Beatrice Hamblett Photography
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So Hot
Traveling to Albania, I make a stop half way in Metsovo, a small village pressed into the mountain side on the eastern edge of the Pindos Range of Greece. I arrive there red as a strawberry and sweating profusely. My small Suzuki Jeep is a wondrous beast full of low gear power but with no AC she offers no comfort on summer’s hot highways.
Prom Night in Permet
The town square in Permet, Albania is lively on a summer’s evening. Kids are whizzing by on bicycles and scooters and little and big girls stroll across the square hand-in-hand. Young mothers are guiding their little ones who are eager to try out new legs with a free sprint around the cascading fountain. Cafes on the square are filled to capacity.
Border Business
“Passport please,” demands a policeman as he approaches my Jeep. We're at a roadside pullover near Kefalohori, Greece just a stone's throw over the Grammos mountains from Albania. In these parts, I can't remember a time I have NOT been asked to show my papers or open the trunk of my car.