SARANDA, ALBANIA “The Peacock Phase” Every relationship has a beginning where the newness and excitement tend to overtake reality. I have heard it be referred to as the “Peacock Phase”. Obvious signs of trouble ahead can easily be ignored because one is...
SARANDA ALBANIA “A diamond in the rough” My first impressions of this beautiful somewhat out of the way place are exactly that, a diamond in the rough, but with a little polish this seaside community will continue to grow and flourish as it has in the past 10 years. I...
Escape from Tirana! We love our Tirana so much, this vibrant town slowly becoming a city, we often forget that only 15 minutes away there is so much more to love and explore. Here is an ‘escape’ idea for just half a day. I do this often with a friend. We...
Tirana, the big city! While the heat of summer wears off, we start to enjoy the fresh breeze September brings along. Schools are about to start and it is time to refocus and return to work. Here in Tirana, where I’m writing from, a lot of construction is going...
Summer can be very hot in parts of Albania, but luckily there are runaway spots to cool off like Pogradec & surrounding villages on the shores of Ohrid Lake, ancient name Lyhnid, one of the oldest in the world, and the deepest in the Balkans. This weekend we stay...
