We spent the weekend in Durrës. It is an ancient town on the Adriatic about a 40-minute drive from Tirana, and is Albania's largest port. The highway along the coast has been built up for about ten miles to the south. To the north the coast highway abruptly ends at the foot of a mountain, which can be seen in the top picture off in the distance. The photo was taken from the balcony of our hotel, the Vila Belvedere.The next picture is looking down over the town from the former house of King Zog, who fled to Greece when Italy invaded Albania before WW II. The next is the highway along the coast on the way to our hotel. The last two are hotels or apartments that are under construction. You can see some little houses remaining from when this was a little village, but they've been surrounded by new construction. The construction scenes are not just typical of Albanian construction, they are the only type of construction I've seen, whether it's a house or high-rise.
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Hey, Dave, I haven't been able to check in much the past couple of months, and now I see that you have been very busy traveling. The pictures are terrific, and I enjoy the commentary very much. Although it has nothing to do with travel, the typing program post is quite wonderful. We hope you're enjoying yourselves. Patricia
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