Welcome to Albaniac!
In 1926 Rose Wilder Lane—journalist, writer, and daughter of the not-yet-iconic Laura Ingalls Wilder—moved to Albania. 100 years later, I'm retracing her journey, the loooooooong way.
What is Albaniac?
In August 1926, Rose Wilder Lane, journalist, writer, and daughter of the not-yet-iconic children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder, moved to Albania with traveling companion Helen Boylston.
Rose set to renovate an Ottoman-era house and tend to an elaborate garden. She loved the country so much that when she came down with malaria, she wrot…