Hi. Where are you from? Bangladesh. Bangladesh? Yeah.
Tabak (tabacco)?
I don't know if this is a lichi or not.
Let me try it out.
Today I am in TIrana, the capital city of
Albania and today I'm gonna try to go
to this market called Pazari i Ri, which is like an
open market with fresh produce and stuff that's supposedly
been around for, like 100 years or 200 years.
So let's check it out.
This place is really easy to find.
You just go to the main square in Tirana
and walk, like, 500 meters.. uff that dumpster smelled bad..
and then it should be right there.
I've kind of been in there once before when
everything was closing and it was kind of empty. Today
it's 03:30. P.m.
right now, so hopefully that should give me enough
time to see more stuff than last time. There it is.
You can see the starting of the market.
And I know this is it because
there's, like, glass walls everywhere here.
I can smell the meat already.
And this is, I guess, more of the meat stuff.
A lot of shops seem to be already closed.
The lights are turning on and off.
So I guess this is where they keep
the fish, I'm guessing because it's all ice.
Oh, there is more fish,
actually.
This is all raw fish, and they just put
ice on it to make it stay fresh, I guess.
Now onto the less smelly stuff.
There you go.
Like I said, this has got,
like a greenhouse vibe to it.
That's pretty cool.
Hello.
What is this?
One kilo is 600 leks. Okay.
So they have nuts here.
600.
faleminderit (thank you)
This is actually delicious.
It's like 600 leks.
It's like $5 for one kilo.
Definitely won't be needing one kilo of this.
I see they have some cracked ones over here.
Okay, faleminderit (thank you).
This, I think. Hi.
Hi
Where are you from? Bangladesh. Bangladesh? Yeah.
Tabak? Tabak?
I'm looking at it.
No, I can't.
Oookay Bangladeshi.
So one thing a lot of Americans, a lot
of the countries don't know is that a lot
of people like to roll their own cigarettes instead
of, like, smoking cigarettes straight out of a pack.
So usually you can find small bags of tobacco and
small filters and papers and everything to roll it.
And in this place.. I'm not
encouraging smoking, by the way.
And in this place, they have, like, these huge
bags, massive bags, like 500 grams of tobacco.
I think if you're smoking a lot, this
is the efficient way to do it.
You just get, like, a lot of tobacco.
You can have pipes and stuff. Look at that.
Pipe. Tabak
Want tobacco?
No, not for now. Take for your friends. Maybe later.
No, thank you.
Bangladesh huh? Bangladesh
A lot of new things are empty.
I think I actually came too late because I
think during the day there's just more stuff. Hello.
It's like this market.
Oh it's like fanny packs and stuff.
Beanies.
No, I don't need a glasses right now.
I'm just looking.
Okay, faleminderit (thank you)
battery
It's AA
How much is this?
200 leks.
faleminderit (thank you)
Okay. Thank you.
I've got some batteries because I need them for
my keyboard and mouse before I forget about it.
Sorry.
Let's see, what else is there?
New Bazaar
I think most of the fruits and vegetables
are actually gone for today, but there are
a lot of Albanian flags, I think.
Oh, this is just like carpets and
stuff. Let's have a better look.
Okay.
These are definitely like carpets that
are unique to this region
I want to say. I never
saw anything like this in Germany,
let's say. This is like a popular item for
tourists for sure to get on their travels.
I know because I was traveling with a friend
from Germany who got a carpet like this.
And the cool part about this is
this is not meant for tourists.
This is just how the local people sell stuff.
See what else is actually open.
Okay, there's some bananas.
Hmmm
I do like bananas.
Hi.
Can I get bananas?
How much? (speaks Albanian)
200?
400? ok
So it's 400 not 200
Oh it's 240 OK
Faleminderit (thank you). So I got six fat bananas
for 240 leks, which is basically $2. One
fascinating thing that I found out when I first
came to Albania is that this whole country didn't
have bananas because it was like run by a
crazy isolationist guy who stopped imports of things.
A lot of people in this country hadn't seen a banana
till like the 90s and then it was like a luxury item.
Not so much luxury now because you
can actually get it for $2.
So cool.
Look at all the glass.
Look at the glass roof.
This is so cool.
Okay, so this is more smoking stuff.
Let's see what else is there.
More carpets, more fresh fruits.
I usually like oranges, but I don't think I'm
going to have the time to eat too much
fruit because I'm leaving Albania in two days max.
That's when my airbnb expires and I
need to get to another city.
What is this?
Hello.
What is this?
Chai
Oh, tea okay.
So they have like tea here
that's like straight up plants.
I've never seen that before.
More tobacco
There's a lot of tobacco here.
Now we're talking.
So now we see a lot more produce.
These are olives.
And if you don't know, this region is kind
of known for olives, the Mediterranean olives and stuff.
So I'm guessing it's really good.
I don't usually eat a lot of olives
so I'm not going to get any.
But surely I can try one
is it 300 /kg
So 300 /kg or what is it like.. It's very good
Can I try one?
Let's try one
Tastes like a fresh olive.
I don't know why people just eat this without anything.
I know some my friends do. It's great to me
when it's served with something else, but not by itself.
There's also all these, like, magnets.
See that woman?
That is Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Very famous here because she is of Albanian descent.
Very famous where I'm from in Bangladesh because I
think she spent most of her life in West
Bengal, a region of India that speaks my language.
This is a good person to
promote if you're promoting the country. I like it.
They also have a lot of, like
cute little plates.
I guess this is more for tourists too
Lots of cups and plates.
Very, very Southern Balkan,
Middle Eastern vibes going on here.
And then there's water.
And I guess there's, like, these necklaces with
eyes, if you're a hippie, this is where you want
to come to buy, necklaces with eyes.
Something I just noticed is that right next to
this new bazaar, or old bazaar, whatever this is
called, is a mosque with the classic Ottoman minaret.
And next to it are, like,
all these nice restaurants, I think.
I doubt this is a cheap place to eat out.
Now you have a lot more different kind
of nuts
Even more olives and peppers.
So this is really cool too, I
think to Westerners, because you don't get fresh
produce like this in most Western countries.
It just comes, like, packaged
and wrapped from somewhere else.
But if you're like me from Bangladesh or some Asian country,
this is probably the norm for how you buy stuff.
Even more nuts.
Don't know if this is a lichi or not.
Let me try it out.
I think this is a lichi. Is this lichi?
Okay, this is lichi
So this, when I buy it in Bangladesh,
would come with a seed and stuff.
But in this case, it just
comes, like, without the seed.
I didn't even know people sold it like that
I love lichi.
Some big a** watermelons, pineapples.
You name it, they have it. All kinds of fruits.
Hello.
There's flowers, too.
Last but not least, there's also some
pottery, which is pretty freaking cool.
S9 this, I think, is the more touristy part.
This is probably for tourists.
I don't see a lot of Abanians coming here,
locals and buying clay pots from this market.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
There's some, like, little piggy banks for kids too.
I used to have that stuff in
Bangladesh when I was a kid.
Last but not least, there is a lot of rakia, or raki.
So even if you've been to the Balkans for, like, two
days, no matter what country it is, anything between Slovenia and
Turkey, I want to say, you probably know that people live
by th raki and die by the raki over here.
Raki is, like, the most important drink. I know
a lot of friends whose grandparents make their
own raki, and it's like a gift.
And usually, you know, raki is good
if it comes in a plastic bottle,
then it means it's, like, homemade.
So if you see over there, the very
end, let me get, try to get closer.
At the very end.
See those plastic bottles?
That's what the good raki's supposed to be like,
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