Visit to Darshen

It was drizzling when we left the city this morning but when we climbed higher up the mountain the fog and rain started to set in. This picture isn't the best (sorry Cydil) but I hope you can tell that we are traveling on a one lane road that weaves itself around the mountain. Here we are pulled over in a wide part waiting for the oncoming car to pass.

This is today's group of children. The girls don't come in the summer because they must stay home and work. Generally, there will be about 25 children each week when they come after school. This building is a vacated house that is located near the school. We rent it per week.

Darshen's homes date back several generations and look like something out of a "Robin Hood" movie. They are so cool. The roofs are made of slate and the walls are of stone. If you ever had the urge to live in something ethnically Albanian, here is where you should go. We visited two homes of several children that attend our meetings.

(David, this picture is for you. You know what I think of all your "lady and her cow " pictures. But anyway, the great thing is I gave this lady a choice of where she would like her picture taken -in front of her pretty flowers or with her cow. Of course, you know her answer!) Why do you always have to be sooo right all of the time, David?)

(I need to make a correction for yesterday's entry. Those were not shocks of wheat. It was shocks of corn. What was I thinking? It's not time for wheat harvest! So much for the country girl. In all fairness, it has been awhile since I've seen corn in "shocks". After all, this is my first time to be in Albania in September.)

I've been told there has been no rain for nearly two months and so what happens all night and then this morning as we head to the mountain village for the children's meeting....it rains. Taking pictures is right up there on my "to do list" and rain doesn't mix with photography. We didn't let the rain dampen our spirits and we had a great time anyway. I'm just going to caption the photos for brevity.