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There are more photographs from the park on my Flickr page.

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Selfmaderadio said…
I love your pics, Alwin. Love the light, i missed it :)
1:58 pm
olli said…
Thanks. Yesterday - Sunday - was a great day. It was sunny and warm without being too harsh.It looks like we may finally be getting into Spring
2:50 pm
ITS said…
Great pictures... Remind me of why I love this city... An old dude with white socks, and dark dress shoes selling roasted chestnuts on the streets... the family guy with a beat-up three-piece suit, old guys sporting neckties in the park, and the ever-present street dogs

yeah, the jogger looks "yummy" too
10:14 pm
Anonymous said…
Thanks for posting the photos, not much has changed - but are there still men/boys selling bananas?

never tasted better bananas than in Tirana, always perfect degree of ripeness - NOT like the green things they try to sell us in the USA
1:05 am
Anonymous said…
Thanks for the pictures, Tirana is beautiful in the spring.
5:05 am
olli said…
Thanks everyone. You are welcome. I realised it had been a while since I had taken pictures.

Now that Spring has arrived I'll try and keep them coming more regularly.

The banana sellers are still there - they are usually about 20 lek each, sometimes 25.
9:36 am
olli said…
K & D you can get me on ourmanintirana-blog.yahoo.co.uk I'm also on Skpe at alwynt
4:18 pm
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