Oh brilliant!
I loved it there, so many new, colourful buildings being built, and loads to do. Only managed the Bunk Art 2 museum due to time constraints but hoping to go back to visit The House of Leaves -(ex-Sigurimi HQ)- if I get to Durres next year.
Hoping to go to Durres on the Albanian Adriatic coast next year (having visited Tirana earlier this year). Durres is only 35km from Tirana so easy to pop back and visit the multitude of museums I couldn’t cram in during my first visit.
There’s so much development going on in the country...
Dave was my scout leader at 30th Brighton and also took me to my first Albion away game at Bristol City on New Years Day 1980.
He was a lovely bloke and had a link with Varndenians.
Went to his funeral 2 weeks ago and it was absolutely packed, which wasn’t surprising.
Dave was a member of...
Fred Bishop, the fireman famous for Norman Tebbit uttering the words ‘get off my bloody foot Fred’, lived round the corner from me in Arlington Crescent, Coldean.