Three Interesting Facts about Albania
1. Mother Teresa is from Albania
2. The local name of Albania
is ‘Shqiperia’, which can be translated to ‘Land of the Eagles’.
3. In Albania, nodding the
head means no, and shaking the head means yes.
Money
The Albanian currency is called
Lek (ALL). Right now the exchange rate
is $1.00 = 103 lek. So let’s see if you can figure out
how much each of these items are in USD.
1L of Milk – 115.00 lek
Bottle of Shampoo – 309.00
lek
Can of Coke-a-Cola – 60.00
lek
Deodorant Stick – 450.00 lek
Kruja Castle
The Kruja castle is a castle in the
city of Kruja, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's resistance against the
Ottoman Turks.
Butrint
I was able to
visit this now archeological site which was an ancient Greek and later Roman
city.
