Ejona Korcari, Week 6, Tirana Albania

Week 6 is over. During this week work at the Ministry has been ok. Not much different from other weeks. We have meet some new directors that have asked us to do small things for them and have congratulated us for what we have done so far. After we connected to the Albanian Coastal Agency, now we got involved on some more of their activities. The Agency has opened 10 camps along the Albanian coast and they want to attract young people Albanian or foreign to join the initiative to clean up the beaches. There are tents where people can sleep for free, free food and tons of activities people can do. The camps just opened and we got the chance to visit the one opened in Golem. There we got the chance to see how those camps operate and we were lucky to meet the Prime Minister of the country. IT WAS AMAZING! I hope a lot of people join and help Albania to have #cleanbeaches. 

PM in the Black jacket sitting ante Director of the National Costal Agency on his left in white. We were sitting very close too. 

After the PM visit, Enxhi and I saw a bear in the beach so we run to go take a picture with him. <3 

Like everywhere in Europe, "soccer", the real football, it is huge in Albania. World Cup is really popular. People gather on coffee shops to watch the matches. All coffee shops have huge TV-s inside and outside of their shops. When the game starts, the streets empty and people are all in front of the TV. I usually go over my uncles and enjoy the games together, even though I am not a huge fan of sports in general.

This weekend we visited Kruja. This is the city of our national hero Skanderbeg.  We got to visit the city, the castle, the museum and this holy place that was located on the top of the mountain. There was a stream where I got some "Holy Water" too. It was really cool. We took a lot of pictures. The people who worked at the museum were really happy that young people like us three are interested in the history of our country even though we have been living in USA for a long time. Visiting those cities makes me feel so proud I am Albanian. We have a rich history and amazing culture and traditions which we should try to pass over generations.

In Fushe-Kruje there is a monument of George W. Bush. There is the place where he meet the Albanian people during his visit in 2007

The Holy place in Kruja

Very Old Bazaar in Kruja 

I am being pure Albanian. Scarf, Flag, Qeleshe (the traditional hat), Ciftelia (characteristic instrument in Northern part of Albania)

I have the Best of two Worlds 

The nice man who worked at the museum allowed us three to take pics in this area where is nice and clean