SHOCKING Durres Albania 2024 - Our First Impressions As Slow Travelers - Albania Vlog

[@veronawifi6803]

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[@Kekksmunimi]

Thanks for this beautiful review, ❤ keep up the good work

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you!

[@MaryCA56]

I never put Albania in my bucket list, but now you guys made me curious!

[@fulltimeabroad]

@@MaryCA56 so far, we're really enjoying it here. We still have a few weeks to go.

[@kfirnagari301]

Definitely have a better sense of Albania now :) Thanks!

[@fulltimeabroad]

Glad to hear that!

[@virtual_travel_worldwide]

ob wow what a different to low season ... thanks for sharing. i was there too and i felt in love with this city

[@fulltimeabroad]

Its a charming city, but for us it would be best used as a day trip from Tirana and not for an extended stay. If the beaches were in better condition, perhaps our opinion would be different

[@LoCarbMimi]

I'm glad you mentioned the smoking culture, because that is a deal- breaker for me, to be honest. Thanks for letting us non-smokers know!

[@fulltimeabroad]

We knew it would be bad, but we didn't expect this. We didn't meet one person that didn't smoke 😉

[@marcosmit1141]

@@fulltimeabroad We are currently in Montenegro and the smoking culture here is insufferable for those of us who are non-smokers. Ahead of travelling to Albania, we do expect more of the same….😢.

[@fulltimeabroad]

@@marcosmit1141 It was quite shocking to us. I knew the Balkans were notorious for smoking, but we didn't expect this.

[@JimMork-r9u]

@@fulltimeabroad Been ages since I went all over Bulgaria. But no memory of many natives smoking. Maybe it is selective memory.

[@Sk__vlogging786]

Very informative

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you for watching

[@MrObeytok]

Please enjoy eating out in the traditional Albanian restaurants, they have farm to table concepts. The seafood and pizza / pasta is amazing too! Eat out in restaurants more frequently, it’s worth it.

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you and we definitely will! We're really enjoying the fruits and vegetables here, so fresh and such high quality. We've been eating in most of the time because of that lol.

[@Vlonjati-lg4oh]

Albania worth every Penny,i was there is like the Maldive off Europe,for sure i,m going Back

[@fulltimeabroad]

Durres beaches aren't so nice, but the south is supposed to be much better. So far, we are really loving Albania. Such a beautiful country. Thank you for watching.

[@blackcat.19]

Albanian language is older than Greek or Latin or Turkish. Albania language actually has words that these other languages have borrowed and not the other way around. Albanian language has an extremely rich vocabulary and is very melodic sounding.

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you. Thats very interesting!

[@MikelJackson-d8r]

No language in world is older than others lmao. So when we were Speaking Albanian what were Greeks doing? Waffling & speaking in sign language lol? There's languages that are more archaic yes, or older in certain regions

[@blackcat.19]

@@MikelJackson-d8r it clearly shows that you don’t understand the region or have any knowledge of indo-European languages. Greek is an artificial creation by the Eastern Orthodox Church in the middle of 19th century. Greeks of today don’t speak the langue of the ancient people because they speak the technical langue of the church which was artificially created. The ancient people spoke pelasgian/Illyrian dialects and not the Greek of today. Also Albania is older than what you call Greek today and actually, Albanian is the mother language of the what you call Greek today. But when you are feed lies and propaganda for political reasons then you only build a house of lies that over time crumble.

[@MikelJackson-d8r]

@@blackcat.19 I'm albanian, but you are out of your mind

[@blackcat.19]

@@MikelJackson-d8r read!!! I suggest you hit the libraries and not the Greek ones or the Eastern Orthodox ones.

[@rutik1943]

Hello About the sun beds I agree, I am from Durres but living abroad and come there every year for holidays And there is no more free space to enjoy public beach is getting worse and worse 10 years ago there was far more public beaches if you go back 20 years ago almost all beaches were Public for free Enjoy your stay

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you. We spoke with some locals and they also shared the same opinion as you. We were really looking forward to spending some time on the beach, but we spent far less time than we hoped for. Thank you for watching and for your comment.

[@D.H.Alb.24]

Albanian language is often thought to have been an Illyrian language for obvious geographic and historical reasons as well as for some linguistic evidence, or otherwise an unmentioned Balkan Indo-European language that was closely related to Illyrian and Messapic. Messapic is considered the closest language to Albanian, grouped in a common branch titled Illyric in Hyllested & Joseph (2022) Albanian is the oldest language that is still used today (Science, 2023) Albanian is the most similar language (alive) to Messapic and Dacian wich are Illyrian languages. Over its history, Albanian has been influenced by contact with neighboring languages like Greek, Latin, Slavic, and Turkish, which have contributed loanwords and other linguistic elements. Today, Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and is also spoken in Macedonia, Montenegro, and parts of Greece. It is divided into two main dialects, Gheg in the north and Tosk in the south, which have some differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Illyria can be referred to as ancient Albania as its center was located in modern-day Albania. In addition, many historians argue that modern Albanians are descendants of the ancient Illyrians. While they were centered in Albania, the Illyrian tribes were spread throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Albanoi - Illyrian tribe where Albania 🇦🇱 got the name they lived in Albanopolis the main city which is situated in the middle of today Albania. Albanian territories were inhabited since 100,000 years ago. The 🇦🇱 varieties are endangered in the settlements: the Albanian language of Zara, the Albanian language of Mandrica in Bulgaria, Arvanitika, the language of the Albanians in Ukraine are all dying languages ​​- languages ​​that are no longer spoken by children". The name Albanian has been found in records since the time of Ptolemy. In Calabrian Albanian the name is Arbresh, in Modern Greek Arvanítis, and in Turkish Arnaut; the name must have been transmitted early through Greek speech. The official language, written in a standard roman-style orthography adopted in 1909, was based on the south Gheg dialect of Elbasan from the beginning of the Albanian state until World War II and since has been modelled on Tosk. Before 1909 the little literature that was preserved was written in local makeshift Italianate or Hellenizing orthographies or even in Turko-Arabic characters. A few brief written records are preserved from the 15th century, the first being a baptismal formula from 1462. Albanian language has some loaned words from Ancient Greek, Latin, Romanian wich reflect special historical contacts of early date. In a recent scientific study using sophisticated methods: concluded scientific evidence that both the Albanian people and the Albanian language are at least 8000 years old and indigenous to these lands. 🇦🇱👐🏼🦅

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thank you. That is a very interesting read.

[@D.H.Alb.24]

@@fulltimeabroad ❤️🫶🏼

[@Heyyou853]

Albania it,s the Oldest Language in this Planet if u see the tree off Language,s Albania is the first in the root,so the rest off the Planet took from them so u get my point dude,oh one more thing Shqip mean Eagle and Shqiptare mean the People off Eagle

[@fulltimeabroad]

@@Heyyou853 thanks for the information. It's a very interesting culture and langauge and we're happy to be here to experience it

[@Heyyou853]

@alwynraynott7303 haha like the Greek,s u must be drunk as a skunk Dude, anyway u take time to learn so take u time 🤣😂

[@ilipoinasu8991]

if smoking shocked you go to greece than you will see smoking !

[@fulltimeabroad]

We were back in April. I think Tirana has it beat lol

[@mullissiarmando964]

That was the reward for the anciens people who protect all the western "Christian" civilisation not to be occupied from the ottoman empire in 15century...shame...

[@mullissiarmando964]

Curious to know where are you from- first your origins...than in Wikipedia you can find everything you and everybody who is intresting on something even it can not be really 100% exact, about Albania everybody know was sold in 1913 from western pseudo civilisated countries...

[@mendjelire8392]

You ventured on the wrong side of Durres, that's why you saw rocks. The north part is somewhat rocky but southward for miles you have only sand all the way to Vlora. Don't mislead people with your limited knowledge.

[@fulltimeabroad]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Just to be clear, the video focuses on our experiences in Durres, not areas further south. I’m glad we both agree that the beaches in Durres aren't exactly paradise. There's no misleading here-just an honest take on what we encountered. Thanks for watching.