A great start to my first visit to Albania is something that I hadn’t realised, it’s a country where PayPal has decided that it doesn’t want to operate. This means that my PayPal Business Debit card which gives free overseas transactions just doesn’t work, something I realised quickly when the card didn’t work on the airport bus (fortunately, I had euros) and at the hotel. It’s also my only physical card, but at least I have my phone to make contactless card payments from two back-up cards which was helpful to say the least at the hotel.