It is definitely easier to upload images in the morning. Here are some images from the village yesterday. Bill says it is very much like the villages he visited, but closer to Tirana with roads allowing a car to travel there.

Smells like it might rain today - it's definitely cooler, at least now (7:30 am). We are watching the area prepare for the day. A couple of vans with oodles of eggs loading to take somewhere, the farmer's market awakening across the street, cars driving by. Next door is a pet store, it looks like, with cages filled with little finches, and pet supplies stacked next to the door.

Just down the street is a crumbling building, sort of "picturesque" until you realize that people live there. Beyond that is a multistory building which looks relatively new.

Traffic laws are a little different here - although I've seen cars stop for pedestrians (they haven't hit me yet), when dealing with other cars, it seems to be whatever you can get away with... a left turn in front of you (it happened last night as we were coming home, almost didn't see the car), running red lights, and so on seem common. Driving in the city is fraught with challenges, and progress is very slow, even slower than in LA.

Well, breakfast is here, and will try to write something this evening. I'm wondering how everything is at home.