COVID19 Vaccine GENERAL INFO – Nov 25, 2021 – Update According to Albanian health authorities, the government is currently administering Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Gamaleya, and Sinovac vaccines. Foreign Residents can request to be...
Low Cost Albania Newspapers and television broadcasts might be filled with stories of economic rebounds and dropping unemployment rates, but there is still an undercurrent of uncertainty among many Westerners about the security of their financial future. One option,...
Why Albania? When people talk about wanting to move overseas, Albania isn’t usually the first place you have in mind. And yet here we are, happily living in this often-overlooked Balkan country. I came here as a Peace Corps volunteer—and liked Albania so much, I...
The Expats Ambassador Moving to Albania? Here’s Where to Find the Info You Need Moving to Albania is an adventure in so many ways and one that I highly recommend having taken the plunge myself four years ago. I was fortunate to have been a Peace Corps volunteer at the...
Valbone: The Edge of the World When we turned the corner, and the Valbone Valley came into view, it took our breath away—meadows and forest surrounded by the jagged, awe-inspiring peaks of the Albanian Alps (sometimes ominously referred to as The Accursed Mountains)....
Montessori of Albania and World Academy Tirana Finding a top-notch international school for your children in Tirana is not as daunting a task as you might think. There are a number of options in and around the city that appeal to the international community and...
FLYING FROM ALBANIA BACK TO US DURING COVID “Flying from Albania back to USA during Covid” – from Michelle Pineiro Flew from Tirana to the US yesterday (4/23/2021) so I thought I’d post to help others with things I learned along the way. I reached...
THE EXPATS DENTIST While slowly strolling down some village road, tired and happy from a long hiking day with friends, some 3 or 4 years ago, the topic of a dentist came up. This lady, Dr. Marsela Dodbiba came highly recommended by many expats. Apparently, she lived...
SARANDA, SARANDA A raising expats community This holiday season I had no idea what to expect especially because of the recent curfew from 8.30 pm till 6 am. That really did a thing on any plans of socializing if it can still be called that. Its been a few months now...
THETH, ALBANIA ON THE ROAD TO GREAT THINGS Riding along on the road between Shkoder and Theth in Northern Albania, I am reminded of the foothills and mountain valleys of Northern Utah. Tall brown grasses, cattle, and sheep wandering the long ridges that separate...
