| Photo author Klejdi Shtrepi. From Wikimedia Commons. |
Arriving in Tirana, the capital, at Mother Teresa airport, you might make your first stop the museum cafe, Komiteti Kafe Muzeum. Not a cafe turned into a museum, but a collector who opened a cafe to attract people to see his collection. Items from all eras include embroidered felt dresses. the word Komiteti means committee.
They say you can see Tirana in a day. Which means a two night stay. (I couldn't.) After that, it's off to the wineries.
Albania has lots of wineries, all over the country.
Useful words for maps and street signs
The double dot is like the German unlaut
I copied it once, then used paste to put it in all the words where I needed it in the dictionary or glossary list
Albanian - English
rruga - street (like the French word rue)
Similar words, hotel, menu, toalet (toilet) restaurat (restaurant)
Kafe is coffee
bar kafeje is coffee bar
kafene is cafe
bar-rostiçeri - snack bar
ushqime të shijshme - delicatessen (meaning delicious foodliterally provisions of delicious)
ushqim is food, ushqimet is foods
English Albanian
1-10
alcohol - alkoolit
bay -gjiri
beach - plazhi
bill - fature
breakfast - mëngjes
bridge - urë
castle - kështjellë
cheap - i lirë
closed - mbyllur
dinner - darkë
11-20
drink - pije
entrance - hyrje /exit - dalje
expensive -shtrenjtë
no entry -ndalohet hyrje
hill - kodër
hotel - hotel
house - shtëpi
left - majtas - right - djathtas
straight (ahead)/to drejt (starts with the letter d, later letters re, and ends with t, like the English word direct)
lunch - drekë
main street/high street - rruga krysore . rruga e lartë
21-30
menu - menu
mountain - mali
museum - muzeu
new - i ri
north - veriu
old - l vjetër
open - hapur
park - parku
parking (lot, or car park) - parking
please - ju lutem
31-40
restaurant - restorant
right
road/path - rrugë
sea/salt water - deti
south - jug
square -katrore
street / path - rrugë (or spell it rruga)
thank you - faleminderit
toilet - tualet
breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner - mëngjes / drekë / çaj / darkë
Address
Rruga Fatmir Haxhiu, Tirana, Albania
Useful Websites
Museum Cafe In Tirana
https://thebalkanista.com/2018/02/28/komiteti-kafe-museum-one-favourite-spots-tirana/
Find the e to copy into Albanian words in the right size here in Wikipedia from German or from the word reëntry under the side heading English"
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