The New York Times has named Albania as its Budget Destination of the Year. Matt Gross, the paper's frugal traveller, whose piece on Tirana was published a few months ago, writes this time about his trip to the South of the country, taking in Gjirokaster, Sarande and Butrint.
And now the end is near
and so i face nanananana...
Never did like that crappy song.
But it's true nevertheless.
Tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning we will be heading for the airport for the last time. I suppose it was too much to expect that I could have kept this going while getting ready to leave. So apologies for the lack of postings over the last weeks. This is post number 380 something so I suppose one post every two days is not a bad average.
There were probably 380 more in my head or scribbled down on scraps of paper, but many of them are perhaps best left there.
I suppose I should be penning - or typing - my final thoughts and reflections on two years in Tirana, but right now I don't have any. Maybe in a month or two though I might come back with something.
Thanks to all of you who have read this blog - especially those of you who have become regulars. Thanks also for linking and thanks to all who left comments.
As for the other stars of the blog, Bella now has her own …
and so i face nanananana...
Never did like that crappy song.
But it's true nevertheless.
Tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning we will be heading for the airport for the last time. I suppose it was too much to expect that I could have kept this going while getting ready to leave. So apologies for the lack of postings over the last weeks. This is post number 380 something so I suppose one post every two days is not a bad average.
There were probably 380 more in my head or scribbled down on scraps of paper, but many of them are perhaps best left there.
I suppose I should be penning - or typing - my final thoughts and reflections on two years in Tirana, but right now I don't have any. Maybe in a month or two though I might come back with something.
Thanks to all of you who have read this blog - especially those of you who have become regulars. Thanks also for linking and thanks to all who left comments.
As for the other stars of the blog, Bella now has her own …
Comments
This is Absurde and False. Most albanians are atheist and only a small minority practices religion.
It's a good feeling to get such "rare" positive articles from major newspapers like The New York Times
It's not right to call them morons. They referr to us as muslim probably because he wanted to let the American viewers know that not "every muslim" country country hates them.
But yea i agree with you, it's not right to generalize like that. They often do throw "muslim Albania" "poorest Albania" for no reason even when the topic has nothing to do about religion or economy.
"Are you Catholic or Protestant?" the gunman asked.
"I'm an athiest!" the terrified man replied.
Said the gunman, "Yes, yes, but are you a Catholic Athiest or a Protestant Athiest?!"
"Are you Catholic or Protestant?" the gunman asked.
"I'm a Jew!" the terrified man replied.
Said the gunman, "Thanks be to Allah, who has led me to this Jew!"