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solamente poquito espanol, not enough but I think I know more subconsciously after hearing it for the last few years 🤣

Thanks man, hope all is well with you 😊❤️

Aww thanks so much Adrian 🥰

You’re right. Although, “knock on wood” nothing bad has happened to us. Sometimes bad things do happen and we hear about them from friends and from people in town. However, negative things can happen anywhere. There’s a level of risk with these travels, which for us, is worth the fun and the adventure. Which is what is it, a journey, it will go right and it will go wrong from time to time and we’ll share it all right here.

@ Don’t get me wrong, I had a great time traveling through Colombia but my family kept thinking I wasn’t coming back. I wouldn’t trade that time for anything. You are lucky to have these adventures and I agree, it’s a journey and I wish you the best in them. I stumbled across your channel and I’ll keep an eye out for the next video.

@@geogeo2299 haven’t been to Colombia yet, everyone raves about it

Wacky road thoughts 😂

A you’re right, thanks for correcting.

It certainly is, nice, two double bedrooms that’s a great deal. Yeah that sea area makes you feel so good, every morning.

Agreed and the Canal d'Amour is incredible 😍

It really is, but you have to be careful of a few things. Don’t go during Jun-Aug, as it is the busiest season. You can go before and get an apartment for 6 months to a year directly from owners. When shopping for groceries, go to local farmers, they’re everywhere in the cities. This particular city is Vlore, southwest, near Greece. For the best deals use: www.merrjep.al

Thank you 😊

Hi Natalia, thanks for the kind words, up top. Yes indeed, if it’s in a remote location, it will cost more for the car but even less for the apartment as everyone wants to be near lungomare. It is very important to note that these deals can be found outside of the high season (Jun-Aug). Since we’re new to this, we’ve been experimenting with different video styles and this one took off more than others. We realize now that it could have been better and focused more on the $200 apartment, and to help the viewers get these deals,we’ll list the Albanian website that the local use to go direct to owner: www.merrjep.al. If you check there, you’ll find out studios in lungomare for even slightly below $200. Appreciate your engagement 😊

Thanks for the suggestion, that does sound like a great time to do it.

Wow that sounds like a dream 😍 Thanks so much for sharing. We love Corfu! 🥰

@@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas can’t wait to go to all the islands

@@IcaKostika my favorite is Lefkada and Crete. Try them first .😍😍

@@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas sweet! thanks! Crete was a dream, haven't been to Lefkada, others have recommended it too, must be amazing.

@@IcaKostika yes it's magical

Now we have to find out about these jokes 🤣

@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas we heard from family as well. Hopefully it will stabilize to scale growth in a healthy way.

Lefkada sounds amazing, the only islands we've visited are Corfu and we lived on Crete for 3 months in the winter but can't wait to go island hopping around Greece and explore more of the islands, I'm extra excited to visit Milos one day. 🥰 What are your favorite spots in Lefkada?

Thank you!

Hey! Thanks, most locals understand English, if not, they’ll call their children, because the schools are now in English. The couple we rented from do, they’re a bit more expensive, but they hook things up. Again a bit more is still around $400-$500, as long as you’re not trying to get it from jun-Aug. For the internet, we get a Vodafone sim, about $16/month, don’t remember if it was unlimited, but it never ran out on us. The prices are on their desk so you don’t have to worry about haggling. Let us know if you go and best of time :)

For all the ones in the video: instagram.com/elmar_touristic_office?igsh=MXVndnI5eTF1MHl0bw== For more apartments in Albania use: www.merrjep.al

Yayy!! Thanks so much Maria 🥰

@IcaKostika 😉

Thanks so much, we definitely will 🥰

Zagori

Thanks Scott, we miss you 🥰

Thank you so much avalinth, super appreciate your support. I was born in Korce, Albania and lived there for the first 13 years. Then my family moved to the States, where I grew up, school, college all of that. I met Ica in NYC, and she grew up in Seattle, Washington. We did the corporate life in the US for 10 years and although money was good, we were not happy, most people around us weren’t happy and it got to the point where we just couldn’t take it anymore. It was either start taking antidepressants or change our life. We chose the second option, and it felt scary and uncertain. There are still waves of fear but the hope washes them off. We kept saying to ourselves that despite the global problems there’s got to be a way to really fall in love with life, be excited about waking up and deep in our hearts feel actual joy and hope for the future. In the middle of the 2020, we started selling all of our belongings, reduced to two backpacks, two small carryons, one large suitcase and left on a one way trip to Mexico by the end of 2020. To our surprise, our jobs continued for two years while we worked remotely. We never bought a house and we don’t have kids, so it was easier to make these kind of moves. By the end of 2022, we went to Europe and made Albania our home base. At this time we made our most courageous decision. We decided to go completely on our own, quit our jobs, start consulting instead and whatever time that was left, educate ourselves on becoming content creators and start practicing. Since we were in Albania in the winter, we decided to start our UA-cam journey and jump in those waters whether it was freezing or not and kept on shooting and editing to this day. Now we find ourselves in the tropics of Panama, Costa Rica next then all over Asia. We have one north start ahead of us, which is to deep in our hearts, fall in love with life and show the world our journey. We’re not there yet, but we believe that we can do this, without changing anything in the world but ourselves. Now, back to Albania, and rent costs. This is how things actually work. Many locals and first or second generation Albanians who invest in properties there, do it as a way to grow their money by appreciating property or flipping. Rent and Airbnb is not quite that profitable yet but it’s rapidly gaining popularity and growth. You want to meet the landlords and if you stay any period of six months or more, you can negotiate $200/month, for a one bedroom. One American there negotiated $100, but it was away from the beach. We didn’t get good enough footage of this as we shot that when we were really bad at it, so didn’t include. The couple that we rented from in Vlore, has such priced apartments, and there’s also the Albanian website that all locals use to buy/sell rent anything which is: www.merrjep.al. In major cities like, Tirana, Durres and Vlore, almost everyone speaks English. Albanians are all about face to face meetings at cafes and negotiations. However, in the summer months: Jun-Aug it is almost impossible to find a deal because everyone wants to be there. The funny part is that, in April-May, and Sept-Nov you can the have warm sunny days, which the locals avoid entirely because the calendar overrules reality. Lastly Albania, allows US citizens to stay for one year, no questions asked, no visa, nothing. I’m not sure what happens with other passports, but for US is also a nice place to go in and out of Schengen. There are many nuances, which we’ll cover throughout our videos, because it would be super long to do in a few, and quite boring. Instead we’ll do our best to entertain and sprinkle the boring like salt and pepper. Hope this clarifies things a bit, and do now that your words made our day and fuel our hope. Thank you!

Hi Lank, The one bedrooms and studios can be had for $200 with a one year lease. The ones we’re showing are higher because it’s not direct from owner, they’re a leasing company, whom are very nice and you can contact them on the WhatsApp link and even tell them that it’s from our UA-cam video. However if you want to go direct to owner, the locals do it here: www.merrjep.al. This can be accessed in English on desktop: www.merrjep.al/njoftime/. I just checked today and there’s still some for $200. The ones from the link we provide are all included, even internet. If you are thinking about going there, we’re happy to connect you with people. Just let us know.

Thank you.

Thanks so much 🥰