For two days it has been grey and rainy here, but a tiny sliver of sunshine broke through mid afternoon today.
Last night, there was an earthquake. F heard it; she seems to know what earthquakes sound like. It was a mild one however, so even though the centre was only 9km away it produced no discernible movement. Mr B read that Albania has a lot of earthquakes.
Gorica old town, which we visited this morning, is in a state of disarray. All the 'streets' and many of the small walk-throughs have been ripped up and new infrastructure (electricity, water, sewers, fibre-optics etc) are being installed across the entire precinct. It's a muddy mess right now but they are restoring the cobbled streets and lanes after all the new stuff is buried so that when it's finished it will retain its old character. We guess if you want people to keep these precincts alive you have to provide the same standards of modernity that everyone else enjoys.
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It looks like a lovely little town. Very medieval. The pic of the mountains is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMaintaining these quaint old towns and living communities and not turning them into museums is a challenge all over Europe.
ReplyDeleteTigger's travel bag is giving Nobby ideas. (He's heard about Bertie's past train trips to Switzerland and Germany).
Lovely seeing and reading about Albania.
ReplyDeleteI think Heaven's Kitchen sounds like a much nicer place.
ReplyDeleteWe have windows in our bedroom roof too but I can't see the view even by standing on the bed. I'd need a ladder.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteMOL - Heaven's Kitchen - did you try it? What a pretty place, Gorica is, and I love that the infrastructure is to be updated with little disruption to the fabric of its history. I did find myself wondering about how cold it can get in Albania and how un-insulated that ceiling (let's face it, just the inside of the roof) is... hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
dear sweet Tigger, you peering out of your touring car, made my heart to pitty pat! no wonder you get so many people petting you. I am fasianated with the houses stacked up like a wedding cake. and I think it is super that they are hiding the new under the old. the best of both worlds. I have always wanted a small very old log cabin, but it would have to have power, wifi and hot showers
ReplyDeleteI think my humans (at least one of whom wants to live "off-grid") agree with having lecky (although they are looking at generating it on site), wifi and hot showers. I'm ambivalent about hot showers but it does charge their batteries in the morning, and then I get breakfast. xxx Mr T
DeleteThere should be lots of spots there that Tigger can get on to have a good nosey at what the hoomans are doing around town.
ReplyDeleteThe tower is rather fabulous. Arilx
ReplyDeleteLots of those in this part of the world. One establishment even had 4 - which seemed a bit protective....share them around. xxx Mr T
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