hadn't even bothered to remove the German license plates...
From: Martin on 20 Jun 2010 06:39 On 20/06/10 12:27, Tom P wrote: > Martin wrote: >> On 20/06/10 00:26, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: >>>>>> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Europe that includes >>>>>> flying to Rome, renting a car, then driving around the Adriatic to >>>>>> Athens. >>>> I gather he's planning a round trip, in which he'd better check if >>>> the rental company allows him to drive through places like Albania >>>> and Montenegro. >>> The Bradt guide to Montenegro says the local folklore has a spoof >>> tourist board slogan "Come to Montenegro - your car's here already". >> >> Unless your car is a Mercedes in which case it is already in Albania. > > Reminds how back in the '90s in Moscow I saw cars being sold in a street > market, they hadn't even bothered to remove the German license plates... Around the same time I sat next to a young Nigerian on a flight from Rome to Schiphol. He asked me where he could find a good place to steal a car that he planned to ship to Africa. Thinking he was joking I suggested that there was a good choice in the airport car parks. Later I found out that a car transporter leaves Rotterdam once a month carrying stolen cars to Africa.
From: Ben Dover on 20 Jun 2010 08:36 On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:39:26 +0200, Martin wrote: > On 20/06/10 12:27, Tom P wrote: >> Martin wrote: >>> On 20/06/10 00:26, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: >>>>>>> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Europe that >>>>>>> includes flying to Rome, renting a car, then driving around the >>>>>>> Adriatic to Athens. >>>>> I gather he's planning a round trip, in which he'd better check if >>>>> the rental company allows him to drive through places like Albania >>>>> and Montenegro. >>>> The Bradt guide to Montenegro says the local folklore has a spoof >>>> tourist board slogan "Come to Montenegro - your car's here already". >>> >>> Unless your car is a Mercedes in which case it is already in Albania. >> >> Reminds how back in the '90s in Moscow I saw cars being sold in a >> street market, they hadn't even bothered to remove the German license >> plates... > > Around the same time I sat next to a young Nigerian on a flight from > Rome to Schiphol. He asked me where he could find a good place to steal > a car that he planned to ship to Africa. Thinking he was joking I > suggested that there was a good choice in the airport car parks. Later I > found out that a car transporter leaves Rotterdam once a month carrying > stolen cars to Africa. So it sounds like I have a 50/50 chance of getting my car stolen. -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Pray for a secular future _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
From: tim.... on 20 Jun 2010 13:54 "Jack Campin - bogus address" <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:bogus-4C37B6.23262319062010(a)news.albasani.net... >>>> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Europe that includes >>>> flying to Rome, renting a car, then driving around the Adriatic to >>>> Athens. >> I gather he's planning a round trip, in which he'd better check if the >> rental company allows him to drive through places like Albania and >> Montenegro. > > The Bradt guide to Montenegro says the local folklore has a spoof > tourist board slogan "Come to Montenegro - your car's here already". I think that's only if you are German tim
From: tim.... on 20 Jun 2010 14:04
"Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message news:884solFc0pU1(a)mid.individual.net... > bart.c wrote: >> >> "Ben Dover" <joe_mama(a)nospam.net> wrote in message >> news:tW3Tn.101477$304.53102(a)newsfe12.iad... >>> >>> I am in the early stages of planning a trip to Europe that includes >>> flying to Rome, renting a car, then driving around the Adriatic to >>> Athens. From Athens I will be sailing to Amorgos, spend a week or two, >>> then back to Romen via the ferry. Does anyone have any experience >>> driving this route? Any advice appreciated! >> >> Well, Rome is the opposite side of Italy from the Adriatic. There are >> some airports on the Adriatic coast that might save you some driving. >> >> And you might want to check that with the rental company (especially if >> planning a one-way rental, which is not clear.) >> > I gather he's planning a round trip, in which he'd better check if the > rental company allows him to drive through places like Albania and > Montenegro. There is no chance of him getting a car that he can take into Albania - I'd love for someone to prove me wrong :-(. IME it is next to impossible to find anyone even willing to let you take a rental car into Serbia. Note that the Serbian border police will check that you do have valid documents for your car so "winging it" is not advisable. If he can get insurance, he should note that he must not drive "through" Kosovo if he wishes to drive back via Serbia later, as the Serbians will not recognise the Kosovo exit stamp as a valid Serbian point of exit (I know he said that he didn't want to do this, but his plans could change). I'm wondering what the OP actually wanted from his question. Does he want advice on driving, route options, sightseeing or places to stay? tim |