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Hotel Bristol Tirana

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Tirana, Tirana

A travel blog entry by aborder

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... a scary, dominating black eagle. With my experience, the people of Tirana are helpful, respectful and kind.



Maybe not when considering an old man who works at the hostel I stayed in. My last night, I was reading the plantation (borrowed from my brother, a good read, but I couldn't help but picture the lead character as Stan from American Dad) when the old man walks into my room ...

Tirana Albania

A travel blog entry by lukeandbelinda

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Sadly we have left Rome. Our last night though was very special, we decided to treat ourselves to a dinner at the restaurant below our apartment and ordered whatever we liked taking no notice of price. It was nice to not worry about it for once. Luke had spaghetti with mussels and I had pasta with pesto and prawns, followed by a salami calzone. They were the best meals we had in Italy and we absolutely stuffed ourselves.

The next day we caught the train down ...

Linnaekskursioon

A travel blog entry by nipitiri

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... rvitoonides pead kirjul taustal. Leiutame maskiteooria. Ülevalpool on püsiekspositsioon algusega 19. sajandist. Segu itaalia, kreeka ja ottomani mõjust. Pildid on koduselt eksponeeritud tapeedi taustal. Ei puudu ka sotsialistlik realism - musklis töölised, automaat õlal ja kuvalda pihus ning naiste ematsipatsioon tänu parteile. Töölisklassi kujutamine on mõnevõrra irooniline, sest Balkanil oli see ühiskonnakiht suht olematu. Modernismi esindavad päris ägedad pildid, nt ...

Mountains and Markets - Tirana

A travel blog entry by lostalready

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... we also found many variations of stripes and geometric patterns.

Across the Lana river (despite appearances it is not actually a storm water drain) is the suburb of Blloku. This area was off limits in communist times, as the party leaders lived here. These days it is filled with cafes and doesn't look all that different, except for the armed guards outside the house where former party leader or "supreme comrade" Enver Hoxha used to live. ...

All work and no play

A travel blog entry by foodnut

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... in many sectors – especially in the health sector that I see. A lot of under the table payments and corruption occur with doctors, police, and other sectors. Partly because of low salaries, but also a culture of the patients who believe they will get better treatment, be seen quicker etc etc. Many of the head of the government ministries also have their heads in the sand, ...