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... army to various victories against the Turkish empire. <br>On the road from the bus station (stop) there is a street of wooden shops (that ironically looks very turkish and was selling predominantly turkish goods!).

... von Envar Hodscha jedenfalls ist heute eine Disco, Envar Hodscha, d** Albanien 40 Jahre lang regi**t hat, ist heute in einem namenlosen Grab auf einem gewoehnlichen Friedhof begraben. Seine Statue ist ebenfalls z**truemm**t, auf dem Zentralplatz steht nur noch die Statue von Skand**beg, dem nationalen Helden.<br><br>Albanien geho**te auch zum ottomanischen Reich, ab** ein Alban**, d** von den Ottomanen in Byzanz ausgebildet wurde, hat einen Aufstand ausg ...

... his father's cooperation) and given a military education in Edirne, Turkey, eventually becoming a governor. The 1443 Turkish defeat at Nis in present-day Serbia gave Skanderbeg the opportunity he had been waiting for to rally his people against the Ottomans. In his lifetime, he repulsed 13 Turkish invasions, ensuring his eternal fame among Albanians everywhere. Unfortunately, he died in 1468 and the Turks captured Kruja, the seat of his government, in 1478 ...

... this evening. We were waiting for our starters to arrive and eyeing the whole city, when everything before us went black, save for the car headlights on the roads. A few seconds later things started to come back on line - first the buildings, then the street lights. Kind of neat to see. Kind of. · Double not always a double It seems like the Albania definition of a 'double' room is a room that contains two single beds pushed together. The ploy is disguised ...

... of them. With so many hotels one can only assume this place is busy other times of the year because right now there is no one here, aside from us of course. · Megs Ailment of the Day This was Megs idea; I think she's getting a sense of humour regarding the last few weeks. She's come up with the idea of beginning a regular 'Megs Ailment of the Day' slot here on the site. Planning is already at an advanced stage and we're presently in negotiations with ...

... degrees of being finished. We drove through Shkodra, which was just like being back in the souks of Syria, with heaps of market stalls selling everything imaginable on the side of the road, stray dogs running everywhere and no traffic laws at all. At this point we were wondering what we had got ourselves in for but we carried on and found a big sandy beach with heaps of cars parked on it and people as far as the eye could see. Unfortunately the ...

... weeds. A couple failed attempts by the Allies to foment anti-Communist rebellion immediately following the war or no, Enver Hoxha was a seriously paranoid man. The former doesn't easily explain the point of building so many, as they pretty much all went up in the 70s after Albania withdrew from the Warsaw Pact. Just who they expected to make a full-scale invasion of the country is beyond me, as by the era of Nixon few people knew or thought anything ...

... View of Durrës Durrës (Greek: &#916;&#965;&#961;&#961;&#940;&#967;&#9 53;&#959;&#957;, Dirrákhion; &#917;&#960;&#943;&#948;&#945;&#956;&#9 57;&#959;&#962;, Epidhámnos; Latin: Dyrrhachium; Italian: Durazzo; Turkish: D&#305;raç; Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian: &#1044;&#1088;&#1072;&#1095;, Drach or Dra&#269;) is the most ancient and one of the most economically ...

... that came up with the design was lucky enough to be invited to test the success of his creation. He was forced into one of his bunkers and a tank fired its cannon at it repeatedly. The engineer came out unscathed physically, but a little shaken. Fortunately (actually, I did hope this would be the case...) we arrived in Tirana at 5pm on a Wednesday afternoon. At 6pm, Albania vs Turkey kicked off at the Qemal Stafa Stadium. After finding a ...

... We tried to ask people in either English or Italian as there were loads of Italian registered cars in town, but nobody could help us. We did find the amphitheatre. All I could think of was rats to a sewer pipe !!! It was closed so we had to go back the next day. We awoke early and went to see the amphitheatre. Upon close investigation, it was actually a Colosseum. Just like the one in Rome, there was not much there, but the chickens walking around were enjoying ...