Letter from Albania: Tirana's impressive recovery

Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.

This is a fun and well written article. The multicolored buldings also made me think of the Italian island of Burano near Venice, where the also paint the houses many bright colors. It looked pretty but I think the reason given was so that the fishermen could see their homes as they sailed back in at the end of the day, and know if their wives were waiting for them.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.