Kosovo aka: Kosova

I was deployed to the region. While here I learned about the locals and many other European cultures. While this is still in the mist of a NATO mission I would like to go back to Kosova in the future

ok… lets say the palaces werent that great… i was in ferizaj the food was ok… and the people… but.. i cant say it was a great experience.. sorry

Hm, what should I tell you about Kosovo? It is really difficult. I wouldn t say, that the biggest part of Kosovo is what you could call beautiful. Not only that everything is full of rubbish and house-skeletons, former serbian houses, where the albanian picked out the bricks. But there is no atmosphere, no soul in it. Everything is new, of course, because the war destroyed nearly everything, but everybody builds as he likes, too big houses in too small villages …
On the other side you have the wonderful serbian monsteries, cities like Prizren and Gjakova, great mountains, and the need to understand that war cannot be the way …

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I’d been in Kosovo for 1 day only. I wisited the mausoleum of Sultan Murat 1st, the emperor of Ottoman who had extended the borders of “The Empire” through Balkans. It was fun and silly that the serbian government had constructed a statue for the murderer of “Sultan I.Murat” very close to this mausoleum. I don’t think it will stay there so long.
The country is under the control of NATO KFOR (Kosovo Force)soldiers who are so kind and professional.

was only in Prizren overnight, drove in from Albania at Morine and then left the next day. business trip etc. great place though, loved the ottoman baths in Prizren.
in less than 24 hours my friend and i managed to drink lots meet local people have a drunken adventure communicating in English, Albanian and German, mad! from what i can remember well worth a visit.

But it needs a lot of fixing up. The people were really nice, and I great time.

while serving in the NATO KFOR at Bondsteel during 2001. Also did some duty at Gnjilane.

i was blown away by the scenery and the hospitality of my hosts! it was a surreal experience because of the recent history in that area. very much worth going!