I entered Albania today - the land of architectural eyesores. But the roads are much better; in Montenegro, there were rarely paved shoulders on busy rural roads. I’m glad to be churning out the kilometers down here, rather than struggling through those huge mountains I see to the east. Last night, I had a great dinner- pasta, soup, bread and cheese. This morning, I stopped at a bicycle shop and got what I needed. The weather was hot and breezy, fortunately the breeze was mostly assisting me along the edge of Shkodra Lake. The agriculture around here is interesting. I’ve seem some pear trees, grapevines, olive trees, tobacco, and fields of herbs: lavender, savory, and sage. The sage fields were huge and had a divine scent as I passed them! I don’t understand how there is such a demand for so much sage.