Ask me how much I knew about Albania before coming here and my list would be a short one: Enver Hoxha, bunkers and Sir Norman Wisdom. I have no idea when or how I acquired this extensive body of knowledge, but the association of Norman Wisdom with Albania was by far the most interesting part of it. I remember watching Norman Wisdom's old films on British television. My parents were fans of his wholesome, slapstick comedy, but apparently missed the ideological significance of Pitkin's relationship with Mr Grimsdale. Pitkin, the downtrodden and oppressed representative of the workers, triumphed every time over his capitalist oppressor, Mr Grimsdale - and he got the girl. It took a theorist of Hoxha's insight and profundity to discern this deeper political message. It always seemed tremendously unlikely, yet the story of Sir Norman's fame in Albania has been reported in worthy sources like the BBC , the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph . According to the Guardian, when Wi...
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Anyways, there is nothing the smell of the fresh air dried clothes. ;D
The problem was, with all the damp and the rain in Ireland, we spent half our time rushing out to get the still wet laundry off the line before it got even wetter from the rain.
Now we just fake the fresh air dried smell with chemicals like everyone else.
In BiH they don't have dryers in most homes, just a washer if you are lucky. If you want to use a dryer you have to go to a ves salon! that's their word for landromat. I hate laundromats! I'd rather hand wash things and hang them. The problem is that men's clothes don't dry fast enough, even if you turn on the heat which I won't in Spring and Summer!