IMG_8658 - At 5 a.m. the call to prayer started from the Et'hem Bey mosque, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the day after Ramadan.
IMG_8659 - With that 5 a.m. call to prayer, the first of 30,000 Muslims started gathering at Skanderbeg Square.
IMG_8660 - We heard calls to prayer at 3:00 and 5:00 a.m., and at 6:00 a.m. bells chimed and prayers started.
IMG_8662 - The morning prayers of Eid al-Fitr, a day of public holiday celebrating The Feast of Breaking the Fast
IMG_8673 - At 7:00 am when we drove out from the hotel, the restaurants were, understandably, very busy!
IMG_8676 - A sweet pair of statues in Kamëz, Albania, just north of Tirana
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IMG_8679 - The Muslim hospitality code in Albania provided safe haven from the Fascists for 2,000 European Jews.
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IMG_8682 - This flat Plain of Tirana follows the Adriatic coast north from Tirana to the Macedonian border.
IMG_8684 - Mal Milot mountain and its knob, Maja e Suksit, behind the town of Milot, have year-round hiking trails.
IMG_8690 - The large flat coastal Adriatic plain welcomes the Mediterranean climate to western Albania.