hello and welcome to the Edges of Earth, my name is Brock. i found a pretty cool place in old town Vlorë.
basically, it's like… it's a cool street full of tons of different vendors.
i walked through here a couple of days ago, and zero things. it was totally empty. now today, this morning, at like 10 o'clock in the morning, it's just full of stuff!
over there, they're selling cigarettes and footballs. picture frames, umbrellas, toys, sunglasses, bags of tobacco, hats, socks, shoes, watches…literally everything you could imagine is in this area.
it's really cool. gloves… i need some gloves. my hands are so cold.
interesting. this is cool. when i was in Korcë they had a place similar like this, but it wasn't as cool. this is really neat. i feel like i'm in India or or southeast Asia all over again.
it's really interesting. batteries…they're selling batteries as well. clothes. i need to buy some pants… mine ripped yesterday.
so i'm literally on the market for some some pants, i suppose. i'm not sure where i'm going. i'm just looking around.
it's kind of cool, they have… you can buy some faucets, a broom, lots of tools… wow, lots of cool stuff.
really, really cool.
i'm not sure what's over here.
rope and tools.
[Speaking Albanian]
so i keep walking around… every two seconds i find more stuff.
Photo.
Photo? Uh, video. Movie. Movie?
I don’t know. Walking..
I don’t know.
[Speaking Albanian]
Yeah, it’s no problem. Very good.
[Speaking Albanian]
Oh, you want this one? The boots. he wants to show his boots. Very good. But you…no boots.
No.
[Speaking Albanian]
no idea.
i wish i could speak Albanian, but unfortunately my Albanian is not good.
what is.. what is this?
what is this? is it for like a...i think… i think it's like a…
[Speaking Albanian]
it's like a… i think it's a mouse trap, i'm not sure.
several people have tried to communicate to me, but unfortunately, i can't respond.
a lot of smiles.
some of the things that they say have a similar sound in english, so i can understand some words. which is interesting. but for the majority of everything else, no. but they're very friendly.
shoes. a lot of used shoes. and now, i think i've entered this area of fruit, and vegetables, and meat.
i asked someone.. and he said it's actually… they close at 2 o'clock. 2 o'clock.
wow, so there's a lot of apples and stuff. we'll have to walk over there in a second.
interesting.
so the vegetables are next to the clothes which are next to the the axes and knives.
and makeup over here. you can buy a purse and perfume.
scissors.
a couple bags.
children's clothing and shoes.
wow. this whole area it just keeps going. i'm gonna get lost.
tons of shoes.
well now i found a cheap place to come and buy some extra clothing. i guess if i need some.
coffee shop. i might have to stop and grab some coffee.
wow, so yeah, if you are looking for a place to get cheaper clothing than some of the big stores nearby, this is definitely the place.
i don't know about the quality, but…definitely have a lot of different options.
kind of cool.
Pants.
[Speaking Albanian]
yeah? I don’t know. Only English.
He’s the good man, huh?
President.
I don’t know.
Photo?
how about this?
say ‘hello’.
i think i'm in the women's clothes section over here.
i think this is… i think this is where it ends, over here.
[Speaking Albanian]
A cane?
[Speaking Albanian]
it just never ends. it just keeps going and going.
now i'm in the kitchen and appliance section.
oh wow it changes to rugs.
they have mattresses and rugs.
kind of cool. i've actually seen some of the rugs that they have. it's really…really cool rugs.
It looks like the last thing is stoves.
oh my god. i'm so cold i had to stop and get coffee.
it's a really, really cool experience walking around there.
i'm still here.
i'm in a coffee shop basically right next to the market. I’m in like… in the middle of the market still.
there was a couple older men who stopped me and wanted to talk to me. several people stopped me and wanted to talk to me. but these guys just wouldn't stop talking.
they couldn't speak a word in english, i couldn't speak a word in Albanian. but they would not stop trying to talk.
so then we started translating and they… i don't know, i only understood maybe 5%.
the topic quickly turned to politics, and communism, and our current president, and how old i am. something like that.
and there was a couple times where one of the old men, like, punched the other man in the arm to say ‘no don't ask that’! so it was kind of comical. but they just wouldn't stop talking.
[Speaking Albanian]
so anyway, i'm trying to warm up a little bit with this little tiny cup of coffee and then i'm going to buy them cups of coffee as well. and give it to them before i leave.
so anyway, they're just sitting out there all alone waiting for people to buy their stuff.
anyway, that's it. hopefully you enjoyed walking around this interesting market.
in the description below, i will put a pin… drop a pin on google maps so you can see exactly where i'm at, in case you want to come and walk through this place yourself.
so that's it, i'm gonna go off to my next place.
thank you all for watching. remember, your time is running out… start living! take care.