• the idiosyncrasies of albania, which we’ve learned to love

    -unfinished buildings – we noticed this in every town we passed and even in the countryside.  buildings will be built up and a large number are left dormant at various stages of construction (with no sign of construction equipment onsite). …

  • that time we spent an afternoon in a nuclear bunker

    with one and a half days in tirana, we had just enough time to do a little sightseeing.  there were a number of museums in the core of the city where we were staying but one particular museum stood out…