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In 2017, British journalist Alice Taylor arrived in Albania for a short visit, not knowing it would change the course of her life
Drawn in by the country’s warmth, culture and unexpected sense of belonging, she decided to stay
What followed was a journey of reinvention, resilience and storytelling in a place she now calls home
When journalist Alice Taylor boarded a plane from Cyprus for a spontaneous weekend getaway to Albania in 2017, she had no idea it would change the course of her life.
Born and educated in the United Kingdom, she had already taken several bold leaps – first moving to Malta for what was meant to be a short gap year, then leaving a stable job in legal communications to pursue journalism with nothing but a cracked iPad and sheer determination.
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