Well Albania's a bit more like it. This seems a whole heap more like weird travelling, none of that European nonsense that Macedonia as pedalling. This is just that little bit off kilter, can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's because we got a lift from the border in a beaten up van. Maybe it's because there are hundreds of men playing dominoes and almost no ladies. Or maybe it's just that there was a stuffed bear in the snack bar we ate in earlier. We're in Pogradec. So I'm probably not in any real position to judge Albania from this alone. Kinda like saying "yeah, I've seen Britain" when you've only been to Clacton on Sea. It seems a bit cheaper here too. We're in a beachfront, town centre hotel - the kind of hotel that has a grandfather clock in the lobby - and it's substantially cheaper than last night's dorm room.
Whilst I think of it, Albania also deserves praise for its flag. It's great, but for completely different reasons to that there Macedonian flag. Whereas the Macedonian one was all full of hopeful positivity, the Albanian flag has based itself on the baddies in eighties cartoons. Proper sinister.
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