I love T, where are we today?

First day of our latest holiday today, and where are we?

I am always a fan of the 'I love' signs, but I have never seen one that uses only the first letter. I could be in Turin, Toronto or even Taiwan, but actually it is Tirana in Albania. Not necessarily the first T that comes to mind.

We are in the main Skanderbeg Square, and they also have a very large flag, with the excellent national emblem.

The square is named after a 15th century hero, Gjergji Skanderbeg, who fought against the Ottoman empire.

We set off this morning at 2.30am, arriving in Tirana before noon, and after a quick nap at our hotel we set off to explore.

Tirana is a very compact capital city with lots of building work going on, and this incredible church was actually built in 2017.

This is just a random new tower block, but look closely and every balcony has two full sized trees on them. It looks good now, and hope that they all get enough water and grow well.

To be honest there aren't many stand out sights, but this is called the pyramid, and appears to be a building underneath with loads of steps on the outside rather than having a roof. Nice views from the top.

Finally for today, we had dinner in an area called the Castle. This is a bit of an exaggeration as there is almost no castle left standing, but there was lots of bars and restaurants and a lovely atmosphere with families promenading in the evening sunshine.