Spring is the kindest season to meet Albania. March opens with cool air and wildflowers on the hills, April brings blossom to the old towns and jasmine to the streets of Tirana, and May turns warm enough for long days in the mountains and slow mornings on Lake Ohrid. This guide to Albania in spring…
Dearborn stands as the halal food capital of the American Midwest and a rewarding food city for Muslim travellers. The city sits in Wayne County, Michigan, about 10 miles west of downtown Detroit, and it grew around the Ford Motor Company and the Rouge River. Today Dearborn is home to one of the largest Arab…
Santa Ana stands as the county seat of Orange County in Southern California, a compact city with a walkable downtown, world class museums, a small zoo, and one of the strongest halal food scenes in the region. The city sits a short drive from Anaheim and Irvine, yet it holds its own as a family…
Albanian food is simple, generous and deeply local, built on flaky pastry, grilled lamb, fresh vegetables, soft cheese, warm bread and lake fish. The national dish, tave kosi, bakes lamb with yoghurt and egg in an earthenware dish, while byrek, the flaky pastry filled with spinach, cheese or potato, appears in bakery windows and market…
Fourteen days in Albania give a first time visitor the whole country at a slow pace. This Albania two week itinerary runs from Tirana to Kruje, south to Berat and Gjirokaster, inland to the Blue Eye spring and the ruins of Butrint, east to Lake Ohrid and Korca, north to Shkodra and the Albanian Alps,…
Greensboro sits in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina as the third largest city in the state, a former textile and railroad city turned university city and civil rights landmark. The city was founded in 1808 and named for General Nathanael Greene, whose army fought the Battle of Guilford Courthouse here in 1781, and the…
Five days in Albania give a first time visitor the full shape of the country: two UNESCO old towns in the south, and a final day that can turn north to the Albanian Alps or east to Lake Ohrid. The route runs south from Tirana through Kruja, Berat and Gjirokaster, then back to the capital,…
Columbia sits at the meeting point of the Broad River and the Saluda River in the centre of South Carolina, a capital city founded in 1786 and named for Christopher Columbus. The Congaree River forms here where the two rivers join. The South Carolina State House stands at the top of Main Street, the University…
Tallahassee sits in the rolling hills of North Florida, about 20 miles from the Georgia line, and it works as the capital of Florida and as a college city. The city holds the Florida State Capitol, the Tallahassee Museum with native Florida wildlife, the living history village of Mission San Luis, the camellia gardens of…
Toledo sits on the Maumee River in north west Ohio, close to the Michigan line and the western end of Lake Erie, as a glassmaking city with a free world class art museum, a celebrated zoo and a deep Lebanese and Syrian heritage. The best time to visit Toledo depends on what matters most to…