Hotel Akropoli Kavaje

Kruja was a short day trip out of Tirana.

There is a well preserved fortress that has now been converted into a museum on Albania history of Skanderberg - a prominent Albania figure in 14th century who lead ...

... und von ein** B**gstadt aus den Ottomanen ein kleines Reich abgetrotzt. In 25 Schlachten mit den Ottomanen ging ** als Sieg** h**vor und sein Reich wurde **st 26 Jahre nach seinem Tod von den Ottomanen besiegt (in 1479). Die Alban** sehen sich als Rett** des Abendlandes, waren die Ottomanen doch zu ihr** sta**ksten Zeit in Schlachten mit Skand**b**g beschaeftigt statt die Truppen gen Wien zu schicken.

Albanien macht keinen sehr islamischen Eindruck, die ...

... content de m'avoir rencontre, qu'il avait beacoup appris sur le canada et le quebec... quant a moi, ce fut une rencontre precieuse... si je comprends bien, les albanais sont tres heureux d'avoir retrouve la liberte, mais ils sont assez lucides pour comprendre qu'ils ont aussi perdu au change: plein emploi, vacances gratuites, education gratuite et de qualite, soins de sante gratuits, etc... la ou ils me semblent moins lucides et critiques c'est sur la ...

... les repas sont fournis en viandes... les differences qui me frappent:les routes sont epouvantables( une heure pour faire 33 kilometres ce matin); tres tres peu de monde comprend ou parle l'anglais... korca est censee etre la ville francophile de l'albanie... en tout cas ca parles pas francais fort dans le boutte... les albanais aiment beaucoup les americains a cause de la position de bush sur la reconnaissance du kosovo...les albanais ...

... we were having a break. While standing outside having a smoke he introduced himself as Jimmy. He was telling me that I was the talk of the bus being a foreigner. The driver had even asked him to keep an eye on me and make sure I was comfortable and didnt get lost as he was the only English speaker on board. I was actually quite flattered with all this attention; I wondered if this was how celebrities must feel. He invited me to join him and his buddy for a coffee and I duly accepted. As ...

As the bus pulled up to the main square of Shkodra, a small city in northern Albania, the bus driver pointed to a bus on the other side of the square and said "Tirana". We boarded that bus and waited. And waited. And waited. About 30 minutes later after every seat on the bus was full and there were a couple of people standing in the aisles it was finally time to leave. The bus ride to Tirana was about 3 ...

... the local people being aware of it. Which makes it even more difficult for tourists, esp I who wake up at 4am to find that my scheduled bus to Korca did not exist. Furgonas, those minibuses that people pack in for certain destinations were also ancient. Depending on their destination, they depart from different locations around the city. Occasionally they change from week to week so even taxi drivers are unaware of their location. People just ...

... during World War II, to the time of 'King Zog,' through the communism rule with ties to the former Soviet Union, then later with ties to China and so on. In the 1990s, Albania went through tons of political and financial havoc in less than 10 years, staring in Febrary 1992 when tons of striking students marched on Albania's primary square named Skandergeb and pulled down the 10 meter high statue of the then dominant leader ...

... in Italian and paying our 10 Euro Albanian entrance fee, then were forced to take another cab, 15 Euro this time for an hour or so to Shkodra the next big town...(big run on sentence I know, but really who needs punctuation! :p) Then upon arrival in Shkodra, after a very scenic drive through the countryside and lot's of bunkers (I'll come back to those later), we arrived and caught a bus to Tirana (7 dollars or so this time...a far more ...

... training, fixing problems and evaluating needs. In most cases, I have had to train through an interpreter...interesting and challenging experience. On the second day here I was told that the Director's son would be shadowing me all day. Sandi (SUN-DE) is a 17 year old entering senior in high school. He is a great kid, loves computers and math, so we really hit it off. He invited me to come to his house for the day later in the week, but he ...