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Tirana

Tirana it’s a mixture of Athens and Istanbul, filled with restaurants and terraces, open markets, smells and aromas. Blloku, once the district resembling Kremlin, in the heart of Tirana, reserved only for party elite and their families, is now the place to go.
From Tirana I will only point out the fact that the Albanians, accused of many wrongdoings (rightfully or not) they did not sell half the land of the villa of the former dictator Enver Hoxha to the highest bidder for cash-backs like we did with the Primaverii Palace, in which backyard there is now the Saudi Embassy. I regret spending only a few hours in Tirana.

Tirana
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TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Man on top of the former Enver Hoxa Museum also known as the Pyramid of Tirana, in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Residential palace of the former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Street graffiti in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Women dancing in a night club in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Cityscape in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: People dancing in a night club in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Old personal memorabilia for sale in an open market in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Woman dancing in a night club in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Museum in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Woman dancing in a night club in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Residential building in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: Schoolgirls next to the former Enver Hoxa Museum also known as the Pyramid of Tirana, in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.
TIRANA, ALBANIA - JAN 18: The former Enver Hoxa Museum also known as the Pyramid of Tirana, in Tirana on January 18, 2019. Photography by Mugur Varzariu/Getty Images/Newsweek.

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