The journey is always long but we know that before we leave Green Valley. It was just a few hours ago when I looked out the plane window and viewed the mountains and sea with the short strip of coastal farmlands between the two that is all so familiar and comforting to see once again. This time though, new places greeted me....the new airport facility. WOW! is all I can say. These pictures do not do it justice. But one thing was still the same, and that was the long foreigner line at the Passport Control booth. I watched and listened to one "not so patient" traveler comment to the official that a 30 minute line was not exactly what he would consider appropriate. Amused,I thought to myself and reflected about how far this has come in comparison to the old sheep barn of a short 12 years ago. I also must comment on the little things that make me laugh and chuckle under by breathe. It's the transit or sign for connecting flights....like travelers are flying into Tirana to make a connecting flight to go somewhere else? Or maybe it is just the great optimism for the future of this great facility! Anyway, I made the journey alone and for that I am sad to leave David with his corn fields in Illinois. I will be taking many pictures to keep everyone informed what is going on here. I'm looking forward to a great week.
6 comments:
Hi Sarah, Wow that is one nice airport!!! Changed days since we were there. Hope you have a fun week reconnecting with everybody and all goes according to plan :) Love from us all
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love this pitures of your trip and what are you do today aunt hannah said
Thanks for the update! The first picture is so different than what I remember the outside looking like that I can't actually place where it is...hope to talk to you soon! Is it hot?
Hi Sarah. I've been watching the blog ever since we got back from Albania, but I just now got a login so that I could post comments. Jenn and I still think often of our trip and have fond memories. Keep us updated! The new airport is amazing!
All I can say is, WOW!
That new terminal looks like an improvement. I'll look forward to seeing it when we fly there in July for our hearing clinic ministry. Friends have been telling us that many places in Tirana and Durres have improved a lot in the last couple of years.
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