This past weekend, we decided to do a day trip up to Shkoder, a city about 2 hours north of Tirana. The principal attractions in Shkoder were the Venetian Mask Factory and the Rozafa Castle. We visited them both and really enjoyed the trip!
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| City of Shkoder |
The owner of the Venetian Mask Factory is apparently pretty famous for what he does. He has several shops in Venice and one in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas where he sells the masks that he makes at his factory here. Fortunately, for us, they are cheapest here, hot off the factory floor! We went to Shkoder with some friends, and Sean and our friend Tom bet on which wife would spend the most money at the mask factory. While all the masks were beautiful, I didn't end up buying one at the time, so Sean lost, but won in the end since we didn't spend any money...yet. haha. I had seen one that my friend had purchased, and I fell in love with it, so I'm holding out until he makes one like it again. Once that happens, I will be spending some serious money, it just wasn't this weekend. :)
Rozafa Castle was pretty cool. A lot bigger than some of the other castle ruins that we have visited. It was pretty hot the day we went, but it all worked out. Much to our dismay, Asher was fascinated with the wroght iron trash bins...that made for a couple of breakdowns at the end of a long day. He slept all the way home though, so that was wonderful!
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View of the nearby Mosque from the top of the mountain.
We could hear the call to prayer reverberating through
the valley as we walked around the castle. |
Sweet Asher - He always has a smile for the camera.
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| Asher, starting to show that he's pretty much done for the day :) |
After a good day, we went home, took a nap and then went to a pool party. Asher did great with the full day. Lots of fun all around.
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