The Albanian afternoon siesta...
The Albanian afternoon siesta (at least in Sarande) is quite long...lasting until about 5 or 6 in the afternoon with almost everything closed except for hotels and small snack places. If you happen to be on a package day trip from Corfu to Butrint, Albania do not expect to be able to buy anything 'Albanian' other than the odd postcard and t-shirt from the few ladies that hang out around the buses. Instead, use the 3 or so hours after lunch (and before the ferry leaves to go back to Corfu) to take a quick trip out into the Albanian countryside to see the Blue Eye Spring 'Syrin e Kalter' in Albanian (see writeup under 'Absolute Must See'), or to go to the fort at the top of the mountain just south of Sarande. The view from the fort of Sarande and the Albanian coastline is spectacular to say the least.
