Sampling Summer in Albania

Man after 9 long months it appears that summer is finally arriving. Although we left Kosovo in a cold 4 day rain once we cleared the mountain range the sun came up and our brief holiday weekend began. Now the key to living in the Balkans is to try and plan holidays before or after the holiday season. (Unless of course you like wall to wall sunbeds, people, dirty water, loud music, allot of smoking and general holiday chaos). Fortunately we were invited along with 2 other international families from Adi's school to discover an isolated beach/resort that was only a 4 hour drive. Although the pre-season beach trip does include freezing waters, the sand and sea were still clean and only a couple other families stayed the night in neighboring bungalows with smaller groups arriving during the day. The evenings were slightly chilled enough for us to appreciate a nice bonfire we made and the rooms big enough for us to prepare our own breakfast and lunches.

Having taken all our recent family vacations as a family, we forgot the great fun and convenience of many other kids around. As they entertained themselves the adults could do the same as well. Complete conversations, adult beverages, staying up late...