1. There is ALWAYS a pizzeria, wedding dress shop, farmasi (Albanian spelling), and funeral home within eye sight ANYWHERE on the street.
2. You walk over an hour along the coast of the Adriatic Sea to get to “the best pizza place in town” because your friend said it was just up the street.
3. Walking down the street you see random cows, donkeys, sheep and other farm animals just taking their sweet time crossing the road.
4. You eat more pizza and pasta in two days then you have the previous five months combined.
5. You are drinking Fanta Exotic (which is AMAZING by the way!). But it is exclusive to the Balkan region. Bummer!
6. You go to a monastery in Macedonia and it is FULL of peacocks!!!!
7. You ride a minivan, 2 taxis, a bus to Skopje, a bus to Pristina, and a bus to Gjilan for a total of 12 hours to get you to Kosovo for one day.
8. You live in a hotel in a city where your balcony overlooks a mountain view, all for 1/6th the regular price… Because Jesus loves you.
9. You joke about going up on two wheels while riding a bus through the mountains because the driver takes the corners so fast that you think you might flip.
10. Every restaurant and bus you go into have “No Smoking” signs up, but there is still smoking going on (even by the driver of said smoke free bus).
11. You drink cappuccinos (ALOT)… Once over looking all of Tirana from a spinning cafe on the top of a building and another time watching the sunset over a lake with some friends to finish out the month.
Bonus funny quote of the month:
One of your friends tells you, “I’m gonna hold you because you’re going to cause an earthquake.” (Thanks Ervis)
