Tirana, 10 June 2012

It was a very hot Sunday in Tirana, and everybody, who could afford it had gone to the Sea. It only takes a little more than half an hour to drive to the port of Durres, where it seems that half of the Albanian population has a flat at the sea. View to the apartment block where my apart is on the 9th floor. In the centre of the picture my apartment with the small balcony with two boxes (for aircondition) Some of the people without possibility (or interest) to go to the seaside are playing chess (or?) at a small park. Two scavengers, getting their income from what is of value in the garbage bins, are taking a rest. Another scavenger and his son are searching the bins for plastic bottles. It takes a lot of training to become a good scavenger. Impressive wiring It seems that for every 50 inhabitants in Tirana there is a café. Although this café looks very cosy, there were no customers when I passed. The dentist and the layer had their businesses next to each other When you can’t afford to go to the seaside you can have a nice Sunday afternoon in the Tirana Great Park. And the park even has an artificial lake where you can do some bathing