Walking across the border
Tirana
"The Pyramid" in Tirana
Street food
Forgotten commie statues behind a building
Kruja
Looking down from the fortress in Kruja
Berati
View from the hostel
Ceiling in the teqe in Berat
Such a hike to get up to the fortress in Berat!
This was the only place to catch a breeze
Lots of people still live up there
Giant head of Constantine
My "guide" took this picture after he climbed up a tower with my camera (you can also notice my gifted feather and flowers)
For those of you asking what I have been eating--I had to stop them from bringing more plates for this "traditional style" meal. Who knows how many more were coming, but all I really wanted was a salad to begin with. (More or less Greek salad in front, then stuffed green peppers (REALLY good), two kinds of burek (I couldn't stomach the burek--I reached my limit way back in Serbia), and a kind of stuffed eggplant in the back.
They did bring me one more plate--but I didn't but up too much of a fight on this one (a sweet cheese pastry with stewed grapes and cinnamon).
Chapel and museum
Household bits from the ethnographic museum
Berat
Vlore--this struck me as odd
Get a tatto on the side of the road? Why not!
OK, Vlore, sorry for calling you tacky. You are actually quite beautiful in places.
This also made me laugh a bit. Gangsta Street Boy!
(See the Week In Review for a few more pictures)
