What a long day this has been. We left Winston Salem about 2pm on Wed. to fly to Atlanta where we caught a flight to London. We arrived in London at 7am and took the train into town. We walked around Buckingham Palace and Parliament. Saw the changing of the horse guards, took the tube and train back to Gatwick. We then flew to Tirana, Albania, Flight was great. I was, for some unknown random reason, bumped up to first class on this British Air flight and I must say the Brits know how to treat folks in 1st class. Food was great and so was the adult beverages. We were met at the airport by a SEELYI leader, Gentina and her husband Edmund. The drove us around and to the hotel. We had a few drinks and called it a night. The hotel is nice, but it is not in town or close to town and there is a birthday party going on right underneath us and the music keeps getting louder. But that is ok as I am so tired I can sleep through anything. It was a long long day getting here. Tomorrow we are going to look around Tirana and have dinner with Gentiana and Edmund and others we know from here.
First impression of Tirana -- beautiful mountains, city full of life with crowds of young people walking around, loads of resturants and bars, and eveything open. One can still see scars from the communist period but they are fading. A lot of new construction.
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