SURPRISED by the (Under-Rated) City of Tirana Albania | First Impressions in 2022
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2022
- In this video, we explore the wonderful under-rated capital city of Albania, Tirana. We didn't know what to expect when we first arrived in Tirana and were so surprised by the kindness of the people, the amazing food selection, and all the history this city has to offer. Not long after arriving, you realize that Tirana has an amazing coffee and food culture. Be sure to allow plenty of time to take this all in as there is an abundance of restaurants and cafes to choose from. We absolutely loved our time in this city and hope to return one day to explore more. If you have the opportunity to visit we highly recommend doing so. You will only appreciate the people, city, and culture more after spending time here.
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You guys are great. My wife and I are retiring early, by the end of 2022. We've been to Spain multiple times, almost all the same cities, so we've decided to start our expat journey there. The new places you all are traveling to create a fantastic "road map" of lesser known places for others to follow. Thank you and looking forward to watching more and learning more from your travels.
Congratulations on early retirement, Spain is a great place to start. We absolutely loved our time there. Thank you for watching our channel and supporting us Arcey.
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I am glad to see and hear such kind words about the places and streets i was raised in.
Enjoy Albania guys!
Merjot, we are very much enjoying your country. It is beautiful and the people are incredibly kind. Thank you for watching our video.
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Revisiting your great vlogs on Albania as booking a week here this coming summer. I was going to go last year but went to Croatia instead but this year definitely. Looks amazing and cannot wait to see this wonderful country. 🇦🇱❤️
Thanks so much for watching ♥
Love it!
I love watching your videos. They are scenic,informative and telling us exactly how you feel about a place,regardless. Over the last couple of years,thanks to COVID,I’ve come across a number of videos on Albania,which I discovered the beauty of the country,the delicious food on offer and the hospitable people that they are. One to visit when in Europe.
Thank you, Alex. We really appreciate the comments! Albania is a must-visit for sure. We are so amazed by the people and how hospitable they really are. Thank you again for the support.
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Beautiful Albania 🇦🇱.
Absolutely, we are really impressed!!
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Awesome! Thanks as always the great, usable info! Already want to hear about the trip to Sarande!
Thanks, guys!! That will be next week's video!!!
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Love all the cool places you guys shared. We’ve watched quite a few Tirana videos, but nothing on Saranda yet. Can’t wait to see your video and your unique take on it!
Thank you Renee! We are loving Sarande and will have that video out next weekend. Thank you again for all your support.
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Very nice video guys…Enjoy my beautiful country…👍
Thank you! 😃 We loved Tirana and really enjoying Sarande! Looking forward to a day trip or two as well. Thank you so much for watching and supporting our channel.
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thank you for the nice video
Thank you for watching Pelasgo!
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We’re in Tirana. Excited about bacon burger in Duff! Thank you for recommending ❤
Hope that you are having a great time!! So many good food options in Tirana! Thank you for watching and commenting!
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Hi Guys. Thanks for the excellent coverage of Tirana. Looks like a nice cool place with a very nice ambiance, vibe, affordable option to eat, and good Beer. Looks like you guys had the most Beer in any one week from what I can tell. Also from the outfit that people were in, seems like a not bad of a weather for this time in Feb in Europe. One request can you please give little more details on the Air BnBs you stay in and the locations (a link to the place if you wont mind) so this will reduce my research for accommodation in cities you cover. As always thanks for the fine entertainment to my breakfast time.
Cook Master!! Yes, the weather has been nice, mid to low 60's most days. We added the link below! to our Airbnb. Thank you for the suggestion. And as always, thank you for all your support!!
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This is exactly the video I was hoping for , myself and wife from London 🇬🇧 are planning 4 days here in March . We’re beer drinkers and casual dining people as it’s just more fun for us . Thanks for a wonderful video and I know we’ve made the correct decision to visit here looks perfect , thanks guys and we’re the same age bracket so perfect . You 2 are a lovely couple safe travels 👍 pa we are visiting lithuania next week as now we’re getting older we want to visit places away from the same old same old lol
Thank you so much!! Tirana has the best and most affordable food seen we have had the opportunity to explore so far. Four days will also be the perfect amount of time to see everything. Thank you for watching and safe travels.
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I'm really enjoying all your videos. Thanks for all the content. When you mentioned the prices in Seattle, it made me curious if that's where you are from. I live in the Seattle area with my partner and she and I hope to be doing what you are doing in a few years. Keep having fun and creating great videos! Cheers! 🙂🍻
Thank you! We really appreciate the support! We were both raised in Bellingham and decided as much as we love it and the surrounding area we needed sunshine year-round. We will be creating videos for as long as we can. We hope you continue to enjoy them. Thank you for the support!
Cheers fellow Washingtonian!!! 😆🍻
Great 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi guys!
I am at Duffs in Tirana thanks to your recommendation!
Here for a month.
Unfortunately, locals not as friendly as I was hoping 😢
A bit disappointed, however making the best out of it.
Did you guys felt embraced and welcome here?
Keep up the awesome videos.
We loved Duffs!! We did feel like our host and the people at the restaurants that we encountered were very friendly. We didn't notice any hostility at all. Hopefully, it will get better for you. Thank you for watching and safe travels.
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Hi Guys. Great new video. My wife and I were taking bets on your next stop. We were thinking Antalya or Izmir or some other Turkish spot. Maybe you’re heading in that direction. Like you, we’re in the Seattle area but are a few more years away from calling it a career. We picked up on you when you were in Spain as we have been attracted to that area for future consideration. We’ve enjoyed your videos and always look forward to the next one. You do a great job of giving us the flavor of these places. Who knew we’d add Montenegro as a place we’d like to visit sometime. Safe travels. Kenny and Eva
Kenny and Eva, Thank you! We are not headed to Turkey next but it is on our list. Maybe next fall just depends on what's going on in Eastern Europe at that time. Spain is amazing and we highly recommend it. We decided to get off the beaten path a bit and see what else we could find. The comments and support are so appreciated! Hoping you can get out of the rain sooner than later!!!
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We spent a month in Albania in February 2023 and loved it. Tirana is a great city
Again, a very nice presentation. Thank you!
PS: Your videos make me want to have a beer. Have you considered a beer sponsor? No kidding.
Thank you, Brad! And yes, we have considered a beer sponsor. We only wish we could get one!!😆
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Nice video! I love Albania and want to visit there! 👍 😍💖
Thank you!! We are really enjoying Albania. Loving Sarande!!!
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Thanks once again for a great video. Did you experience any problems using your credit cards? If so, which one?
We have not had any issues using our credit cards throughout our travels and it has been almost a year now. Thank you for watching!!
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Hi guys love the channel. For those of us that would like to follow on your foot steps could you please elaborate a bit more on the visa processes and specially the Schengen Zone. How are you guys planning your travels amid the 90/180 restrictions among the 26 countries. Keep those great videos coming!!! Enjoy your travels.
Hi Rolyn! Thank you! We spent the entire 90 days in Spain then moved outside the Schengen area to Montenegro for two months. Now in Albania, we have another 30 days before we can re-enter. Our future plans have us skipping in and out of the area to stay in compliance. It is not ideal but it is manageable. Thanks again for the comment and for supporting our channel.
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Nice
Thank you!!
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great .i will travel from uk to tirana in march. i dont know what to expect but it looks great on the videos ive seen. Thought I'd do something a bit different from Portugal or Spain or Malta.
Hi Ian. It is nice to hear that you are expanding out from the normal. You won't regret going to Tirana!! Safe travels and thank you for watching our channel. Cheers!!🍻
Another fantastic destination. Great food and a great price too. Are you guys going back to Spain? We are planning for Summer or Fall depending on their COVID requirements.
Thanks James! We are not planning on Spain anytime soon. We will probably be somewhere in Central Europe summer and fall.
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Your videos are great, I am closer to your age than most other travel UA-camrs, so can relate more. You mention wanting to visit Ireland but it was too expensive. I can help with that later this year after I do some traveling this summer. You can use my home as a base and I can feed you as I am constantly cooking for work. Not having to pay for those essentials may make it affordable. If not I will get your flights too :-) . You can't come to Europe and not see Ireland!
Thank you so much! Prior to us leaving for our travels we also watched many UA-camrs much younger than us and know how hard it can be to relate. It makes us very happy to hear we are relatable!!
Wow, what an incredible offer!!! We would definitely love to keep in touch and have the opportunity to visit. Ireland is for sure a must-see location on our list :)
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I've never been to Tirana even though im Albanian, but after watching this video it made me want to visit, it seems very peacefull 👍
Lindi, Tirana is very much worth visiting. What part of Alania are you from? We are really enjoying your country and hope you enjoy our videos. Thank you for the comment.
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@@BrianandCarrie Im glad to hear that you guys are having a good trip in Albania, your content is also good to watch so keep going!
Thank you!!!
Great video, Albania was never part of Yougoslavia, different countries, minor but important point. Coffee culture is strong because people are mainly muslim historically.
wow wow amazing wow amazing stay connected brian and carrie for crubby
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Hi Carrie and Brian, I’m really enjoying your videos. Thanks! I’m curious how far out in the future you have set plans, and Airbnb reservations. Also, for Airbnb, it seems the have a system wide cancellation policy for stays of 28 days or more, that you only have 48 hours to get a full refund. After that, you are out the 1st 30 days, oh you cancel. If one is only staying a month, then basically you would lose the entire booking if you had to change plans. Of course bookings of 28+ days can come with significant discounts. How do you approach this situation in your bookings? Thanks so much, and Happy Travels! ✈️🚃🍻
Hi John, Great question! We book out usually 3 months ahead. However, we will be in Split, Croatia next September and October and we are finding places are already starting to book. We felt we had to get a place, something we would NOT normally do. It is a risk to be aware of for sure. We are in Sarande, Albania now and we used booking.com for the first time. You don't pay until you show up. Pricing is usually comparable so we've recently started searching there as well. Airbnb is a very easy and trustworthy platform so we've just stuck with it when we are sure about our plans. Thank you so much for supporting our channel!!
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Hi guys!
Rewatching your Tirana video.
Thank you!
Question, I am currently in Italy and in about a month will need to leave the Schengen area so I can return to Italy after 30 days away and have my last 30 days back in Italy.
I am considering Tirana, Albania.
Did you guys feel safe while there? Walking and simply getting to know the city?
Any advise or words of wisdom in addition to the information on your Tirana video, please.
Thank you kindly 🙏
We felt very safe in Tirana, the people were very welcoming. You won't have any problems. Thank you for watching!!
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Albania is biutiful center historik center and has super food
Hi Vera! Albania is amazing! Thank you for your comments!!! 💙💛
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Do you have a link to your airbnb that you used please?
We wouldn't recommend the Airbnb that we stayed in. It wasn't bad, we just would not choose to stay there again.
In 1999 Tirana was 1.1 million inhabitants now is little more than 600k is very sad our Country had lost more than 50% of population in 1991 Albanian population was 3.6 million now is 2.8 million while only 1.8 live in Albania . I'm very sad about our population decline and the idiotic politics 😢 Thank you for the video Best Regards from USA 🇺🇸 I'm Albanian originally
Thank you for sharing this with us and whomever else reads this. It is very sad that such a short time ago something like this happened. The people here have been very kind and welcoming to us and we have been blessed to have had the opportunity to be here. Thank you again for sharing. ❤
Enjoy your videos and exploits. Curious what you do when you’re being a tourist and exploring and how will what you do when just living fits into your possible choice of a more permanent landing stop? We have also been exploring different countries to resettle to as retirees. While we have visited a number of European comities, we have preference for New Zealand with their active conservation culture and volunteer opportunities as our hobby. But NZ is expensive. Your thoughts?
Hi John, that's a great question. When we are in places like Tirana we are just tourists with no expectations of living their long term. We ultimately want to find a place we can live and be a part of the community much like you have found in New Zealand. Someplace affordable with year-round sunshine and close to the coast. We actively search out places that we think will fit, however, we are also just starting our world travels and want to see as much as we can before settling down. So we end up in places like Sevilla, Spain, and Tirana, Albania. Both are well worth visiting but would not be suitable for more than a few weeks. Hopefully, this answered your question. Thank you for watching and supporting our channel. We very much appreciate the comments and interaction.
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You would probably be happy to know that we are in Spain now and retracing some of your stops. We started in Malaga to visit friends, now in Seville and headed to Alicante before finishing up in Ireland. We added Alicante to our travel plans after seeing your video. We look forward to where your adventure takes you on your world tour. Be safe
That's very cool John. Hope you enjoy both Seville and Alicante as much as we did. I would say Seville has more to offer as far as history and Alicante for the beach vibe. Make sure you jump on the tram in Alicante!! Ireland is on our bucket list but will have to wait. I really want to travel the Wild Atlantic Way someday. Safe travels and enjoy Spain!!
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Albanian money "Lek" is named after the ancient world famous Albanian hero Alexander the Great over hundred years ago. I just thought you might want to know that detail.
That is so cool! We had no idea! We will pronounce it right from now on as well. 😃
Thank you Enver for your support, we really appreciated it.
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Albania, being the "poorest country in Europe", it looks very very nice
Albania is working towards improving infrastructure along with many other things. We will be doing a few more videos in the weeks to come that will explain a little more. We were a little culture-shocked coming into Tirana on the bus. However, it is an amazing place with the most friendly people we've experienced so far. Thank you for the support!!
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Albania is not the poorest country in Europe. Is the fourth poorest in Europe. Out of the podium anyway 🤪
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@@roshiroshi1240 Congratulations! In some competitions "winning" is in fact actually "loosing" 😆Please accept my apologies...
@@mrn13 hahahahaha no need for apologies. Have a great day
Hi! Are you planning on going to Italy, by chance?
Not in the near future. We are heading to Greece next month then to central Europe in late spring. . We may be in Italy late next fall.
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did you see a lot of strays?
Not that many where we were in Tirana.
But no tapas there, same as Denmark
Unfortunately no tapas but plenty of other tasty choices!! 😃
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@@BrianandCarrie Cheers mate
Nope! Just seafood 😋 😀
Don't drink too much beer!! Too many calories!!!
Otherwise love your videos🤍🤍🤍💕
Thank you !! Lucky for us we have about 250 stairs to climb at our new location!! We are burning more calories now!!! 😆
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3:35 Blloku is where the Albanian party officials lived not yugos, The Socialist Republic of Albania did not have anything with yugo.
Yep, I miss spoke and we didn't catch it in the edit. My apologies. 😞 Thank you for the correction.
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Jugosllavian Diplomats???
No...wrong.
High ranked Party Leaders lived there.
Thank you for the correction!! Trying to get it all straight is important and we appreciate your knowledge of Tirana!! We truly loved the time we spent there.
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Albania is a majority Muslim country and probably why you see so many people not drinking alcohol.
Yes, you are probably correct. Something we didn't really think about until after a few days. Thank you for the watching and your support!
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@@BrianandCarrie Yes no worries. I am really enjoying your videos they are great for people considering getting out of the hamster wheel and enjoying their lives. Having lived in Greece and Italy as much as I liked them they are too expensive. Croatia and Montenegro looked nice but the problems in the Balkens are not finished. There must be a place that ticks all the boxes. I look forward to following your great adventure. All the best!!!
@@BrianandCarrie Santorini is beautiful but night and day when it comes to low and high season. It should prove popular with UA-cam hits though. I look forward to seeing the video.
Thank you!! The Balkans not being "finished" is a nice way of putting it. We are really enjoying our time here, however. We are here for another month then off to Santorini to balance out our low cost of living now to what we are expecting in Greece. We hope to get to Italy sometime next year. Thank you for the support, we really appreciate it!
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Albanians are majoroty muslims in paper , most of "muslims" drink alchohol in here , and people don't really care much about religion unless specific religious holydays 😂
Yugoslavian? No, no, no, nooo .....Yugoslavia was a different country made up by six ethnically Slavic (Yugoslavia = union of the southern Slavs) republics, the modern day countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia -Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, and the autonomous so to speak province of Kosovo, within Serbia's jurisdiction, of mostly Albanian ethnicity. Hence the tensions in today's frail independent country of Kosovo 😶. 90 percent of the people of Kosovo are ethnically Albanian but the Serbs want the land back. Albania proper however was always a country on its own both during and after Yugoslavia. Albanians are not Slavs , and the language (Albanian) is not related to the Slavic language family, or any other Indo-European group for that matter. The Social Studies class of the day is over; no homework. I like your videos, commentary and all; what time of the year is that?
Love it!