Made it into Tirana and met our hosts just before bedtime. Kendra and I are roommates; our host is Eva, a warm, kind, single woman and believer. Her apartment home, previously having been occupied by herself and her parents, is small but beautiful and kept with neatness and care. After our hike up 4 flights of stairs to the 5th floor (and after having been greeted by her enthusiastic handshake), we were greeted by the warm delicious smell of her cooking (likely for us). We gladly agreed when she offered it to us (this was my learned practice in Mexico ;) ) and watched as she meticulously laid out a pretty table cloth, napkins, silverware, plate and dish. She offered us a seat and served us yummy tomato vegetable soup, eggs with zucchini and ham and other things mixed in, and a flaky buttery roll with filling (she told us it was a traditional Albanian food, Byrek). All wonderful, and she likes to cook (a mixture of Albanian, Greek, and Italian, she said). Nice. Found out the Albanian equivalent of "bon appetit"--T'bufte mire. Albanian will take practice... for now, I must sleep...
(not my picture; from 2005)
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