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Grilled Feta Salad ...  
   

Grilled Feta Salad ...

... not quite what I expected, as it was just a block of feta with some tomatoes and peppers over top. Good stuff still, especially with some grilled bread - the bread so far has been terrible in Albania, and this was by far the best. The wine was atrocious, tasting like fermented apple juice, or some weird mixture of wine and grape juice. For you Chinese folk out there who have seen the toxic Chinese medicinal wine that is used only for massaging muscles, this could have been it!
The Kanun

July 5th 2012
Geo: 39.88, 20I read something interesting in the guidebook last night, regarding the Albanian way of life - the Kanun is a strict code established in the 15th century, that governs nearly all aspects of Albanian life. Its practice was subdued during the Communist era, but the code has seemingly been revived in certain parts of the country. There are some aspects of it that would be deemed ext ... read more
Europe » Albania

Albanian Flag Between 1990 and 1992 Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven difficult as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapi... ... read more
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