How cheap is ALBANIA? 🇦🇱Food, sightseeing, drinks, under 20 euro a day!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2019
  • You already know that Albania is by far my favourite country in Europe. I spent a day in the capital and my wallet was super happy about it.
    Here's a list of where I went:
    -Accomodation: Hostel Milingona
    -First lunch: a bakery on Rruga Qemal Stafa
    -Cable car Dajti Ekspres
    -Bunk'art 1
    -Oda Restaurant
    -Cafe: PeopleBar
    -Lunch: Zgara Albania
    -Bakery: Backmann 2
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    Website: jemimaskelley.com
    Instagram: @jemimaskelley

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  • @JourneyWithJemima
    @JourneyWithJemima  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hi guys! I need to apologize for calling Albania "cheap" - it's a negative word and I didn't think about relative wealth. It's not ok for me to call 20 Euro a day "cheap" when for some people it's a daily wage. I'm sorry!

    • @const1453
      @const1453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      please dont apologise.I hate people who try to be politically correct.We albanians know it that when you say it cheap it means by your own standards and for us is expensive but we do not get offended.
      We are just grateful that you visited our country and we really pray that you had a good and safe time.That is all.

    • @mystiriousblock5787
      @mystiriousblock5787 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it is cheap but doesn't mean we don't have money what do you want😡😡😡😢

    • @cristobaldiego3011
      @cristobaldiego3011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello jemima i love you

    • @WITYTRAVELS
      @WITYTRAVELS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea, for us we found Albania very "affordable" but the quality of the food and the customer service was our of this world! Byreks were always good options for a snack on the go. We loved Dajti Express. Its dropped to 800 Lek a person now.

    • @silversoup4805
      @silversoup4805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Affordable might sound better

  • @timtense
    @timtense 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Albania is a beautiful country! I went in July and would love to go back already! 😍

  • @leanejames1027
    @leanejames1027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I think you're misinforming here: lots of people in Albania use old lek and new lek. So if that guy said nuts were 1400 lek, he meant it in old lek for sure, which is just over a 1 euro only. They are lovely people who will go out of their way to help you.

    • @EJProject
      @EJProject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, nuts and pistachio are expensive. It's 1400 a kg or even more. At that specific market is the most expensive in all Tirana.

    • @monocabine
      @monocabine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EJProject you just being ripped off because you look like a typical tourist

  • @booka852
    @booka852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks for being in kosvo and albania❤️🇽🇰🇦🇱

  • @ILLYRIANW0LF
    @ILLYRIANW0LF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    7:20 A lot of Albanians still tend to refer to old Leke when trading especially in markets, but what they actually mean is New Leke, which has have been Revalued and has had a 0 dropped.
    Which means most likely he/she wasn't trying to charge you €11.50 but €1:15.
    I guess this causes a lot of confusion for tourists.
    Anyway Great Footage, Thanks for sharing.

  • @solosailor222
    @solosailor222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for not contributing to Tourism Inflation ( paying high prices just cause you're on holiday ). It makes prices tougher on the locals to live.

  • @SorgiStories
    @SorgiStories 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That museum is wonderfully creepy. Really cool. Red button hit...glad to help you reap the benefits of being a fellow storyteller!

  • @monju3646
    @monju3646 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved and very much appreciated your commentary-keep it up and ignore any negative comments. Well done!!!!

  • @eneaqoshi
    @eneaqoshi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Meatballs in Albania (And Kosovo) are called Qofte or Kërnacka and they come like sausages-shape. There are round Qofte/Kërnacka obviously but you have to specify.

  • @babajot1158
    @babajot1158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You made beautiful Tirana 😍

  • @purple7vi0let
    @purple7vi0let 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you're beautiful! and the video was great too. all the best to you girl!

  • @PolyglotJOWO
    @PolyglotJOWO 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Albania, one which I and everyone want to feel the atmosphere, ... spending all days and nights with all the uniqueness of the nation and the friendliness

  • @zarajay7396
    @zarajay7396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm impressed you figured out the local buses in less than 24 hours I was there 3 weeks and KEPT GETTING LOST every time I attempted the bus.

  • @PeterWuTravelandSocial
    @PeterWuTravelandSocial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey Jemima,
    This is Peter also a travel TH-camr from Taiwan, and I am currently travelling at Albania. 🇦🇱
    Is Albania really a cheap country? If you understand here people only earn 5€ per day, then you shouldn't use the word cheap here.
    The reason why you feel cheap is because you are from a development country. 😒
    Please revise your tilted for this word.
    Many thanks,
    Peter

    • @JourneyWithJemima
      @JourneyWithJemima  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're completely right Peter, and thanks for the comment. This is something I didnt think about when I was there, but have recently realised that I was wrong to call it cheap. I've definitely changed my language since. I hope you're enjoying Albania, isn't it amazing!

    • @diablohb2780
      @diablohb2780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JourneyWithJemima Well im albanian and you are right that the food is cheap there but you kinda said that Albania is cheap so thats why some got offended but its alright :)

    • @chinatown2926
      @chinatown2926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So joke,is not true people only earn 5 euro in albania,Medium salray is 400 euro in Albania,but in albania salary dosent make much sense to know the really income of albanias,80% of albanias earn extra money after salary, for ex my albanian wife is a nurse,her salrary is around 400 euro a month,but she get daily 20-30 euro tips from sick peoples who give to her like tips for her service...also me i work in call center in albania and i get around 800-900 euro a month. Living in Albania is great,your wallet will be always happy!

  • @eddykukes743
    @eddykukes743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Next time you in town, let me know, so I can guide you to some great places 🇦🇱

    • @HP-sm8pp
      @HP-sm8pp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello eduard! Are you from Albanian ?

    • @eddykukes743
      @eddykukes743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HP-sm8pp yes I am 🤝

    • @eddykukes743
      @eddykukes743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HP-sm8pp why?

    • @HP-sm8pp
      @HP-sm8pp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eddykukes743 I want to visit Albanian

    • @eddykukes743
      @eddykukes743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HP-sm8pp u welcome anytime

  • @Georgiagunit
    @Georgiagunit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing!

  • @romanuskujur6820
    @romanuskujur6820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice vlog

  • @andreaobado2307
    @andreaobado2307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You look grate ...pretty and awesome!!!!!

  • @muhammadkaif4112
    @muhammadkaif4112 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you ❤️

  • @mohamedtraveler1583
    @mohamedtraveler1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greetings from Morocco❤️❤️

  • @Seminari1985
    @Seminari1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hope u enjoyed, Albanians love u 🌹. Hope u visit us again 🍻

  • @DirtyQuestion
    @DirtyQuestion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Albanian food is Albanian original food. All other countries have stole our tradition. Is original Albanian food. Its like a Albanian food is the best food

  • @JC-ce8uw
    @JC-ce8uw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any advice on how to navigate the bus system?

  • @PolyglotJOWO
    @PolyglotJOWO 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try to explore Bali .... I am here and welcome

  • @stephanieanderson7052
    @stephanieanderson7052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'm the photo @ 4:55

  • @aviationfansalbania2332
    @aviationfansalbania2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a nice lady !

  • @afrimimeri
    @afrimimeri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥰🍓😍

  • @eneaqoshi
    @eneaqoshi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Albania uses old lek and new lek (Old lek was used since Albania got their currency and new lek got implemented after the end of the communist regime but people stick to old lek if they are talking informaly, new lek if formaly)
    Old lek: 1400L (L is a symbol for lek) = 1 Euro
    New Lek: 1400L = 10 Euros
    1 Euro = 140L
    That farmers market you went is a bit overpricy but Albanians afford it and the quality money ratio is pretty good!

  • @iamthatguy1870
    @iamthatguy1870 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    07:57.... They Right :)

  • @Cerriks
    @Cerriks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The nuts would have cost 1.2€, but is very confusing because ppl there use old lek and new lek. 1400 lek is old one which would probably be 1.20. €.

  • @shinygirl2007
    @shinygirl2007 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This year the cable car is even around 14€

  • @aleksandersuci8090
    @aleksandersuci8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every comunist comming outside ALBANIA first time visite Hoxha piramide. Creazy

  • @singin8324
    @singin8324 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Albania is not cheap its a beautiful place and has some incredible history but certainly not cheap, i went to buy the galaxy s20 here it cost 189.000 lek = £1,377.Pound, in England that same phone is £900, see the difference and i could go on and on.

  • @chinatown2926
    @chinatown2926 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess you like to sleep at hostel for fun..cuz medium single room hotel price in Tirana is almost the same like hostel. Next time if u visit Tirana i recomand air bb, you can enjoy whole nice cozy apartament for 20-25 euro

    • @JourneyWithJemima
      @JourneyWithJemima  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah i like hostels because I travel alone so I can meet people!

  • @lewis885
    @lewis885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You're gorgeous

  • @taulantqorri9912
    @taulantqorri9912 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome to our beautiful Albania next time if you go to Albania go to city name BERATI it's beautiful and is muzeume city

  • @Leo-gd6jh
    @Leo-gd6jh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jemima .. unique name.. where do ya come from? Thanks for visiting my country..😘

  • @sammyhamawi5940
    @sammyhamawi5940 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Karl wolf ft super sako

  • @jxri299
    @jxri299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waitttt,youuuuuuuu???????from America vs Australia?????

  • @aleftav7231
    @aleftav7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just an friendly advice. Spend more time filming around than going 95 % your face which is really pretty by the way

  • @akki1430
    @akki1430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are so beautiful 💞

  • @jennuary.
    @jennuary. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meatballs are sausage-shaped in Albania, LOL.

  • @mohamedtraveler1583
    @mohamedtraveler1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holle how are you.

  • @cemaciel
    @cemaciel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have tickets for a week in Albania in September. I would like to know how is the covid-19 situation there. Can anyone tell me?

    • @Leo-gd6jh
      @Leo-gd6jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very low bro

    • @Leo-gd6jh
      @Leo-gd6jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best time to get there now not sure it is up to an individual or how you see things say like for example how scare are you of the COVID

    • @cemaciel
      @cemaciel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Leo-gd6jh I'm a little scared. I have a 3 years-old girl. But when I see the beaches the scary goes away. lol

    • @Leo-gd6jh
      @Leo-gd6jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cemaciel scared about what ?

    • @cemaciel
      @cemaciel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Leo-gd6jh Of not being able to return to the Netherlands if the borders close, for example.

  • @acajudi100
    @acajudi100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Halal food in Albania.

  • @arberdumi9216
    @arberdumi9216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that was not sausage it was kebab close to a meatball

  • @carlav1819
    @carlav1819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Come on girl food is so inexpensive in Albania and you’re still complaining about it? Don’t be cheap!

    • @myassessmentadres1349
      @myassessmentadres1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      15 dollars on food is alot of money for 1 person. People live a week on this amount of money

    • @seyl717
      @seyl717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@myassessmentadres1349 She was probably misinformed because there are both new lek and old lek. If that guy said 1400 lek then he probably meant old lek which is just 1 euro. Albania is even cheaper than what is shown here, she says she is getting coffe left and right for 1.5 euros but normal price for coffe is 0.5 euro.

    • @Roni_98
      @Roni_98 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      15 dollars on food is nothing wdym can’t complain

    • @Georgiagunit
      @Georgiagunit 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      she spoke constantly of how cheap it was haha

  • @LonskiBig
    @LonskiBig 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    .....Travelers say it's real cheap there......

  • @hamdanshaikh9067
    @hamdanshaikh9067 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Albania is to much crowded city tirana or less crowded I want less crowded city to visit n which person we can meet for my paper work n visa if you know some one pls send me whatssup no thanking you

  • @visitalbania6770
    @visitalbania6770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🇦🇱🇺🇸🇽🇰🇺🇸🇦🇱🇽🇰

  • @valentinmengra4852
    @valentinmengra4852 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I earn 400$ a month in albania. 20$ a day would be to much for me and for 90% of albainans.

  • @Ash-db5mp
    @Ash-db5mp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How sad that people base their favorite countries off of how cheap it is rather than idk, its culture or the people who inhabit it. !?

  • @NandiCollector
    @NandiCollector 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:46 WRONG! This massive underground anti-atomic bunker was prepared for the high hierarchy of the Communist leadership & Army officials during the 1970-80s in case Albania would be attacked by the US & NATO.
    *the military did knew where the bunker was.
    Thanks for visiting my country. :)

    • @randomperson8162
      @randomperson8162 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We actually used to hide aliens there..

    • @NandiCollector
      @NandiCollector 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomperson8162 fiks 😂

  • @kneesdownfeets6021
    @kneesdownfeets6021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9 MILLIONS Albanians only 2.7 MILLION in A.L.B.A.N.I.A. 4 MILLION Albanians has never being in Albania special the new western albanian generation.

  • @firstlast2437
    @firstlast2437 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Albania is not "cheap" , just inexpensive

  • @PodrumMusic
    @PodrumMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah is yunmy when u come from europe to kosovo but is delisous money when u work on kosovo for 250€month🤣🤣

  • @hennryhill2095
    @hennryhill2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You called bankers things which were made for rich families. There werent rich people in Albania during communism. The most "rich" people were the miners. It was preety much an equal society.
    Everyone had a normal life, i could say better in quality than now. There was no crime, no Poverty (i am speaking about actual poverty, there was no actual hunger, while there are about 1 million people in albania right now living with less than 5 euros per day) no drugs, no prostituion.
    And all this without having to do imperialism to the whole world like you people do from the west.

  • @faizana3506
    @faizana3506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    jemima .... you are soooooooo pretty...... are you single?

  • @analbanianwoman9104
    @analbanianwoman9104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We Analbanians are extremely poor so we are cheap af

    • @sassyandsmartassy325
      @sassyandsmartassy325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh hi, it's you again, the troll who keeps leaving negative comments under every video that happens to have Albania in it's title. Honestly, don't you have anything better to do with your life?

    • @turkyurdu6442
      @turkyurdu6442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sassyandsmartassy325 its Just irony and angry serb account dont worry 🤣

    • @analbanianwoman9104
      @analbanianwoman9104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sassyandsmartassy325 Hello Analbanian. I am here to comment on almost every Analbanian video to show how Analbania is awesome country

    • @analbanianwoman9104
      @analbanianwoman9104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turkyurdu6442 Noooo. TH-cam deleted my comment. Even TH-cam dont want to know the truth :(

    • @sassyandsmartassy325
      @sassyandsmartassy325 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@analbanianwoman9104 you know what they say, seeing is believing. The viewers can either trust a well constructed video that showcases diverse aspects of the subject, or you, a troll who can't even spell nor create a grammatically correct sentence.
      For the love of God, get a hobby. Trying to mislead people by lying on the internet isn't a hobby. No-one is believing you.
      I won't waste my time on you anymore, even though I feel sorry for you, so I'm not responding to any of your future comments.