Wow... Kosovo. Actually, i just planned to visit 1-2 days. In the end, I stayed a week :D Entering Kosovo was easier than expected. No extensive control, we just needed to show our passports and buy a car insurance.
Ben's friend Ilir organised a motel in Peja. Actually it was a petrol station but with motel, restaurant/bar and supermarket. The owners, a Kosovan couple from Switzerland cared lovely for us.
Following their advise, we discovered "Rugova" valley, a huge canyon formed by the "Lumbardhi i Pejes", a cyan blue river. Once more, the road was a wonderful gathering of tunnels and curves crossing rough rocks along the river.
After Peja, we drove to Mitrovica. The city was no remarkable beauty but a symbol for the deep rift in the Kosovan society. Flowing through the city, the river "Ibar" also divides Albanian Kosovars from Serbians. Both sides of the city live on their own. The connecting bridges are secured by KFOR-troops.
Luckily, we met Floriana, a Canadian, who just moved to Kosovo again. She showed us Mitrovica and even accompanied us to Pristina. Pristina is quiet modern and we arrived at the national holiday of the albanian independence.
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| Donald Trump even reached Kosovo. On the right side: Floriana |
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| Dit' e Nat' |
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| The famous table of SOMA's |
We stayed some days in Pristina because I needed to get a new radio. Finally, we left the city with a new radio and new friends. I met Ardian and Oscar in a hostel. Ardian wanted to show us his hometown Prizren. It is one of the older cities in Kosovo and the most beautiful for me.
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| Ardian, Oscar and Ben |
We met two more travellers in Prizren: Beatrice and Kathrin, both from Switzerland drove through the Balkan states for three weeks. We had a great evening with great fun and some "Appenzeller" too.
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