SHOCKING HISTORY OF ALBANIA - THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!

[@judithwilliams257]

Thank you for sharing this! Our nephew served in the Kosovo War as an Army Airborne medic. I have read that Albania is a safe place to visit and is friendly to Americans because of the support they've received in the past from our country.

[@lindaolson2691]

Bless you both, To me, this is recent history, I can't conceive of the horrors these folks have lived through. We in the U. S. A. must pay close attention to what is going on around us Thanks for the news and stay strong!

[@wildmeadows8495]

This hits a little too close to home. Edited for spelling

[@annhovland8407]

I sooo look forward to your posts. Living vicariously through your journey. So fun and interesting. You two are rock stars for sure. Love you both.

[@shumathievandayar3246]

When u visit Austria. Go an visit the concentration camp and gas chambers. You can't believe how cruel mankind can be another. Makes u wonder if man is really civilized.

[@suefitz2498]

That was a very serious but informative ep, I hadn’t realised the depth of the history or the violence perpetrated on the citizens of Albania. Thanks for showing us. And thanks for showing how different it is today. It’s one of the prettiest places with wonderful food I’ve seen in Europe. Take care in the US Snow ❤❤

[@lisacottrell5924]

Wonderful video!! With all the stuff going on in the world, not to mention the US, it could easily happen again!! We must all remember the past just as you said!! Thank you for sharing this all with us!!

[@LovingAtlanta]

🙏Thank you for sharing everything, the area, Snow’s favorite drink (pomegranate and orange juice combo), the church, the museum & Albania’s history. The horrible things they have suffered is the reason for my fear of Albania all of these years. May those wars & horrors never be repeated. Wishing you both safe travels & a wonderful visit with your family. 🙏💝

[@MarianneInmarsilia]

Yes the history of Albania is a sobering one. Safe travels to you both ❤

[@celestryalcelestryal6690]

I guess it takes losing your freedom to appreciate it when it returns. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@fredericktmiller]

I agree that it's heartening to see the cheerfulness of the central square of Tirana just a few decades after the totalitarian nightmare. Bon voyage Snow!

[@jvstcu76]

Thanks guys for showing the horrific experience that Albanians endured not that long ago(historically speaking). So few people realize how a government can become evil and oppressive in a stealthy way. When they realize what's happened it is too late to change it. Snow, you are so right about by not studying history we will tend to repeat it. Unfortunately, this lack of interest in history or the current trend to revise history is a great danger that we face in our modern world. Younger generations who seem to look at Communism as a positive form of government are blissfully unaware of the darker side of it. P.S. Have a great time visiting your Dad and family. 🫂❤️

[@blackeagle7947]

Beware Communism is a cancer

[@Moonlightdance58]

They have some very interesting architecture!

[@Lo51848]

They sure do, very daring at times

[@1sheinz]

Wonderful episode Guy's !! The visit to the museum is like being able to time travel , eye opening and your research makes it so very interesting. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.

[@rhianevans7189]

Hi Snow and Curt What a beautiful church. Absolutely gorgeous.Such history there and if it’s not studied there is always a chance it will merge its head again. I dread to think what will become of the world in years to come. Too much greed and who wants popularity. Wars never solved anything. Just grief and debt.Have a lovely day both and will see you on the next one Much love and respect from across the pond in Uk x

[@lindawatson8087]

Beautiful church and enjoyed the museum learning about their history.

[@sherrywarren-biers3327]

So good to hear of Albania’s strong, vibrant comeback from a very sad history of violence and oppression. Thanks, Snow and Curt, for bringing this country’s story to our attention.

[@IOSALive]

Snow & Curt, I really enjoyed watching this, so I hit the like button!

[@SnowAndCurt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@janbasterfield8200]

Wishing you lots of stress free travel to back home, Snow 😊 Vana is such a comfort. It's hard to leave and be so far away when you go, I guess that's the down side of travelling for such a long time 💜

[@wyomingwips7540]

I always enjoy hearing all the history in the different countries. Oh that church was so Amazingly Gorgeous. Thanks for taking us along. Safe Travels for Snow, back to the States. Take Care, Blessings Always 💕

[@Lo51848]

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria, was killed in Sarajevo in 1914 by a Serb nationalist. This is what started WWI, didn’t happen in Albania

[@lagjescuni5482]

terrorist not nationalist

[@carolinecaiger6717]

His wife was also shot.

[@User12345fan]

They didn’t say that’s what started the world war 1, they said that’s what started the angst amongst the serbs, whom went and killed the Austrian prince which started the war. Chain reaction.

[@Lisabeefree-h7d]

Happy Saturday Snow , Curt and kitties . Just love 💕 Your journey and to be able to tag along . ❤ love virtual learning the many wonderful people and rich cultures that you share with us .

[@terizumbusch8408]

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful city.What a beautiful tour and what a wonderful history lesson. Just appreciate you guys so much for the things that you cover.And how much you share and your joy at the life that you have made and God has blessed. Looking forward to hearing about your trip home and pray that it is really wonderful and all that you hope it will be. Blessings❤

[@deborahcrowell7043]

Look at Vanna cuddling the mama. She's gonna miss you too Snow. Safe travels home.

[@JocelynStocker]

Happy Travels Snow, I’m sure your family will love having you home.

[@janbasterfield8200]

Snow I love freshly squeezed pure juice and that one you were drinking had my mouth watering 😋 Amazing scenery and information as always 👏 😊 💜

[@amazinggraces3850]

Wonderful Video, Beautiful country . Watching from Missouri

[@Lisabeefree-h7d]

I too am from Missouri , agree with you 😊 .

[@LisaPahkala]

Enjoy your trip Snow. All my best to you both !

[@kathleenanderson9585]

Excellent journey through the history and struggle of the Albanian people.How Brave they are to have overcome such horrific times!

[@sammayet9002]

Awesome, amazing and interesting ❤❤❤ Bon voyage 🛫 Snow , will miss you meanwhile 🎉🎉🎉

[@ninaanetteassarsson4328]

Hope snow had a nice flight to Orlando and that Curt isnt feeling too loonely 🥰 Stay safe

[@dennismatthews6660]

Thank you for bringing me along.

[@lindasteller]

I love going to museums with you two. Feel free to linger a little longer look at more stuff; I love it. I may have need to visit Albania some day.

[@jacquipettitt3389]

What an interesting episode people. Man's inhumanity to man is a source of constant sadness. Hope you weren't too depressed. Have a safe journey home ❤

[@dorid2427]

Amazing history! Blows my mind that it wasn't that long ago. Very interesting . Thank you ❤ Safe travels Snow

[@robinbeals1799]

Snow, Wishing you safe and happy travels back home. ❤

[@brianmombourquette2673]

A little heartbreaking to see Snow leave you three behind. Here's hoping for a good trip home and back again

[@mariaparker7545]

You guys never disappoint ...I felt your pain Snow when you were cuddling Vane.. I hope you are enjoying yourself at home.. take it easy! Stay safe Curt...

[@grabowskycountry]

Your history details are intense. How one area, for geographic reasons, can endure such despair to all living there at the time. As a Canadian it is humbling. Glad you were able to reschedule the flights. Cheers

[@marlenehynes6884]

The history of any place in the world is not always pretty. But know that the information you provide in all of your videos is very interesting with a uniquely accurate accounting of our past. Thank you for sharing such relevant info. Maybe one day the people in the world will learn to live as one. All the best to you, Snow, and Kurt as you travel about our beautiful and very interesting world.

[@stephainerose8765]

❤ Love you both. I may view this vidio over and over🎉 just love history!

[@sunnieswheelhouse7951]

Thanks!

[@SnowAndCurt]

Thank you a ton for the support! It is much appreciated!!

[@IOSALive]

Snow & Curt, You're the best! I subscribed because I love your content!

[@terizumbusch8408]

That church is just breathtaking legorgeous. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us. They're huge spiraling crazy shaped buildings.I'm not sure I'd wanna be in for fear if there was the earthquake that efficiency topple like a block tower. Thanks so much for showing me this part of the world.

[@SparkyTuttle]

Thank GOD your getting home. Can't wait till you get back. Hang in there Curt. You can yell at us , I'm sure we can babble back. Just know we are all wishing both of you all the peace, joy and love that you can possibly handle.❤

[@anniedavis4569]

Thanks for the history on Albania have a lovely time at home

[@eileenfostel2645]

Saying " Hi" to Snow from Lakeland! Welcome back home, have a nice visit!

[@gthornton3]

Wow wow wow what an amazing video. Amazing to See they have not destroyed history. Thx for sharing.

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤thanks for the history. We have to review history or were damned to repeat these atrocities

[@SnowAndCurt]

You are right!

[@evelyngorfram9306]

Despite knowing its more recent history, I was as dumbfounded when you two drove your van into Albania as if you had driven it onto the far side of the moon. When I was growing up in the US in the 1960's & '70s, Albania was so obscure it was almost never mentioned except as a metaphor for the inaccessible & obscure (e.g., "I don't know where the heck he went - Shangri La, Timbuktu, Albania?"). It barely even showed on a lot of maps, & I can't remember ever hearing it mentioned in a history class. Thank you for taking us through the Bunkerart(sp?) museum, sad and disturbing though it was. These things happened, they are real; and to dent or ignore them would be a distortion. And also thank you for showing us the beautiful and vibrant Albania of today: what a recovery the people & their country have made. There's a Cold War-era rumor that I wonder if you've seen any evidence of. The story goes that there was a big currency shortage in totalitarian Albania; and an alternate underground currency developed in the form of unopened packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Lucky Strike was a popular brand during WWII, but few had entered the country since. The packs were thus present but limited in number; znd were reasonably portable, & durable. They also had the advantage of being seemingly innocent if the police found them on you. The cigarette packs were seldom if ever opened & smoked (they would have been terribly stale by the 1980's , which was when i heard this); & had a buying power in Albania roughly equivalent to $20 in the US.I would love to know if you've run across anything like this. Best of luck & bon voyage to Snow up in the skies; & to Curt & the kitties below.

[@Zenigata-san]

I'm a bit younger but men 10-15 years older than me (in their late 40s, early 50s nowadays) have once or twice mentioned to me how they, as kids, would try to sell Lucky Strike cigarette packs on street corners, while trying to avoid being caught by the local police. Their stories would often involve them running away in fear, hiding somewhere for long periods of time or trying to hide "the product" somewhere safe in order to retrieve it after a few days had passed and things had quieted down. I had completely forgotten about those stories until now but can confirm they are real. Most likely, the police being more forgiving if they found the cigarettes on them was probably because they were kids and the officers would pretend not to notice in order to avoid ruining their young lives. The "distributors" would obviously get a different treatment if they were older or if God forbid, the officer knew you and didn't like you. I wonder how you came about this bit of very specific information in the US. Really fascinating. P.S. The museum visited here is called BunkArt 2. There is an even bigger one (BunkArt 1) in the outskirts of the city that was supposed to serve as refuge to the elite and their families in case of a foreign attack. Massive place with even more detailed information on the regime for anyone who's interested.

[@maridougcividanesestrella]

Thanks so much for sharing all this. Wonderful video, in all aspects. ❤

[@Yvonneb_]

Have a great trip Snow, you will be missed xx

[@SimBianchi]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[@familyo8261]

Unfortunately history IS repeating itself 😢

[@Bindismom]

War, war and more war. Monuments built to it, museums to house all the paraphernalia…….when will we ever learn?

[@myrnaedmisten599]

Thank you so much for doing the emotional tour of these museums. “Never forget”…. Your channel is of such high quality. I appreciate you very much.

[@SnowAndCurt]

😊😊😊😊

[@ScottBryant-wi7gb]

Thanks so much for the WW2 history. Loving it.

[@HelenaE99]

You always manage to fix it ❤ I love your videos.❤

[@gtyler-2551]

OMG! I feel lost already without SNOW!!!!!!😢 HURRY BACK SNOW WE WILL MISS YOU!!!!!! Hang in there Curt we are with you!!!! CHEERS GUYS 👍❤️👍

[@stoneyvanwie6042]

Love the creativity of Tony !

[@bridgetcollins5191]

Great video! Thanks for the history lesson. The city is lovely and all the more understandable after a bit of background. Thanks again for enriching my Saturday mornings. 😊

[@SnowAndCurt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@candyclemens4432]

Have a safe and productive trip home.

[@paulineprice7308]

Snow have a safe trip , Curt down miss Snow to much 😅😅

[@Yt-hb4wh]

Loving the history!

[@carnivorecampers]

I totally love your content. I love that you share the history of the places that you visit. You two are fabulous ❤❤❤

[@SnowAndCurt]

Thank you so much!

[@dedeatwood991]

You ll are a wealth of knowledge. I learn so much from your videos. Such fun you all ate having. Please stay clear of Israel...keep yourselves safe❤❤❤

[@candyclemens4432]

So very interesting. Thank you

[@SnowAndCurt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SharaBinghamMills]

Wow, this was a very informative video on Albainia. Thank you Curt and Snow. I was thinking, how are they able to remember all of it. Do you have scripts?

[@drthomason7043]

Talking about listening to the people, going on u tube and book and having a phone you'd be surprised how much we are spied on now days.

[@henryravenel6797]

Good morning friends!!!

[@propertyangels]

So given the lag time you build in to posting videos, I guess Snow flew home last Tuesday. Hope all is going well with that visit. Now I’m wondering if Curt is going to show us playing fast and loose in the wild’s of Albania while Snow’s away …. 😝 that video about their history was truly sobering though important to share.

[@juanitakauffman6336]

Interesting video.

[@tayloredtravels5271]

How interesting! Luv U Guys ♥

[@SnowAndCurt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@naomidonovan-perry2667]

What a beautiful church.

[@lindalawrie148]

Hello. On South African TV, and KZbin is a South African production called "Voetspore". Meaning footsteps. Last year they travelled down to Ushuaia. This year they travelled North. Tonight they went to Medellin. I just thought of you guys. ❤

[@LifesparkleSEM]

And thanks for the look inside the Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Resurrection.

[@anjavonpfeil4312]

Safe travels Snow. I'll bet those 2 kitties will be sleeping in your spot until you get back! 😻

[@SnowAndCurt]

Yep!

[@lindalawrie148]

Series 13, episode 13, Voetspore in South America, oh crumbs. Two weeks before the end of this tour, one vehicle had a massive head-on collision. I hope you get to see some of their shows.

[@SFNativeGal]

So very glad you found a way home. I heard sadness in Curt’s voice as he said goodbye for a few days.❤️❤️. Safe travels and lovely visit in the States, Snow. The museums were so laden with depression. Makes me appreciate the peace we have been hanging onto for years. Thank you for always giving us such a beautiful experience as you travel so many places I know I’ll never see in person. You make me feel like I’m there with you. Thank you so much!

[@edleosinga2176]

Good morning, cheers. ❤

[@nicandtris]

Guys, you missed the incredible old castle complex in Tirana - cute gift shops, restaurants etc, just off the main square. Looking forward to your travels further south . We loved Albania. Are you planning North Macedonia? Skopje is an incredible city and Lake Ohrid is beautiful!!

[@adventurebythemile]

I think if you look at the way things are headed in America right now our history is headed in the wrong direction. Our constitution is trying to be broken. It just isn’t the way it was in the 1970’s.

[@kathysowers]

Wonderful and sobering historical tours - I know that feeling of needing some time to shake off the vibe of the museum. Experienced that in the holocaust memorial museum in Israel. Safe travels Snow!

[@naomidonovan-perry2667]

Shocking history for Albania.

[@DarsAdventures]

Snow you are really looking beautiful. Europe agrees with you.

[@cindylou0420]

Safe journey

[@danyceroppe463]

Amazing! The history lesson was so good. I have a friend who escaped communist Transylvania in the 80s!😮 Her story is just unbelievably brave.

[@rayleneertle951]

Beautiful city, so clean. No loiters

[@karolynpieren5129]

I love the book alchemist. It’s great.

[@Lo51848]

It is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo which led to WWI but the whole region was in turmoil with the weakening of the Ottoman Empire and Russia and Austria trying to gain influence over the region. None of these empires survived WWI…

[@jeannastephen283]

The tall, two handles containers for wine or water were amphora.

[@larkhughes9740]

Wow! That was an intense history of Albania. I felt so heavy and tearful after your tour of the communist museum.😢 Thank you for sharing that and it's absolutely true that if we do not learn from history, we are destined to repeat it.

[@SnowAndCurt]

Glad you enjoyed it... It was very humbling

[@ArianneAvalon]

Its an amazing view of Albania. Here in the UK in the past year we have had a problem of illegal migrants from Albania seeking refuge and safety. Also claiming there is such poverty that they have no jobs or money or food!! Your view backs up their president or prime minsters story of how well Albania is doing.

[@tonymacgrath7762]

Anywhere in eastern Europe has a chequered past. As well as any other country on this planet. It concerns me as I love your channel that you make a big thing about the past of a country.. just enjoy the place you have the privilege of visiting..

[@verily360]

Huh?

[@Moonlightdance58]

I think it is interesting to share the history of a place.

[@drthomason7043]

Western Europe has one colourful past too

[@CritterSitterofCary]

Smart humans like to enjoy and learn the history. YOU are a part the white washing. Sit-down

[@nonyabiznus5416]

You must know history if you want to keep the horrors and mistakes of the past from happening again. Too many believe that the tyrannical nature of previous governments can be avoided “this time” as they envision their unrealistic utopia. Suffering is always inevitable because of man’s desire for power and greed. History serves as a reminder of this.

[@kerrybyers257]

Location, location, location! Same with Ukraine today.

[@theresa337]

Russia is reporting they have a wish list for Alaska, Hawaii, California, Finland and Poland.

[@ourjourneyvickiandjon2970]

❤❤❤

[@Graygramma]

Thank you for this post. Too many people today think these things can never happen. They did. And they still do. Look what is happening in the US today.

[@kappa2ou3]

Not just today,but since America has been America. Before there were no mobile phones and now there are phones everywhere.

[@SparkyTuttle]

When I see the development of weapons, while interesting, my heart breaks. There is a constant theme around the world, from the beginning of time, we have always had war. Can you imagine if we had found ways to settle our disputes without blood being shed? One thing I have also seen, at least in the western world with our western viewpoint, is that good always wins. Sometimes it takes a long time but people turn this evil around. The idea of having different religions worship side by side, as shown in the plaza, is what I'm talking about. Take all the evil away and what you have left are people like your subs, folks who are interested in each other. All we want is to learn from each other. Thank you for showing all of us what can be done. ❤

[@BethHoltsman]

🎉good morning

[@MadMorti]

It’s so shocking, when you look at Tirana now, that just 32 years ago it was a communist state. The change is amazing, and wonderful, but the question is whether or not the world will ever learn from the mistakes of our forebears 😢

[@SnowAndCurt]

Probably not 😞

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

No hippies? I guess I couldn’t have visited. I wonder if the day will ever come where we can all live in peace and instead of fighting, people come together to lift each other up. I hope you had good flights with low stress. Sending good thoughts to your father.

[@SnowAndCurt]

Right!?!? No Hippies.... that cut out lots of folks!

[@kerrybyers257]

You’re traveling in the cradle of Western civilization. Thanks for the ride-along!