Treacherous Bends And Ghost Hotels: What I Discovered On A Road Trip Through Albania

And as I found out a week later in the country, there are three main points: hospitality, appearance and food. All of this was made possible by Ed Reeves, an Englishman who came here seven years ago. He now travels with his business partner Ardi Zugzili in Russia, both in Lads and the USA (such as Soviet-era VW camps). . . Balkans, often accompanied by races.

Our first call to Tirana Airport and the ever-growing suburbs was the town of Singer and the small hotel "Villa Disha". The height and the six glasses of Raki made me sleep like a baby. But it was not until dinner, that the hostess's mother came to fetch the live chicken for the pot in the middle of the restaurant.

The next morning the light shone on the grassy plains and in the fields. After a break to explore the villa, which was filled with the work of former Communist leader Enver Hawks, we ate petalula donuts for breakfast with cherry jam, scrambled eggs and salted cheese. Attractive.

The roads still look like some of the farthest parts of Britain, but as we move further away from the city to the mountains, things take a further direction in the Balkans. Using a 4x4 and moving at a speed of 20 km / h, we hid the stones on the blinds, so we did not break the bottom of the ladder. During World War II, we passed through tin roofs made of palettes by special forces.

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