If you drive a car in Albania, like I do, then you have to put fuel in it every so often. And like every Albanian you too worry about the high prices that you pay for it.
I have to go through the same ritual of putting fuel in my car every week or sometimes more [...]

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Recently I learned that the Italian Embassy is obliging applicants to receive their passports back through a postal service and is making them pay for a service which most often do not need.
 
A friend of mine had just gone to get her visa and after applying for it, the embassy officer had told her that [...]

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Last week it happened on two occasions that as I was walking in the Block-u area, I noticed two large limo cars together with some other luxury cars roaming the streets nearby. At first it came as a surprise to see these huge cars and wonder how do they get around our narrow streets, but [...]

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Tirana, Albania: Despite the fact that cell phones service rates in Albania are the most expensive in the region, Albanians are definitively in love with them and our sense of community (or chit chat culture) is very much being supported by the escalating cell phone mania trend of anyone who has one.
More and more as [...]

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I would like to give a special thanks to OurManInTirana.blogspot.com for these wonderful pictures of painted apartment - buildings in Tirana. The post is simply titled Washing – and you will understand why when you see the pictures.

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On Saturday, 7 July 2007, I was involved in the first real car accident of my life. It was a day that I will remember, but also will be very thankful for, as the accident could have been worse and people could have gotten hurt.
The whole thing happened on my way back from Durres, where [...]

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This whole week I have been quite frustrated by the Serbian Embassy’s lack of flexibility and exaggerated bureaucracy in issuing me a visa so I could to travel to Belgrade for a two day Forum organized by the new shareholder of the Institution I work for. I applied the first day and I was [...]

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