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Paying it Forward
Cost does not matter to an Albanian, an Albanian would rather have very little money for himself and spoil a guest than to have all the mone

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A Home in Albania - Part I
As a young girl, I longed for the day when I could build my own home. There was nothing I loved more (besides reading cookbooks) than going

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My Lucky Number
...With all these coincidences, and even due to the fact that today also happens to be the 11th, my lucky number is most fortuitous because

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How to Pack for Albania
...there are some guidelines when planning a trip returning to Shqiperia (Albania), it’s not as easy as booking a ticket and showing up. At

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Before The Fall
Okay, anytime someone in history has said this, it is always followed by something horrifying. Hundreds of possible outcomes were running th

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Albania Makes #1
Having only recently been freed from the communist regime in 1990, the country offers many untouched and untraveled areas.

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My First Word - The Dream Part II
I found the useless version of an Italian Yellow Pages and found the pub, called them up and had them look in the street for My Albanian. No

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The Dream
Through a strange turn of events in Florence, Italy, on laundry day (a backpackers happiest day) alongside a weirdo who wanted to see my fee

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