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Your treat or mine?

05.27.2009

When you go out for a coffee or meal with someone, who will treat? When it comes to a birthday in Albania, the custom is that the individual with the birthday will treat others to the desert, coffee or meal together.

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Please, take off your shoes…

05.22.2009

…when doing a visit to an Albanian home! There is an unspoken “no shoes indoors” rule in Albania that is important for visiting guests to know about. Though uncertain as to where this custom originally comes from, it exists for very practical reasons and is an important part of adapting to the culture. Albanians keep [...]

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