When in Tirana Eat Like the Spaniards
Here’s a great place to eat — The Kitchen in the Blloku district. I had to go to the bank (Union Bank) and the all purpose health/beauty store (Rossman & Lala) so why not stop for lunch? Here’s the exterior…
Month September 2025
Dinner Guests of an Albanian Family
We are in our tenth month of living in Albania. Our 1,000 lek ($11.50) per-hour-three-hours-once-a-week-cleaning lady, Flora Hyseni has been with us from our first week. She came to us via referral from Sonila, our go-to guide from the ExPatsInAlbania.com…
If Albania’s Corrupt, Appoint an AI Bot
From Reuters — without edits. Barry’s opinion at the bottom. Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption PRISTINA (Reuters) -A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to…
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A Little Background My blog post “Deciding to Retire in Albania” posted July 9, 2025 details the circuitous route that led us from originally targeting Bulgaria as our retirement destination to switching to Albania. This happened about a month before…
A Traditional Dinner for $10.00
Traditional dinners in Albania are a treat, and we expect that they will cost a lot. In the future we will go to a classic place like Oda. But for now, we’re eating that traditional meal for $10.00 We went…