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Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren June 20th 2023

I feel better when I wake up so head to breakfast. No pastries today but I eat a cake bread instead which is good. I go for another walk before work and get the feeling that even with missing yesterday I will have seen most of the touristy side if Prizren if I head the castle at night. I really like this beautiful city though. It was barely touched in the war so has all its old school charm. Its lively, has a great vibe even at 9am. I work for the morning then head to the river for lunch. I have an amazing burrito which is more like a fajita but it’s amazing. I have two cokes then head back for the afternoon. At 6 I log off and head straight to the castle. It ... read more
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Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren June 19th 2023

I sleep well even though the bed sinks in the middle and wake up with the sun at 5 so draw the curtains and sleep in until 8. I get up and wash my hair which was overdue and then head out for an explore before breakfast. I run into a woman on the reception desk who introduces herself as the owner and asks me if I’m looking fir breakfast. I’d forgotten about it so I’m happy to accept. It’s pastries, Fruit, cheese, meats, bread and spreads and I make an instant coffee before she comes and offers me a machiato I spend an hour at breakfast then head out fur a 30 minute walk before I have to log on for work. It is a small city and we are in a great location. I ... read more
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Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren May 28th 2017

Rano ma vyhana z postele bolest brucha, neskor uz len vylihovanie a relax v posteli. V lobby dopisujem dennik, medzi tym staff chysta ranajky. No ranajky ked sa to tak da nazvat, dzus, kava, jeden toast, vajicko natvrdo,maslo,syr, 3 kolieska uharku, 3 kolieska salamu a jedno koliesko rajciny. Zlate turecko, tam boli kralovske ranajky, ze sa potom clovek ani pohnut nevedel. Inak vcera sa mi pokazil zips na nohaviciach, t.j. uz z nich nemozem spravit dlhe ale ostavaju iba kratke. Po jedle smer bus stanica cca 25.min pesibusom. Cestou nic specialne aj ked som siel bocnou ulickou, proste nic co by ma oslovilo, mozno akurat zas cigany v smetakoch. No a este na hlavnej triede bol vybity vyklad, vonku hliadkovali policajti a ja si v pohode na mieste cinu zavazujem snorky. Este su tu zaujimave nemocnice, ... read more

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren August 13th 2016

After a good night rest we woke up and took a nice Greek breakfast. Or next destination for today is Prizren. A picturesque city in the south of Kosovo. According Google Maps it would take us only 3 hour from Thessaloniki. Reality showed the difference… We left Thessaloniki behind us and drove towards the north. Passing Macedonia (Former Yugoslavian Republic Of Macedonia) and entered the border with Kosovo. However there was not a long queue it took some time until it was our turn. Passport check was fine. Green card…. Kosovo is not covered by our car insurance. At the border we could insure our vehicle for 15 Euros for a period of 15 days. Now our car was insured we continued our journey. Off course we know that we don’t have to trust Google Maps ... read more
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Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren May 27th 2016

Woolly says – As I climbed onto our bus for the day I had been trying to work out how many buses we had now used......I lost count after four and found it far more interesting to count my pistachios instead! The half hour journey into Tirana gave me enough time to explain a little more to Jo and Zoe about our destination. Kosovo has a mainly Albanian population, they declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 after years of strained relations between its Serb and Albanian inhabitants. Recognised by the United States and major European Union countries Serbia and Russia still refuses to recognise this fact as do most ethnic Serbs inside Kosovo. After the break-up of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s Serbia responded to separatist pressure from Kosovo by launching a brutal crackdown ... read more
Beautiful View from the rear of the Fortress
View from the Fortress
Looking down to Holy Saviour Church

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren April 20th 2015

Imagine a place where the streets are named after Tony Blair and George Bush, where the main roads have speed signs for tanks and where the inviting looking mountains can't be hiked owing to land mines. You're probably not thinking of Europe, but Europe it is. These oddities are all part of the experience of visiting Europe's newest country, Kosovo. Starting from Skopje in Macedonia, my wife, I and our 11 month old daughter crossed the border into Kosovo for a couple of days to explore what is perhaps Europe's least known country. We turned off the main Skopje to Pristina road (look out for another signs thanking NATO and the EU) and drive across the Sharri mountains int he direction of Prizren, Kosovo's second city. The Sharri mountains looked great but some of the paths ... read more
Sharri Mountains, Kosovo
Kosovo-Macedonia border crossing
Ruth and Amy in the Sharri mountains

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren August 3rd 2014

And so next on to Europe's newest country, Kosovo, which we visited on an overnight trip from Macedonia. We split our time between the city of Prizren and the capital city Pristina. The trip from Skopje to Prizren through the Sharr mountains was spectacular. We stopped at the town of Prevalla for a coffee and later at an excellent restaurant called Vila Park, just outside Prizren, which served great meat dishes. Prizren turned out to be a real find, with lovely old cobbled streets, a beautiful mosque and churches, good restaurants and a nice hilltop view from the fortress. Amy's Mum and Dad were very excited to find baby high-chairs available and a decent cot in the hotel - very impressive! Our quick visit to Pristina was less interesting. It took longer to get there than ... read more
Prizren, Kosovo
Speed limit for tanks
Someone likes the EU!

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren September 20th 2012

Resumo: Dia de cão; Num quarto com músicos; Estou bem. Sai da pacata cidade Bitola (Sul da Macedônia) onde tinha um festival internacional de filmes (vi 2 ontem por menos de EUR1,00 os 2) para ver Kosovo novamente. Novamente??? Sim. Estive aqui em 2005 quando a região ainda lutava pela sua independência. Pois é, alguns dias antes de eu chegar aqui pela primeira vez, algumas bombas estouram na capital Pristina. Enfim .. isso é uma outra história (quem tiver interesse: http://angelinayamada.blogspot.com.br/2010_11_01_archive.html) Cá cheguei sem dificuldades de entrar no país. No entanto, uma chuva meio chata me pegou de surpresa. Assim, não consegui caminhar pelas ruas de Pristina (capital). Fiquei 1hora num boteco esperando a chuva passar e nada. Peguei meu bus para Prizren. O tempo estava péssimo. Muito ... read more
People asking me to take pictures
New guest in the room
Kosovo's beer

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren August 11th 2011

The next day me and my new chum Michelle headed off from Berat to Prizren in Kosovo, to do this we first had to catch a furgon to Tirana, during the trip we were joined by an Italian Albanian who entertained us all for the journey, he didn't stop talking and had a typically Italian view on women much to the amusement of my travelling companion:-) Once we arrived in Tirana we had a walk round the building site and then caught the bus to Prizren, as with all the other buses it wasn't AC but this wasn't a problem when we were travelling through the mountains. The route took us on the brand new highway between these two cities, that had been built to the cost of an estimated 600 million euros. As it had ... read more
Sunset
Michelle and I at Besini
One of the many mosques

Europe » Kosovo » South » Prizren June 19th 2011

Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu Kosova 2011 Hicran Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu ‘nun Kosova devr-i Alem Hicri Alem Hicran Çiğdem Seyahatnamesi’nden ..seyahat notlarından alıntılardır . Her hakkı saklıdır .. / Eserin tüm telif hakları H.Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu’na aittir . Eserin izinsiz kopyalanması çoğaltımı ,yayını ,dağıtımı halinde 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunun hükümleri geçerli olacaktır. Kosova Cumhuriyeti Ne güneşten gözlerim kısılıyor ne de yağmur yağacak da ıslanacağım diye düşünüyorum. Balkanlar üzerine kelimenin dağlık anlamı üzerine , dağ dağ gidiyorum. Zaman yayını ve okunu alıp hazırlanıyor yine atmaya beni dünyanın bir köşesine .Her hâlükârda bir sesleniştir yazmak. Eski Osmanlı sancağını “Dardania” antik ismi ile çağırıyorum bakalım kim gelecek. Boomerang değil ya eko yapan sesim evrende . Elbette yazılar uçsa bile ,ses titreşecek sözler seste bâki kalacak. R... read more
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