Donika from Shkodra

So Donika, my alter ego, is from Shkodra and she's happy to be in Shkodra for the weekend. Initially this weekend was going to include a trip to Kosovo but at the last minute I arrived in Shkodra instead with a colleague who needed to come for interviews - since Shkodra is my "home" of course I was down. A quick recap of what's happened thus far:

- Arrived by furgon and this furgon actually had air conditioning
- A kid who had spent some time in Malta knew some English and knew how to get to the house we were staying at so he showed us the way
- We went to this house (which belongs to two Peace Corp volunteers and put our stuff down
- Walked around the city and then headed to the lake for dinner where we ate the best carp fish ever (as always at the Shkodra Lake). This time I also had cornbread and by far the best cornbread I've ever eaten in Albania (and I eat a lotta cornbread)
- Decided to pick a hotel to stay at by the lake b/c it was so beautiful. So the same cab driver took us to get our stuff and then back to the lake - Gjovalin, he's so nice
- This morning Gjovalin came to pick us up and invited us to his daughter's wedding which is on the 4th of August
- We got so excited that we went and bought dresses on the spot!
- Met up with the directors of a museum (one of which is a good friend) and I ended up being a translator for a German couple that only spoke English and no Albanian
- Had an interview and coffee; at some point I had the best iced cappucino that I've tasted
- Walked around the city some more and now on our way to Velipoje, the beach!!

More to come, I love this place