This drawing was submitted to the Peace Corps Albania newsletter, Hajde! Hajde! in 2008. It depicts a Volunteer rendition of one of the local animals, a one-eyed owl kept safely dog chained at a popular crossroads coffee bar. The owl came to be an...
Celebrating the local mardi gras preceding the time of Lent, Albanians in this northern city festively dress up in famously ornate costumes. This photo was taken after a fresh snowfall along the newly revamped tourist avenue (2009).