Miresevini! Miresevini (Welcome!) and Gezuar Ditelindjen (Happy Brithday!) signs plus balloons gave guests a taste for what was inside … good people, good food and drinks, dancing and visiting.

Party food at Anila's 35th birthday party 

Such a great celebration - my host mom turned 35 last weekend and an excellent party at the Kaceli household came along with it.

Anila 

Anila (in white) and friends and the birthday cake in full form - friends and relatives came over around 6, stayed until 9 or 10 … a good mix of American and Albanian pop songs going strong throughout the night.  As usual I got in more dancing during one night than I would over a span of 2 years back at home!

Posters for Anila Esti and I designed posters for guests to write messages to Anila.  A little something from home that could trickle into Albanian birthday party protocall? I hope so!  Fun for Anila to see people’s well wishes.

One more translation note: Albanians say “U bufsh 100 vjec” to someone on their birthday, which means “may you live another 100 years.”  A little something from Albania that just find itself in American birthday party protocall?  I hope so for this, too.


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