Mar 19th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
Laughing Squid published some awe-inspiring photos yesterday of Cold War-Era bunkers throughout Albania. According to the article, the country hosts over 700,000 bunkers. Laughing Squid breaks that number down by saying that means there's one bunker for every four Albanians. These bunkers are on farmland, beaches, city streets and residential communities. The photos published by Laughing Squid ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Cold War-Era Bunkers In Albania
Mar 19th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
Laughing Squid published some awe-inspiring photos yesterday of Cold War-Era bunkers throughout Albania. According to the article, the country hosts over 700,000 bunkers. Laughing Squid breaks that number down by saying that means there's one bunker for every four Albanians. These bunkers are on farmland, beaches, city streets and residential communities. The photos published by Laughing Squid ...Albania's National Museum faces up to Communist past
Feb 22nd, 2012 at 10:00AM: A new wing of Albania's National Museum in Tirana opened yesterday that's dedicated to the abuses of its former Communist government.
Under the harsh rule of Enver Hoxha, shown here in a photo courtesy Forrásjelölés Hasonló, some 100,000 Albanians were executed or sent to prison or forced labor camps, this in a country of only three million people. Torture and ...Roman shipwreck found off Albanian coast
Aug 19th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
An underwater archaeological survey has turned up a Roman shipwreck off the coast of Albania.
As the above video shows, the remains of the ship are now little more than a heap of amphorae, the characteristic pots the Romans used to transport wine. The team hasn't had a chance to excavate the site yet, so more finds may lie hidden beneath the bottom of the sea.
The archaeologists estimate ...
Walking the streets of Tirana
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:00PM: Everyone has their own intimate reasons for traveling, be they discovering new places or simply leaving behind old ones. For me however, it's about finding yourself somewhere that you previously couldn't have imagined. The clichéd word for this type of travel is "off-the-beaten path," though the experiences it yields are anything but cliché.
Several years ago, I landed in Athens ...Five ways to get more European stamps in your passport
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia.
Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that European passport stamps have become harder and harder to get. The expansion of the Schengen zone has reduced the number of times tourists are compelled to show their passports to immigration officials. For most Americans on multi-country European itineraries, a passport will be stamped just twice: upon arrival and upon departure. ...Photo of the Day (11.26.10)
Nov 26th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
If you pay any attention to those year-end forecasting features in travel publications--and you should, as your loyal Gadling writers are currently assembling a favorites/forecasting list of our own--then surely you will have recently come across a few mentions of Albania. The southeastern Adriatic country with one of the fastest growing economies in Europe has slowly but steadily been picking ...New glaciers discovered in European mountains
Jan 31st, 2010 at 8:00AM: British geographers from the University of Manchester have discovered four previously unknown glaciers while on a recent expedition to the "cursed" Prokletije mountains of Albania. The discovery was published in the December issue of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, ahead of a full scholarly paper to be released later this year.
tweetmeme_url = ..."Taken" (the movie) and travel safety
Apr 23rd, 2009 at 5:00PM: Upon the suggestion of a family friend, my parents treated me to a $1 movie to see "Taken," the new movie with Liam Neeson. My dad had told me his friend thought it would be relevant to my travels abroad, but after reading the synopsis, I kind of scoffed at the idea that the movie could have anything to do with me! After watching the movie, however, I can now see how it could in fact have to do ...
