Easter in Albania~~~ Twice

Good Friday, April 19

Holy Saturday, April 20

Easter Sunday, April 21

Easter Monday, April 22

~~~or~~~

Good Friday, April 26

Holy Saturday, April 27

Easter Sunday, April 28

Easter Monday, April 29

So...

•  According to the Gregorian calendar, the Catholic and Protestant  churches celebrate Easter on April 22. 
• According to the Julian calendar, the Orthodox church celebrates Easter a week later. 

The thing that makes me smile...is that Easter Monday's are a "national holiday" and banks, etc are closed. For a nation that was declared "the only atheist nation in the world", from 1944 until 1990, and  58.79% of Albania's population adheres to Islam, (2011 census). 

In February, I was invited to attend

the graduation ceremony for the 

Physical Therapy students

from the University. It was a "general"

celebration , as the individual 

departments had already had their

specific celebrations. 

It was an honor for me to be able to attend. 

Try this drink...

Tall machiato, Popcorn Latte

for only 100lek. (about .91 cents)

Please Forgive me...

I have been very busy, and to be honest...I forgot about this blog site.  So...I will catch you up on some things that make me laugh...and I will try to post a little more often...;-)