ELLE SERA BELLE by Ema: Discover Albania

As promised, I will be writing a series of posts about my home country, Albania. This is "Discover Albania - Part II" and if you missed "Discover Albania - Part I", you can find it here. A lot of unpleasant things are going on in Albania right now, which make me sad and emotional. I wish and pray that everything will soon come to an end and this would be just a bad dream. Today I have chosen to bring you some Albanian taste! So prepare to get hungry!

I love Albanian food

First of all, you can never have enough of Albanian fruits and veggies. Everything is freshly produced and tastes so good. We don't have to wait for a certain day of the week, or certain season to go to a Farmers Market, we have Farmers Market everyday in Albania. Of course there is no substitute for my mom's or my mother-in-law's home cooking, but I definitely enjoy eating out while I am there. Some of the things I love eating in Albania and I have yet to find a better place, are Pizzas, Salads, Barbecues, homemade Fries and Sea Food! And the best part about Albanian restaurants is that they are not super expensive for the quality of food they offer. Here are the links of my favorite restaurants in Tirana, Albania, Juvenilja Castello and Taiwan, Casa di Pasta. So if you ever visit Albania, you should check out these restaurants.

These are some pictures I took just this past summer!

This post is dedicated to my home country, Albania. Since being in USA, the most frequent question I get asked is: "Where are you from?" And after I say: "I am from Albania", the most frequent reaction I get is: "Oh that is awesome!" followed by "Where exactly is Albania?" "How is it like there?

So, I am going to spare you from reading the facts that you can find in Wikipedia or other sites! I am going to describe Albania the way I see it, through my eyes!

I was back home this past summer and it was so great to be surrounded by friends and family and to walk again the crowded streets of Tirana. There are many things that I love and miss about my country so I am gonna try to mention few of them in a series of posts.

I love the Albanian nature

Albania, located in the heart of Balkan, is not very explored by foreign tourists yet. But all the lucky ones that get to visit Albania, have such a great time discovering the incredible nature that Albania has been blessed with. If you love beaches, we have plenty of them, sandy and rocky ones! If you love mountains, we have plenty of those too. My husband and I took a trip to the south of Albania this past summer and we absolutely loved it. The scenery was SO beautiful! While driving through the small villages and the pretty beaches, I couldn't help it, but think that God painted his masterpiece when he created Albania!

Because I really love my readers, I am going to share with you some pictures I captured this past summer, but you should have been there to thoroughly experience it like we did!