The Presidential palace





Palace of Congress





National History museum






Prime ministry





Academy of the Arts





Main University building
















The Pyramid (steps are being reconstructed)
















































































Man playing the bagpipe












































Fat chicks on the run (they were both American)













Behind the stadium














U/C









Sheraton Hotel





The Olympic team was leaving that day





Ministry of Defense










Tirana International Hotel





National historic Museum (left), Tirana Hotel (middle), Opera house (right)


Bank of Albania









Children's theater






Statue of Skenderbeg





Various Ministry buildings (the trees are still growing since they were recently planted...replacing the old ones)





Ethem Bey mosque (1789)





The clocktower (1830)














Tirana Municipality building from behind





A comfortable place to sleep





...Right next to this other guy










A lot of construction going on on this street



Construction site for the TID tower (render is seen on the pic)





Now its reached 15 floors









Construction on the sidewalks and high heels don't mix too well










Road torn up for repavement






























Ministry building














Parliament building





Little outdoor theater by the city park













bunch of old men at the park




















































The whole area is still U/C



































Albanian car alarm














Road torn up to be repaved









Local cafe


























































Drive-by wedding










































The olympic team





National Historic Museum










new church under construction





...and prayer time at the mosque





Some grafiti behind a building









Even Tom Hanks was there