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Monthly Archives: April 2012

War, Peace and Albania in Spring

I love the Albanian countryside. It is such a riveting combination of wild and serene. Last time we trekked through the rugged hills far outside Tirana admiring mule trains and shepherds guiding their sheep along narrow mountain paths. Today we’re in a valley, driving along a turquoise river lined with towering trees and meadows of…

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Albanian Shepherds and Oven-Roasted Radishes

I love going on road-trips. Especially on gorgeously sunny days with the windows down and dear friends beside me. One of my favorite road-trips of all time was through Albania. It was a wild, crazy adventure of unreadable maps, wrong turns, and roads that were little more than gigantic potholes strung together. I loved it….

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At Dawn on ANZAC Day

Figures moved like wraiths through the thick morning fog. Wraiths clad in hoodies and fleece jackets, streaming towards the Dawn Service commemorating ANZAC Day in Warwick, Queensland. I held tightly to Bear’s warm hand as we joined stragglers gathered at the gates to the War Memorial, the sound of singing mingling with some particularly rowdy…

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