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Travel Blogs from Tirana
SUNDAY - WORSHIP AND GETTING TO KNOW ALBANIA
... excited to receive them. We also have USA/Albania flag pins to give out. People are anxious to talk to Americans and are opened to hear what we want to share. I never thought I would be doing this or would be here in Albania, but I believe that this is what God wants us to be doing. Tomorrow we hit the college campus. We will let you know how it goes. By the way, the weather has been beautiful, but riding in a car or crossing a street is ...
Albania, the land of a million Mercedes
... swim. We chilled out at the hostel that night and had amazing homemade pizzas made by the hostel owner for dinner.
Our last day in Albania was very quiet. Ian and I spent the morning trying to fix out tablet which had completely broken before we headed out for lunch. We had these delicious pita wraps again (yesterdays lunch as well!) which are doner meat, tomatoes, mayo and fries all wrapped in a toasted pita bread. So good! We ventured out on a walk to a mosque ...
Furgons in Tirana
... to the drop off area. So we all piled into the taxi after a quick exit and were dropped at some random spot on the outside of the city where the buses and furgons often pick up people. I arrived and there was one about to leave for Berat which was handy, so I handed them by bag and jumped on board. The trip out of the main city took a while, through the morning chaos (people drive like crazy around here!), ...
Arrival in Tirana
... a lot to see, I really didn’t mind it too much and usually got in a few questions of things going by outside. Could have used a lot more information though, I thought. As we get to the center of town, he is pointing out some of the main buildings. We also see a Christmas market which I recognized as such having just been to two in Europe. We didn’t get to go until we came back to Tirana though.
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Im wilden Land der Skipetaren
... Restaurants - und vermutlich nur eine Gelegenheit hier in Tirana zu essen. Sollen wir das Bestbewertete aus dem Tripadvisor nehmen oder das mit dem ausgefallensten Essen oder... Christa überlässt mir die Entscheidung und wir gehen als erstes zur Sky Bar, wo wir im ca. 20. Stock auf der Dachterasse einen Cocktail schlürfen - gerade rechtzeitig zum Sonnenuntergang. Wir wollen dann die Villa Ambassador aufsuchen, aber dieses Restaurant hat zu. Wir nehmen ein Taxi zum Vinum ...