Blogs from Prishtina, Centre, Kosovo, Europe - page 5

We dragged ourselves out of bed half an hour after the other people in our dorm got up. We were both awake but neither of us wanted to face the coldness. Rob polished off enough toast for both of us and then we went out to get money from the cash machine to pay for the hostel. We arrived at the bus station to find that the times we had been given were wrong and that there was an earlier bus than the one we had planned to get. The bus to Pristine was pleasant and most importantly it was very short. The border was no problem however we were not stamped out of Macedonia which we worried about slightly. I pointed it out to one of the UN guards who muttered something and moved away. ... read more

We were all planned to head onto Albania after Montenegro but we have both become increasingly fascinated by the former Yugoslav republics and so we switched routes and headed up to Serbia to hear the other side of the story. In one of the books I’ve been reading it says that during the nineties journalists used to call Serbia ‘Mordor’ though that was due to good old evil lord Slobodan. So not so surprisingly Serbia has been the most chilled and relaxed country we have visited so far! The people we have met have been super friendly and have been pretty keen to dispel any myths of Serbia or Serbians being dangerous. Its pretty sad they feel they have to do this but their past governments have not helped in giving its people a fair ... read more

Those of you I haven’t heard from in some time, comment, send me a message, let me know you’re out there! Also, I’m now without my laptop—very sad—so all my writing for the next year will be unrevised right out of the head writing, apologies in advance for any errors or omissions Sofia, Bulgaria—July 3rd, 2005 Thinking, pondering, wondering, debating—what do I do next? I’m at a bit of a crossroads. My friends have all had to go their separate ways, and I’ve been in Sofia working on the remainder of my travel plans before August 9th when my Russian visa becomes active. (Note: Tourist visas to Russia are only valid for a 30 day window that you pre-select). I can either continue going east through the rest of Bulgaria, then move into Romania, followed by ... read more