So after being sick for a couple of days or so I decided that enough was enough and that it was time for me to move my butt to my Dad’s place to go see the rest of the family there! The four of...
Wednesday the 23rd of May I left Pristina. For good, at least for this time… Hopefully I’ll be back soon! So after a record-short travel (only 7 hrs), I arrived at the airport around 20h1...
One late summer night on our veranda back home in Grimstad, my mom made a bold promise; to come visit me in whatever country I live (for a longer period of time). Before promising that, she’d a...
Having a lazy day and want to sit in the sun? PRN is filled with wonderful cafés of all different kinds! There is always a café that suits your mood, no matter what it might be! But if you wanna work...
What better way to get ready for Bourgogne Balkan Express’ yearly colloquium on the Balkans (this year on Multiculturalism and EU integration) than to get together with some of my fellow Norweg...
The UN organizes bus trips to various places in driving distance from Pristina. The weekend of the 24th-26th of February, the bus headed to Greece. We took the opportunity to stuff some of our friend...
My aim with this little blog has never been to openly debate or comment clearly on politics. This is mainly because the politics of the Balkans are so complex and the stand differs so much from your ...
First, before I start writing about this fantastic Kosovo phenomenon which is the power-cuts, I must say that I’ve been extremely lucky and really shouldn’t complain! In Pristina, my apar...
When you have nothing to do a weekend, why not drive to Budapest? It’s only 8hrs from PRN! But, be careful not to choose the worst snow-weekend in years.. Makes the trip a tiny tad longer and m...
About 15 km from Pristina lies the main coal/lignite production site in Kosovo, and the main provider for a lot of the electricity in Kosovo, better known as Obiliq/Obilic. We were out driving one da...
I’m not a very big fan of cold weather, so I moved south for my exchange year – too bad I didn’t take the altitude into consideration… These past two weeks or so, we’ve ...
The lovely thing about living in Pristina is that it’s not too far from the “Disneyworld city of Skopje”, which comes in handy when Elena makes her return to the Balkans and invites...
When people in Kosovo ask you which places you have visited, the follow-up question is more often than not “and Rugova Valley?” So after what, like 6 months or so here in Kosovo, it was a...
In the middle of December I stopped by my beloved Dijon and spent a couple of days in my old apartment with good friends! Spending a couple of days back in Dijon was so nice (thanks a lot to Mimi and...
Monday November 28th was the Albanian National Day, and it was fiercely celebrated in Pristina! Why do they celebrate another country’s National Day you ask? Bah duh, because they celebrate the...
One of the reasons for why I chose to go to Kosovo for my exchange year is my fascination for living conflicts. Mitrovica is the perfect city to experience just this… I’ve written earlier...
As a non-Albanian speaker, finding an apartment in the center of Pristina for a student-friendly price without getting ripped off in one way or another is a challenge… So, my housing-situation ...
What to do when you’re far away from your friends? You randomly facebook one of them saying that it’s about time that you meet up! Of course, this is the kind of thing that most people sa...
Last weekend, Ella (one of the Swedish girls) and me decided to go to Belgrade, seeing as though it was Bairam in Kosovo and we had the Monday off work… Getting to Belgrade from Pristina is an ...
When the urge for fresh air comes after a week in Pristina, Peja/Pec is a fantastic alternative… Nature freak? Who? Me?! Never! As a Norwegian, having grown up between the sea and the mountains...
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