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Saranda

If only I had come earlier…

[Apr. 2024] On this tour of Albania, we were scheduled to stay two nights in the seaside town of Saranda. It was one of the destinations I was looking forward to, imagining a wonderful town…

Blue Eye

Blue eye of a dragon

[April 2024] After leaving Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we went to a spring called the Blue Eye. It was actually an optional tour, but since everyone said they wanted to join, we decided…

Gjirokaster

Traditional Coffee Brewing

[Apr. 2024] The last place we visited in Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, was a shop that demonstrated how to make traditional coffee. A kilim was laid on the ground, and on top of…

Gjirokaster

Ethnographic museum used to be Hoxha’s home

[Apr. 2024] On the second day in Gjirokaster, Albania, we gathered at 8:15 and went to the Ethnographic Museum first. It is very close to the House of Skenduli, a traditional house that we visited…

Gjirokaster

The only shopping we did in this holiday

[Apr. 2024] In Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we stayed at a hotel near the bustling city centre, where shops were lined up like a bazaar. The hotel was called Hotel Argjiro. It seems…

Gjirokaster

About the stingy family’s traditional house

[Apr. 2024] We arrived at Gjirokaster, our destination for the day on our Albania tour. Gjirokaster is a World Heritage Site and is known as the “Stone Town.” That is because its rows of traditional…

Byllis

Pleasant ruins

[Apr. 2024] I continue talking about the Italian tour in Albania. The next day we left Berat and headed for Gjirokaster. Our first destination was the ruins of Byllis. My husband and I are not…