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.
On Saturday, we were at the Rogner meeting with an expat friend who was leaving Tirana. It was breakfast time, and as our friend was finishing his tea the breakfast room started to fill up with over-dressed (or under-dressed) young women wearing blue sashes. These were the contestants for the Miss Globe 2007 beauty pageant being held in Tirana tonight at the Palace of Congresses. High heel boots and mini-skirts - or in a couple of cases micro-skirts, or possibly just belts - have never struck me as obvious breakfast attire, but the girls seemed happy enough tottering and wobbling around with their tea and toast. I'm not sure why they were wearing their sashes - perhaps in case they forgot which country they came from. As we were leaving they were boarding a large coach which I had seen a number of times around the city in the last few days for their next trip. I'm not sure how some of them made it up the steps, or how they managed to sit down, but perhaps these are the ki...
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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
"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!"