First of all, we apologize for not keeping up with the blog in the last couple
of months. Our bad! Especially this last month, we were a little distracted
with Jamie's mom here. So, these two pics and the video below it are of a
restaurant we went to to celebrate a birthday for our team leader. It
was all you can eat fish (and meat). This is our server. He kept piling
the fish on our plates even when we told him we were done. Most
everything was good, especially the fish, but we weren't to fond of the eel.

Here is a view of our table. Jamie's mom was also with us as she was
here for 3 weeks in February. The restaurant was kind of rustic looking
and it had a few open fires like this one you could sit next to.

Kya got a kick out of the shrimp. She actually wanted to take it home
with us. As you can see, the shrimp comes with the head as well when
they serve it to you. The shrimp was good and also provided live entertainment!



This was another restaurant we visited with Jamie's mom. It is in a city
called Durres that borders the Adriatic Sea. This particular day was very
windy and we hardly made it to the restaurant because of the water in the
streets. We were carrying the girls and had to weave through chairs,
tables, and cars to get there. They also had to open a side door for us just
to get in. At the end of the video you can see a mom pushing her child
through the flooded streets. Kind of crazy because it was also winter
and cold outside.



Jamies' mom didn't want us to put this on here but it was too funny so we
couldn't resist! Sorry Jan :) Here, she is drinking a traditional Albanian
alcoholic drink. It is called raki and it is very, very, strong. It will make
your throat burn. You can read more about it with pics posted a lot
earlier in our blog. Anyways, they say if you drink a little when you are
sick or have a sore throat or need you nose cleared up it will help.
It helped alright, but not without a price! As you can see by her reaction,
the taste is indescribably bad! It makes for a good blog post though.
Thanks Jan!