Experience Albania: Travel, Pictures, History, Culture

Here’s a quick run down of my latest photos!
 
Jeanine and I on the busride from Tirane to Elbasan.
 
 
 
All three photos of the lake in my town.
 
 
 
My “greenhouse” and room.
 
 
The school in my town, where my group and I have our language classes.  In a few weeks, we’ll start teaching classes here.
 
 
Life in Albania isn’t complete [...]

…to:
-eat dinner with my family around 9:30/10 PM.
-take 50 second showers, every other day. Sometimes once every two days.
-bring a tissue with me whenever I go to the bathroom in a restaurant or cafe.
-attempt to communicate with people using simple nouns and verbs. I may as well be three years old, as I’m [...]

Don’t worry, Ben! Everything is under control …
My favorite Albanian boy is a whopping six years old He is the son of my eldest host sister.
I just drew his name in bubble letters so he can color while I attempt some Albanian studying. I’m trying to comply with the internet privacy [...]

… but please be patient while I do my best to post them!
Traveling ensures a traveler to have technological difficulties and surprises. Oh, how fortunate I feel that mine surfaced so early on … nice and convenient.
‘Ska probleme (no problem) … as photos should be coming your way tomorrow, if all goes well [...]

-It’s getting warmer here in central/western Albania. I’m waking up a little less cold and by midday I am comfortable in a skirt and cardigan.
-The chickens (the rooster, 3 hens, and chicks alike) in my host family’s garden are warming up to me frequently walking around. We exchange friendly words in Chicken-English.
-I encounter [...]