After a consistent job well done with translations, the
Ministry decided to give us all the important translations needed, whether it
was for Portugal’s Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry’s monthly newsletter
(presenting a new city each week) or drafting the law on tourism, we became the
go to gals—the power team from Michigan! It felt to be appreciated for a job
well done, and we also learned that if you do something right the first
time…all the rest of the work would be landing on you lap as well. The good thing
was that the week went by quickly because we were constantly moving along from
one piece of translation or law draft to the next.
It was most of the
Harvard Team Members’ last week in Albania and we were invited to attend a
conference that was held in collaboration through various ministries along with
Harvard themselves. It was a chance for the Harvard team member from our
Ministry to present the tourism package we had helped her do research for as
well as laws and provisions we had helped the staff members of the ministry
come up with. It was nice to see our
work presented and to see how government collaborations work as well as how law
drafts are presented.
Almost time for presentations!
Kledia and I sitting cheerfully, waiting!
The rest of the picutres are Dhermi, Palas, and Jale, Albania.
Me, Ariel (my friend from Italy), and Kledia!
Had to oversaturate it just for you to see the real colors of the Ionian Sea!
After the conference was over we took a weekend trip to Dhermi,
down south located in the Albanian Riviera. One of my good friends from U of M
who happens to be studying abroad in Italy, joined us on the trip so we
provided all the pieces of the puzzle as any good intern of tourism should! We
had a long weekend all thanks to the National holiday in observance on Monday,
meaning all government offices were closed for Bajram/Eid. It was just our luck
too, the weather held up BEAUTIFULLY. We ended up swimming in Palas,
Albania…AKA THE MOST AMAZING/CLEAR turquoise water I’ve ever seen—part of the Ionian
Sea. The only downside is I had the 24 hour stomach flu on the way back from
the South to the Capital, Tirana, which was probably brought on through a combo
of sea, sun, and seafood. It was no fun to have to nurse myself back to
health—but that is just one of the many perks of traveling. Kledia didn’t have
the same luck as me and was sick for far longer.
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