Friday, August 1, 2008

Olive trees and Castles

For a little history about Sauk-Tirana :)....Olive trees have been growing on the lower mountain tops for many, many years, and up until 1990, all the land in Sauk (and where the orphanage is) was made up of vineyards owned by the communists. Albania was ruled by the communist party from 1945 to 1993 when it finally 'fell'. And now, almost the entire area of Sauk is made up of homes where once there were vineyards. The olive trees are still everywhere. The castle in the photo is of a revered Albanian hero's (Skanderbeg) sister. It resides off in the distance and in view from the orphanage. Wish we had time to go see it...but we are much too busy here.


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