Today we are on our way to see a castle and a village market. On the way we passed through a main square of the town of Durres where we saw a statue of George W. Bush (US president) and a bakery with his name. Apparently President Bush had visited the town and they decided to commemorate the visit.
Our drive took us to the old capital of Albania, Kruje. The bus dropped us off at a great market where we had time to wander and shop. They had a lot of tourist souvenirs.
What a wonderful market...old stone buildings, rough cobblestone streets, wooden framed window and lot of items to photograph and to buy. The wood carved items were particularly lovely.
They had some really wonderful carved wooden objects. They were beautiful.
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More Kruje Market
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Then we headed up to Kruje Castle…
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| Wall through an ancient pane of glass. |
where we saw an ancient olive tree believed to be over 500 years ago.
There were great views of the surrounding town and hills.
More photos around the Kruje castle grounds.
We visited the nearby Skanderbeg Museum.
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| A surreal view through another ancient glass window pane. |
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More Skanderbeg Museum
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We had a good lunch, buffet had lots of food, only to be told after everyone had filled up of the buffet, that that was just the appetizers...
more food was brought out. Groan!!
Then they had colorful folk dance performance...
with some group dancing at the end.
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More Albanian Folk Show
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Video 1 of folk dance
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Video 2 of folk dance
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Video 3 of folk dance
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