We needed to return the rental car this morning, so we’re implementing our newly-decided-upon “morning routine” — up at 8:30 — to give ourselves some additional time in the morning.
We drove from the apartment along the northern edge of Skanderbeg Square and dropped the car off with very little fuss. Lanes are transient and lights are optional, but now after a weekend of driving under my belt, I feel more like I’m not going to lose my deposit because I’m not ready for crazy driver antics.
We had missed out on Antigua Coffee Roasters the last time we were in Blloku, so since we were 7/8ths of the way there, we walked across the bridge and over to the shop to try our luck a second time. They were open, and we grabbed coffee and some baked goods and sat on the patio outside in the shade. It’s getting a little warmer now that it’s spring in the Mediterranean, but the shade is still pleasant. They were even nice enough to make us espresso freddos — and they were delicious. We’ll definitely be back.
After that, we grabbed some lunch at a shop called Mr. Chicken, which maybe surprisingly specializes in chicken stuff — chicken sufflaqi, chicken burgers, chicken wraps. (Not to be confused with the Mister Chicken that my mom used to get buckets of chicken from to take to Geauga Lake.) We got a little sampler platter with some chicken byrek, minced chicken skewers, fries and pita bread. A nice quick lunch for under eight bucks.
We grabbed a cab back to the apartment and had a full day out before 1:30.
Seems like the new routine might be working.
Arsenal play in the Champions League tonight. Gonna need cookies for that.