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At 6:00 PM April 5, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:32 a.m. Sunset (local): 7:20 p.m.	Weather 69°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 1 mi / 2 km Cumulative Total 3476 mi / 5597 km	Lat: 41° 07' 07" N Lon: 16° 52' 11" E Elev: 148 ft / 45 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Bari
Where We're Staying: Pensione Giulia
Places We Visited: port of Durrës, the "poltrone" (or "seat") room on the ferry to Bari, Bari at night
Featured Site: Adriatic Sea
Person of the Day: Oerd Cukalla
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: chocolate milkshake; Breakfast: bread, jam, boiled eggs, cookies, tea, orange juice; Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich, crackers, potato chips and candy bars; Dinner: hamburgers, fries, milkshakes, and a salad; Olive count: 2001
Word of the Day: "Mirupafshim" and "Ja kalofsh mirë" are ways that people say "goodbye" in Albanian. "Mirupafshim" literally means "I hope to see you well," whereas "Ja kalofsh mirë" means "Have a nice day." Both are appropriate sentiments for our departure from Albania because the phrases assume that the speaker and listener will see each other again. We certainly hope this will be the case.
Tech Fact of the Day: counterfeit money: Flat Count (Cumulative): 22; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 28

Next Stop: somewhere in Montenegro (probably Bar)

[Webmaster's Note: This proved to be optimistic. The team stayed in Bari for a few days, unable to visit Yugoslavia. For more about this, read Ethan's Message.]

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