Coffee at the Top of a Mountain

It’s quite a true fact – and one that happens rather regularly:
One can get on a mountain bike, ride for 5 hours into the mountains of Albania – seemingly in the middle of nowhere – meet a friendly man walking along the road, and be invited to a nearby house/store for a Turkish coffee. These people seem to come out of the woodwork and all happen to have coffee on hand while overlooking an incredible vista in the middle of nowheres-ville, Albania. Well, I bet you didn’t guess it, but that’s exactly how this Saturday biking trip turned out!

I poke fun at the seemingly bizarre situations like this one which I find myself in, but in reality, Albanian hospitality is quite welcoming and very friendly … and besides, who wouldn’t want to know what a few weird Americans are doing in the middle of nowhere on some bikes?

Enjoy the pics of some rural Albania villages and the people along the way.
Jeff