Tirana – Day 2 homer, August 13, 2026August 13, 2026 Today was all about the cooking class. It started at 11 am and finished at 2:30 pm. Lots of fun cooking local Albanian dishes and they were all incredible. Of course, local fresh ingredients is the key. All the recipes can be found here but the fresh ingredients you will… Continue Reading
Tirana – Day 1 homer, August 12, 2026 It gets hot in afternoon so morning and evening at the times to do things in Tirana. Started at Skanderbeg square. It’s very nice. That musuem in the background is closed đ Obligatory I love <the place>. Etâhem Bey Mosque below. It’s unique in that it doesn’t have the geometric… Continue Reading
Tirana, Albania homer, August 11, 2026 I have now transitioned to Tirana Albania. Coming into the city the first thing that hits is the traffic. Everyone here drives a car and mass transportation is a dream. Had lunch at a pizza place and to my surprise it was empty and no smokers. In general so far,… Continue Reading
Shkoder – Day 2 homer, August 8, 2026 Started the day at Site of Witness and Memory. A museum dedicated to remember the horrors of communism the past century. It is a unique building with symbolic hallways. I did not know Mother Theresa was originally Albanian. There are photos of people executed by the communist regime in Albania…. Continue Reading
Montenegro – Day Trip homer, August 7, 2026 What started out as a 2.5 hr day trip from Shkoder to Budva, Montenegro turned into a 6 hour wild fire, car wreck and traffic nightmare. The picture above shows the two lane highway all the way. It got so bad that our host, Claudia, started doing Albanian dance lessons… Continue Reading
Shkoder – Day 1 homer, August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 First walkabout in Shkoder, Albania. I stop in Nam and have breakfast. It’s one of the few places open. In case you’re wondering how much restaurant food costs here, well here you go. A lek is 100 = $1.24. After breakfast, I went to the Photo Museum, I walked around… Continue Reading
I am in Shkoder, Albania! homer, August 5, 2026 The best part of flying business class is when the flight attendant pulls that thin magical curtain to keep the economy class folks from knowing what it happening up front. There were only two of us and 10 other empty seats. Never knew Albania had such lovely mountains. I took… Continue Reading
Vienna – Day 6 homer, August 3, 2026 Why build one museum called Albertina when you can build two? Today I spent the day at the two Albertina museums and no, they are NOT in the same building. The Albertina Modern museum is the smaller of the two and feature more modern art. Like all museums here, it’s… Continue Reading
Vienna – Day 5 homer, August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Sophi – our tour guide – gave us historical antecdotes about sites along the way Landzeit Strengberg (first stop) but we drove by the Abbey below. I was going to do this tour instead of Hallstratt but I wanted to see the lake. Schloss Ort (second stop) Hallstatt (third stop)… Continue Reading
Vienna – Day 4 homer, August 1, 2026 Now that I’ve mastered public transportation to/from my apartment to various places I decided to explore a little. First stop Pfarrkirche Maria Rotunda. A church most people ignore but there are some amazing art and architecture in here. Next stop, St Stephanâs Cathedral, the largest/highest Cathedral in Europe. Didn’t go… Continue Reading