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The Obama

Posted on March 11, 2014 by WantofWonders

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Who do you think is the most important leader in the world? Students in two of my 11th grade classes pondered this question during an introduction to second conditionals. In the first class, this question popped a classroom’s worth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo Tagged Balkans, Classroom Experiences, Europe, Kids, Mitrovica, Politics, Schools

Images from a Day in Deçan

Posted on March 2, 2014 by WantofWonders

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This gallery contains 9 photos.

Deçan is a small town between Gjakove and Peje in western Kosov@. Towards the hills, just outside of town, one of Kosov@’s 14th century Serbian Orthodox monasteries lies in an idyllic valley. A twenty minute walk from the center of … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo, Photographs Tagged Balkans, Bus travel, Europe, Historical, Mountains, Serbian Orthodox Church

Images from Barcelona

Posted on February 23, 2014 by WantofWonders

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This gallery contains 19 photos.

Posted in Photographs, Spain Tagged Architecture, Beach, Catalonia, Europe, Food, Historical

6 Vjet Kosova

Posted on February 20, 2014 by WantofWonders

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On Monday, February 17th, citizens of Kosovo celebrated independence. This day marked six years since Kosovars officially declared their separation from Serbia. The phrase of the day, in the southern part of Kosovo anyway, was 6 Vjet Kosova (6 Years Kosovo). … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo, Photographs Tagged Balkans, Europe, Holidays, Mitrovica, Politics, Post-conflict, Pristina

Shqip

Posted on February 16, 2014 by WantofWonders

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Any guesses about how to pronounce ‘Shqip’? How about the meaning? Shqip: the Albanian word for ‘Albanian’. Like many Albanian words to English speakers,  it appears to be an unpronounceable twist on a common enough English word. And, in fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo Tagged Albanian, Europe, Language

A Word on Marseille

Posted on February 2, 2014 by WantofWonders

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After settling into our seats on the TGV train in Geneva, an elegant woman draped in a fashionable tapestried print set her handbag on one of the seats facing us. She bent over and dug out magazines, sudoko books, a … Continue reading →

Posted in France Tagged Beach, Europe, Mediterranean, Train Travel

Marseille in December

Posted on January 24, 2014 by WantofWonders

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This gallery contains 25 photos.

Posted in France, Photographs Tagged Beach, Churches, Europe, Food, Parks, Statues, Tea

Further Adventures Across the River

Posted on January 19, 2014 by WantofWonders

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After our first journey from south to north Mitrovica, we were tempted to return often and we did several times in the month following that first encounter with the other side. On our jaunts around town, it felt freeing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo, Photographs Tagged Balkans, Europe, Ibar River, Kosovska Mitrovica, Mitrovica, Monuments, Post-conflict, Serbian Orthodox Church

Images from Geneva

Posted on January 11, 2014 by WantofWonders

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This gallery contains 9 photos.

Posted in Photographs, Switzerland Tagged Chocolate, Europe

Over the River

Posted on December 22, 2013 by WantofWonders

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For more than two months we have wondered east and west along the bank of the Ibar River. We have sat on the steps of the bank gazing north, watching for a glimpse of life on the other side, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Kosovo Tagged Balkans, Europe, Ibar River, Kosovska Mitrovica, Mitrovica, Politics, Post-conflict

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