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Little Trouble in Big Tirana
... treasures. It also had numerous displays on show from different eras, including Pre-history, Illyrian, the Skanderberg era (including a replica of his massive sword), Ottoman, World War One and the King Zog I era, World War Two, the occupation by the Italians and then the Nazis, the resistance by the Partisans and finally the Communist dictatorship era under Enver Hoxha.
After brushing up on our Albanian history, we had pretty much seen all of Tirana and it ...
Where have all the petrol stations gone...Albania!
... we were and the border was about 16km further on. A very worthwhile stop though as we enjoyed the best coffee we have had so far this trip! We then came upon the border but only the Montenegrian one to exit and not the Albanian one to enter, strange. Oh well we were now officially in Albania without anyone checking our passports.
At the border, Gary got chatting to a British family. Turns out they are heading to Ohrid ...
First day of touring
... he was going, he drove between the very narrow stone pillars of a gate into what looked like a bar/restaurant courtyard. We all pop out and walk into the bar where he chatters with some people who run off to look for something. We are in the compound of the artist and his son or his family anyway and the house is next door to the bar. We are told to pay our entry fee of 200 Lek per and walk into this ...
Halloween Mayhem and Bunkers
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... our own thing and made the most of it, but by the end, even we were not interested in drinking the ****** warm beer.
But it did get us invited to the nights Halloween party (and a stir fry over American football the following night). So we settled on Christmas costumes, got dressed up, paid our 15 bucks, and proceeded to drink as much as we could while stuffing ourselves on capresē ...
Hurt in Tirana!
... de motor is dat je makkelijk kunt inhalen, dus ik hoef gelukkig niet achter het rijtje aan te sukkelen. Houd je iig nog een beetje bezig. En bij de grens, voorzichtig erlangs, weet niet of ze dat OK vinden, maar dichtbij de overgang word ik ingehaald door een oud mannetje + oud vrouwtje achterop een oud motortje, berg boodschappen, geen helm. Hmm. Die schieten in een soort van voetgangersgrenstoversteekpost (scrabblewinnaar!) en dat ging goed, dus ik volg maar. Geen ...
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