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(II) Lechovo - Too Many Relatives
... who is related to whom, how they are related, where they live, how many children they have or why they don't have children. She knows the history of the village from 1600. All her information came from her mother-in-law (Baba-Mara) who is my father's aunt and sister of Nicholas Pappas, the lexiographer. It's not clear how Anna knows all this information since Baba-Mara died 25+ years ago.
Anna took me to see my 88 yr. old second ...
(I) Lechovo - Home of the Brave
... story well before I arrived. I heard over & over again when we arrived. Villagers stopped us in the street and recanted the story -- detail by detail.
His name was Fr. Constantine. Some say he was illiterate others say he was stubborn. One thing for sure is that he had a big heart. When a rich, childless Serbian couple came through the village in the late 1880's looking to adopt a son, Fr. Constantine offered them to ...
Smokey, Smokey Korca
... we stand by the fire. There are men working on a car outside and then they are out there holding a rifle and I thought they were going to shoot something but Klodi said they were just posing for photos with the rifle as if they had shot something. It is quite cold in this small restaurant because all the men going in and out working on the car and taking photos of each other holding the rifle always leave the door open. ...
Into Albania, the Land of Blood Feuds
... been more likely to call it "little ghost town." On the afternoon we were there, the wide streets, restaurants, and cafes were all virtually deserted. The only groups of people we saw were the numerous wedding attendees crowded around the city's cathedral. It was a Sunday, after all, and it seemed like a very popular day and spot for weddings in ol' Korca -- despite our late arrival in the city, we counted at least four wedding parties come and ...