Once This Was King Zog's Country. By Uncle Monty.

Once This Was King Zog's Country

By Uncle Monty

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Safely arrived now at Albania’s capital of Tirana
or at what was once King Zog’s Shqiperia country.
This is now my first 2oo8 short haul trip

aboard of only a mere few thousand miles.
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I have all sorts of plans while here and hope also to

meet with, among others, the Orthodox Archbishop

of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios.

I shall report from time to time of what I can with

whatever spare time I may have to write more fully

of my first visit to this former communist bloc country

that was then under the iron fist rule of Enver Hoxha.

In 1967, he also declared the country as the

world’s first official Atheist State.
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Since then, times have changed and things have

changed alot for the recent better so I am told.

I’ll soon find out here, if such is truly true …

This is a country, too, that is no longer closed to

foreign visitors like me or you. I’m staying near

Skanderberg Square at the heart of Tirana. The

city, however, is simply known as “Alban” to all

the locals … Must sign off for now as I get my

walking cameras out to photograph and to

explore all over inside Albania.
From Truly Tirana, Uncle Monty.
+Easter Wednesday, 2oo8.
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This posting is now my 100th-post for

my blog herein called thebiggerissue.org
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