Today we are leaving Kosovo after nearly a year of living in Mitrovica. There are many aspects of life here, we know we will both miss. But, now it’s vacation time. Five weeks, ten countries.
Tag Archives: Balkans
Images from Podgorica & Budva
Goodbye Kosovo, Hello Vacation
Images from Kotor
The Mystery of Gjakove
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When I asked a Kosovar friend to tell me about Gjakove, she shrugged and explained that the people there are all selfish and strange. The way people poke fun at it in Mitrovica made me expect to step off the … Continue reading
Banjska Remains
As we sipped our coffee in Mitrovica, white flecks of winter began to drift down from the sky. Gloomy-grey hung over the town as if the residents were never meant to wake up. We traversed the river and piled in … Continue reading
The Obama
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
Images from a Day in Deçan
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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
6 Vjet Kosova
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
Further Adventures Across the River
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
