Is learning another language necessary in a new technological era?
As an Albanian, I come from a small country whose language, though very unique, is not spoken anywhere else. So for an Albanian it is very logical and advantageous to learn other languages so as to communicate freely and easily with other people in a language we both understand. Moreover, personally I have realized that [...]
Why You Must Visit Albania by Eliza Dushku
It was truly fascinating and interesting to read Eliza Dushku’s (actress) perspective on her visit and discovery of being an Albanian. Below is an excerpt from the article on Huffington Post. “Looking back at the recent weeks we’ve spent there, I feel foolish for anticipating I could understand Albania in less than a life time, [...]
We decided on Borsh for our family vacation!
It was a last minute decision, but a much needed one. My wife and I (with our baby boy) decided to take some days off by ourselves. For various reasons we decided on Borsh in the south of Albania versus Montenegro. Traveling by car is something we love and I also wanted take my wife [...]
Albania in the: Top 10 countries for 2011 says LonelyPlanet.com
It was a nice surprise to see that Albania is one of the top 10 countries suggested by LonelyPlanet.com as your visiting location for 2010. This is what the article says: “Picture a place where rulers have names like King Zog, Enver Hoxha and Bamir Topi. Set the scene with coastal cliffs, snow-capped mountains and [...]
Lavazh – car wash, a necessary evil in Albania!
They are almost anywhere cars go. Their number is equal or greater than that of gas stations. You can almost see them from space (joke). Many of them are illegal. They waste our drinkable water. And yet you can almost not do without them because you car gets very dirty even when you do not [...]
The winter is here, right?
While most of Europe has been experiencing a very cold winter, here in Tirana the winter has been rather mild. Only these past few days the temperatures have gotten below the freezing point during the night. The snow is always held back by the mountain ranges surrounding the city and it rarely snows in. Only [...]
Estimating the Costs of Living in Tirana, Albania
In the past few weeks I’ve had a couple of people write to me to ask about the costs of living in Albania. While, I am not the expert in this case I did a little bit of research to put together some information on the living costs for a single person living in Tirana. [...]
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