albania

Bush visits Tirana

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09albania.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow

Hektor Pustina/Associated Press
Workers in Tirana, Albania, prepared the area in front of the “Pyramid,” a cultural center, for President Bush’s visit Sunday.

By CRAIG S. SMITH
Published: June 9, 2007
TIRANA, Albania, June 8 — The highlight of President Bush’s European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight.

Visar Kryeziu/Associated Press


Albanian Highway Mountaintop

Albanian Highway Mountaintop

On the highway to Tirana


Albanian highway near mountaintop

Albanian highway near mountaintop

Highway to Tirana


Albanian bus

Albanian bus

Balkan Round Trip


Entering Albanian Landscape

Entering Albanian Landscape

Albanian gasbeton station

Albanian gasbeton station

Similarities or differences?


Albania Gas Station

Albania Gas Station

Anonymous Gas Station architecture on the Albanian road from Macedonia to Tirana. photo: Katherine Carl