· February, 2006

Stories about Albania from February, 2006

Albania: Cell Phone and Electronics Market in Tirana

  28 February 2006

Alwyn Thomson of Our Man In Tirana visits local markets selling mobile phones and electronics (many of which are either stolen or fake), doesn't buy anything, and is “thankful” for being “wealthy enough not to have to choose between going without or going illegal.”

Albania: Tirana To-Do List

  28 February 2006

Alwyn Thomson of Our Man In Tirana posts a Tirana To-Do List: “Experience the last outpost of post-communist chaos while you still can.”

Tirana: A Messy House

23 February 2006

Spring's on the way in Tirana, and Anna shows how surreally messy the building they live in looks.

Albania: Trivia Quiz

  20 February 2006

Sitting in an Internet cafe, with the electricity out and a generator running, David Sheern of David in Albania comes up with Albanian Trivia Quiz. Answers provided at the end of the post.

Escape into Albanian Countryside

  14 February 2006

Anna of annasblog shares pictures from a Saturday escape from the capital Tirana to Albanian countryside: sheep, brides, ancient ruins – and modern bunkers, some 700,000 of them scattered all over the country that's slightly smaller than the state of Maryland…

Rruga Dinamo

7 February 2006

As springs nears, roadworks begin in Albania's capital, and the street Alwyn Thomson of Our Man in Tirana lives on may even get its own name at last: Rruga Dinamo.