So last weekend (technically my second weekend here) we(Me, Scott, Cortney, and Scott's couch surfer Julius) travelled to the beach for a relaxing weekend before we started teaching. So we headed to Durres. We planned on taking the 70 cent 7:30 am train ride, but when we got to the station it turned out the train left at 6:00am and 8:30am. Not wanting to waste our time waiting we hopped on the $1.25 bus instead. We arrived in Durres and quickly found the bus to Golem (30 mins south of Durres and thus away from the emissions of the port city.) We were a little confused about where to get off, but Cortney used her 2 forms of currency to get us some help.
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| The Tirana train station! |
We stopped quickly at a market to get some snack and drinks for lunch. Then we headed to the beach. Upon first sight it looked fantastic, but further in we began to notice glass in the sand and gross sea water. YUCK! We decided to make the most of it and went swimming anyway. Me and Scott went for a nice walk along the beach to see some more gross water. Then I took a nap in the sun, and had some beach snacks. Cortney also purchased some figs from a nice donkey with a man. By this point my Tirana Tummy was kicking in a Cortney wasn't feeling too well either, so we decided to call it an early day.
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| Me and Scott in the Water |
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| The gross sludge a little further down the beach.YUCK! |
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| Donkey and owner on the beach |
We took the bus back to Durres. I had to endure the whole 30 minute ride with an 20-something Albanian man staring at me and my blonde hair. We decided to grab a quick bite of real food while waiting to take the train back.
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| Me on the train |
The train was quite the fun experience. There were what looked like bullet wholes in all the windows. The story is that kids throw rocks at the windows as a fun pass time, and this is where the "bullet holes" actually come from. We stopped at the most delicious bakery on the way home from the train stations. Lets just say their eclairs and cinnamon brownies blew my mind. I will be making a trip back there in the near future.
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