Day 6

So unfortunately it doesn't look like we're going to be able to go to the village this week because all of a sudden the rain that's apparently been building up has decided to poor down on us at once, which makes traveling to isolated areas a little too risky, or at least that's what I'm told.

I'm so disappointed that I won't get to see Skrapar again while I'm here, but it will make some things easier. Hopefully we'll go somewhere else (Macedonia or Greece?) instead.

Saturday, Sunday and today have all been pretty uneventful. We went to a couple of different churches over the weekend which were both good. And ate suflaqe which was also good :) Today we drove over to Durres and saw the amphitheater there. Unlike any other significant ancient remains I've been to, you can run and climb all over the place without being yelled at in a language you don't understand. It's actually really upsetting the way the Albanian government treats historic sights like this. It's only halfway excavated and there hasn't been any restoration to it. Unfortunately when budgets are tight, things like this are the first to be cut. You see this all over Albania. Beautiful buildings that have just been left to rot because the government doesn't see taking care of them as a priority. After communism fell the people went into anarchy. Chaos ensued and while it's obviously calmed down since then, it doesn't seem like the damage was ever really dealt with.

Hopefully more exciting stuff to come over the next few days! Only a week left in Albania and then it's off to Paris!