In Tirana, the capital of Albania, we visited the Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, which is considered among the largest Albanian orthodox churches in the Balkan Peninsula. Interestingly, at the Cathedral of St. Demetrius (aka Church of Albania) in Berat, the Catholic priests (upper right) were among the rare people that did not want to […]

In Prizren, Kosovo, we got up before dawn to photograph the blue hour (half an hour before sunrise) of a historical bridge and mosque (above). We then left for Tirana after breakfast to return to Albania for a few days. Enver Hoxha was the president of Albania from 1941 until his death in 1985. He […]

After leaving Montenegro and traveling for most of the day over windy rough roads, we arrived in the village of Thethi in the alps of northern Albania. Thethi is a hiker’s paradise, and there is quite a building boom with new hostels and guest houses. The main reason for coming here was to photograph this […]