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Stayed in the Fitzpatrick Castle in Killiney. Bono and Enya live walking distance from there. Pretty Awesome.

Don’t waste your money on Tivoli Gardens. Not unless you have money to spend on the entrance fee, money to spend on the rides, money to spend on the food, money to spend on the trinkets, money to spend.

I visited here for three months. Don’t come as a tourist, come as a cultural enthusiast. Stay with an Albanian family. Eat Albanian food. Drink the Raki. Lots of Raki. Grab a ride on a Mac Truck from Tepelena to Tirana. For the adventurous at heart.

The picture is of me with my Albanian grandma. I like John Lennon. When I was shopping for fruits in the local market I spotted some perfectly round Lennon-like glasses and I bought them. When I was showing them off at dinner that night, my grandma showed a big interest in them. “Do you want them?” I asked. “Oh, thank you, thank you!” she said and promptly put them on. This is dinner, mind you. So she’s walking around and then she goes to get something from outside and falls over a bucket. She still wouldn’t take the glasses off though. The picture was taken on the last day I was there. Grandma put on the glasses. I added the dew rag and the Adidas hat to complete the picture. The lady behind us is my Albanian mom, who was laughing hysterically