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Greece!
... B.C.! I looked down into an ancient amphitheater that is still used even today. There were many other cool sights but let's just cut to the Parthenon. Massive in size, the columns are 34 feet in height and 6 feet in circumfernce. I remember writing a paper on the Parthenon senior year in art history but if memory serves me right, I got a D or an F on it cause I decided to research and write the paper the morning it was due. ...
Enter the 'Eee PC (Air)'
... I have a clue whether this is an actual chemical possibility) and therefore everyone gets theirs cars washed a lot to avoid them rusting (isn't it amazing, the **** we come up with to explain something we don't understand?). When I got the opportunity to ask a local why there are so many car washes in Albania she said 'People like clean cars, and it's not that expensive'. Sometimes it's refreshing to be put back in your place.
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Episode 22
... and some more such as you get at home and in most western countries.
As an example I saw a sign over the door of a tiny shop, it said ‘Textil’, so I thought it might sell material. Inside we found bed linen, blankets, duvets, pillows etc, quite up market stuff. The shop was no more than 3m x 3m.
There is however, the usual great abundance of cafes and restaurants. We tried to find a little place that had pastries and ...
No-where
No -where First, since my iPod won't let me reply to the comments. My favorite city so far is Rome but my favorite part was the Greek island crusing. Santonini was very nice but we didn't spend very long there, and since my tour was so long I didnt take the donkey. I think Rhodes was the coolest, but the best part was simply the downtime drinking in the sun on the boat. You actually do get very tired bussing around this distance and ...
The hunt for Albanian lager
I gazed out of the window as Pristina faded into the distance and the roads became increasingly dilapidated (****). Then it began. A bus of chattering Albanians was silenced as the onboard television descended (yanked down by a portly Albanian) and a dvd was forced inside. Within seconds the entire audience was fixated by what appeared to be a homemade compilation of Albanian music videos and the occasional comedy sketch- I think it ...