Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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We�fve made some awesome friendships not only with our contacts, but also with the students at the university. We�fve been invited to one of their homes and can I say this is the most hospitable place in all of the planet! We were invited to our friend�fs home and his family treated us to salty snacks, cakes, cookies, tea, juices, water, and bought each of us burgers for lunch. Another one of our friends took all 8 of us (Malachi + contact) out to dinner and treated. Although we always try to pay, somehow they always figure out a way to sneak out and cover our coffees when we aren�et even done hanging out. It�fs the culture here to go out for coffee as a way of getting to know each other. It�fs been a wonderful exchange of culture, ideas, company, and worldviews through friendship.

I�fve learned many interesting things including:
-I have never eaten so many burgers in my life and they are delicious!
-fohawks are in! and they rock it out quite well
-techno and Turkish music dominate the cafes
-everyone smokes cigarettes
-the unemployment rate is 30%
-it�fs expected get married by the time you are 25 years old
-family is very important and meeting family expectations
-95% are Albanian Muslim and although you don�ft need to practice it, you must identify yourself with it
-people here are VERY good at playing pool
-the trees are way colorful and it will snow very soon (probably next month)
-tattoos and piercing are looked down upon
-people are SUPER generous and everyone owns their own business
-there is every type of pepper imaginable sold on the streets
-the coffee cups are about the size of a shot glass, but it usually comes with whip cream

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