Is Albania on your bucket list? It should be. Where else would you see well-dressed ladies from the city tearing meat off the bones with their fingers? Or seven hundred thousand bunkers built by a mad dictator who thought war was imminent? But could not identify the enemy. The answer is nowhere else. Here are […]
Travel Guide to Albania
The mention of Albania evokes not-so-rosy images in the minds of many, and its slightly checkered history involving communist dictatorships has a lot to do with it. Never mind its status as one of Europe’s least privileged nations in terms of financial riches. Jane FreemanJane Freeman is a travel blogger and digital marketer based in […]
From Isolationism to Inclusivity in the Albanian city of Tirana
Kept under iron rule by an isolationist Communist government for nearly fifty years,Albaniawas long the mysterious cousin amongst the Balkan states. After the death of its Communist leader, Hoxha, the country began to change politically and opened its borders to trade and travel. However, after years of institutionalised neglect, the infrastructure of the country was […]