From the Archive: Impressions of Illyria
Our Journey from Skopje to Tirana
[Editor’s Note: We’re both feeling under the weather today, so we’ve dived into the archive to bring back a travelogue from 2022, on our journey by car from Skopje, North Macedonia back to our current home base here in Tirana, Albania. Enjoy!]
Impressions of Illyria: Our Journey from Skopje to Tirana
·
“‘Politics is supposed to make life better,’ he said. ‘In the Balkans, it makes life worse. It’s a tradition. Otherwise, we’re rich,’ he said. ‘Look at this water!’” – from To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova