Greetings from Tirana, #Albania
It was an epic trip. Sort of a disabled Odyssey, but I'm here!
I'm glad Past Me didn't get the converted basement to save money, but knew that Future Me would be tired as hell from modern air travel and would need something calming.
It's a beautiful apt with a balcony. I heard my first call to prayer (and at first thought it was that the ambulances sounded "weird" here...)
Had a great convo with the taxi driver on the way here. Great guy.