I wanted to get an Albatross when I started cycling, but didn't due to the price and availability. Since then I took cycling much more seriously, and found drop bars to be the most comfortable, once you get used to it.

There are many shapes of drops though, and from the ones I tried, I found I like anatomic bend with flat ramps for STI levers, and an Italian bend for older, pointed-top hoods.

For my commuter I have a MBK Super Mistral from the early '90s. Some kind of lugged steel, I don't think it's cro-mo even.

Sadly, I hardly ride it since I moved (I now live in Tel-Aviv and work in Herzelia), and now spend most of my saddle time as a proper roadie, with the the odd long distance ride thrown in (Usually a 200km, though I did rode to Eilat a couple of times.)

The MBK could use some new paint and a rebuild, which is why I asked about where you got yours repainted. At least the headset and front wheel should be replaced.

I keep planning to pair it with 25mm or 28mm tires so I could use it on unpaved roads, and ride to work with it (as I don't want to ride on roads 2 or 20), but this is on the backburner, due to lack of time and funds – I recently bought another road bike, and feel like I should sell the previous one before sinking more money into a bike project.