Experience Albania: Travel, Pictures, History, Culture

I can’t help but think about the bittersweet nature of my decreasing days left in Albania.
As I recently wrote, I’m really, really looking forward to returning home to Minnesota. But these two years have affected me profoundly and the fact that my time here is coming to a close means I have to say goodbye [...]

Eastern Europe

Originally uploaded by treenie.

Today’s lesson: Where is Albania?
Hint: Find Greece, then look to the north!

The trail

Originally uploaded by treenie.

While there isn’t any snow here in Berat, and it really hasn’t been all that cold this winter, I’m looking forward to spring days ahead. Nice, warm, sunny days.

My group and I just had our ‘Close of Service’ conference last week. Those of us left (34 out of the original 40) gathered together for five days in a town called Kruja for one last round of informational sessions about the technical parts (a lot of paper work, reports to write and medical clearances) [...]

My iBook would have been three years old this spring. My keeper of photos and music, writing and other snippets of the past.
But computers are computers and they don’t last forever. Now that mine is good only for looking at a flashing, hypnotic screen, I’m reading and cleaning more. Happy to still have a little [...]