06 May 2013

Albanian Beauty & its 700,000 Bunkers: Profiling a Man Who Built Them

Thank you Tricia for the nice and emotional article and the wonderful look inside everyday life in our beautiful country Albania!


Albanian Beauty & its 700,000 Bunkers: Profiling a Man Who Built Them


As our minibus chugged through the Albanian countryside during our 6-hour trip, my husband and I inadvertently created a new car ‘game’ to pass the time: who could first spy a bunker as a new one appeared in the ever-changing panorama?
With nearly 700,000 bunkers still dotting the southeast European nation’s landscape even today, the game didn’t prove challenging. We saw a man leading a donkey past a mammoth-sized bunker, and then small ones clustered at the tops of hills, plus another pair nestled beside a home.......
bunker in albanian countryside
Just one of 700,000 + bunkers scattered across the Albanian landscape.
 
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Also in this article don’t miss Shawn’s video below,


 

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