Albanians have holidays, right? Of course! I tried to explain Thanksgiving to a young Albanian woman. But I don’t think I got the idea across. Well, here are the basics. Our American myth… Our myth is that the Pilgrims celebrated…
JENNIFER AND I ARE IN ALBANIA TO STAY. She wrote a trip summary. I started this summary months ago, but lots of “getting settled” tasks stopped or slowed progress on it. Now it’s time to finish it up and publish…
When I use an Albanian phrase in my day-to-day encounters with Albanians, I’m always treated to approving encouragement (often accompanied with a little smile/giggle). Whether the smile/giggle is because I’ve butchered the phrase or because they approve of my moderate…
I wanted to do some videos of our neighborhood but I am a little embarrassed to walk around with my phone on the end of a selfie stick, so we have been shopping for a GoPro camera. In the meantime…