Anybody wanna go to Albania with me?

When my globe-trotting sister flew to ROMANIA recently, I did the next-best thing -- I "ARMCHAIR TRAVELED" across the former IRON CURTAIN.
I picked up "THE LONELY PLANET GUIDE TO EASTERN EUROPE."
After reading the Romanian chapter, I delved into the descriptions of neighboring MOLDOVA (including its oddly still-communist breakaway territory, the TRANS-DNIESTR).
Last night, I read about ALBANIA, and I decided that -- one of these days -- I would like to travel there.
My own globe-spanning adventures (London, Sydney, Mexico, Canada, er... Nevada) are unfortunately few and far between.
That's why I cherish books like the one I'm reading now.