"HOTEL PRISHTINA - SOMETIMES SMALLER IS BETTER..."
"BUT NOT NECESSARILY BEAUTIFUL..."
"A ROOM WITH A VIEW"
"COUNCIL OF MINISTERS BUILDING"
"STREETS OF PRISHTINA - With Cristiano Ronaldo at the grocery shop..."
"PRISHTINA - STREETS, MONUMENTS AND THEATRE"
"YOUTH PALACE - OLD DAYS"
"CENTRAL BANK, UNIVERSITY, LIBRARY & AMERICAN SCHOOL"
"MOSQUES AND CHURCH"
"MODERN BUILDING"
"MUSEUM"
"MARKET"
"ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL"
"MOTHER THERESA"
"RESTAURANTS & PARKS"
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Hi Everybody! Sorry for the delay in posting but time has been short lately...
This is a post on an unusual travel destination, to say the least! The trip I had the chance to make was not for tourist purposes, but it is interesting to show also some «off the beaten trek» towns too... Hope you like to see Prishtina!! Enjoy and have a great week ahead!
Good one.
Love the fun mirror shot
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Hi this a nice a place!
Thank you for sharing.
Enjoy your weekend.
A true mix of old and new architecture! Interesting.
Have a nice weekend, Gil.
The youth palace looks very different and interesting!
Its hard to imagine that this wonderful place was riddled by conflict sometime ago..... am very happy to note that all of that is the past now.
Seems it's a place worth a visit!
Have a great weekend:)
Your life is filled with lots of adventure. Love the street scenes and the market place with colourful fruits.
We had here as friend one family from Kosovo in those years, when they needed a safe place. We visited them and they visited us. One son married with a girl of Bulgaria and went there, other son went back to Kosovo with his parents after few years here.
It makes good to see also countries not so ready for tourists.
good weekend to you, Gil and your wife !
So happy to find a new post!!!
Of course, I would also hardly imagine to include Prishtina in my immediate pleasure trips plans... but it's really interesting to see what it looks like. It's nice when the job can bring you to new, yet unvisited places ... especially if you find a little time for visiting!
wow. i never thought kosovo could be this lovely. i always associate the place with bad news. good thing you brought light into in. awesome job :)
It was nice of you to tell us about Krishtina. Tall modern buildings do not fascinate me. I would settle for the domed church. Market is amazing.
Thank you, Trotter. I am fascinated to see photos of such places. No sign of past troubles in the photos? It is good to see it looking so "normal." Disappointing to see it looking so much like everywhere. The salad looks great!
It is a little different. I like the market shots.
Kosovo looks appealing. How nice to see it so lovely.
Love the market pictures, so colorful and appealing. Hope you're doing well!
Nice glimpses of Prishtina, Kosova. Loved the monuments, the streets, the bazaar of spices,fruits & vegetables, the restaurants & parks..... Hey whats a statue of Mother Theresa doing in Kosovo? (I think she is actually of Albanian origin before she moved to Kolkata in India at a very young age to carry out missionary work)
Best Wishes Ram
Beautiful pictures and post Gil. Wow..Kosova seems so far away for me. Hope you are doing well and cant wait to see the next post. Happy weekend soon.
unbelievable! you reached Kosovo too ;)))! looks quite nice...
Hi Gil, missed your post. Kosovo is a good start/return :P
Liking the market pic where the colors stood out against the usual grey backdrop. Hv a good weekend.
nice clicks of an interesting place gill!!!
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Very nice post. I didn't know that Kosovo could have so much beauty.
Oh wow! Kosovo! What could be a more interesting place! We also have Cristiano Ronaldo in the Philippines... but on a very frequent shampoo commercial on the tele. LOL
Welcome back! Glad to see a new post here. :)
Nice town look to it and no snow???
Now thats a treat lol
From your pictures one wouldn't believe that there was such a terrible war there not so long time ago !
Hi Gil, I like the shots of the market & the tree-lined street the most I think.
The architecture certainly is varied, I prefer the old buildings!
Uh uh, a stunning destination indeed!
Thank you for taking us along on this virtual tour of Prishtina!
Cheers!
Great place to visit.
that was a real surprise to see you in Kosovo!
At least the markets are very colorful
It's interesting how kids and markets look the same all over the world... :)
Snow is sticking on the ground now. I am wishing to go to that outdoor fruit and vegetable market. Perhaps I am hungry. Whatever.
Joyce M
Hello Gil! Interesting post about Kosovo, I've enjoyed all the images! Nice the mosques and church collage!
Hello Gil and Mrs. Trotter!
Thank you for sharing your photos of Kosovo! It interests me especially because we have a friend in New Orleans from there and now because of you, at least I've seen a bit of the country because of you two!!
Have a happy Valentine's Day!
xox
Constance
Not a place on our wishlist but I am glad to see through your eyes how it looks like.
Il est des pays témoins de l'histoire où il faut aller avant qu'ils ne changent...
Thanks for a tour of this place. It looks beautiful! :)
I like a lot!......with red being my favorite color, I also love that small hotel with lots of red. :)
Lovely photos.Very interesting place. I was thrilled to see mother Teresa's statue there.
Best wishes,
Joseph
Thanks for sharing these photos. Places like these don't always get enough attention.
Ce n'est pas particulièrement beau.
Comment allez vous? je suis allée en Islande j'ai vraiment aimé, mais je suis restée au retour, 15 jours couchée souffrant de mon dos.
Mais ça va mieux, le temps aussi, nous avons eu ici -16° et beaucoup de neige.
Dear Trotter,
Were surprised!
I had to combine the Kosovo with the war. Now you see, through your great pictures, very nice places, monuments, modern buildings ...
I am very pleased that proceeded the life ...
many greetings
Hi Folks! Let’s profit from the little time available to reply to your kind comments. Thanks a lot for not letting this blog perish...
Cloudia,
Amazing isn’t it? ;)
Regina,
Nice? People there are quite nice and I have some very good friends there...
Susu,
Old is dominant; but new is growing...
Rakesh,
The palace is typically soviet style... There are still some issues to solve, but things are going far better nowadays...
Joo,
Well, if you have friends there... Anyhow, any place deserves a visit...
Alice,
This can be thought as some kind of adventure... ;)
Leena,
There were also many Kosovars in Portugal during those days... And there are still some Portuguese troops in Kosovo!!
Peter,
Not exactly a top tourist destination... ;) But it’s interesting to have a chance to visit it anyway!!
Lawstude,
Not always bad news...
P.N.,
Prishtina... The domed church, however. Has a tricky story to tell and actually was never finished...
Part Two:
Ted,
It’s true that things are becoming «normalized» everywhere... The salads are absolutely fantastic there!!
Diane,
That market was impressive. All kinds of peppers... and all colours... ;)
Keats,
Appealing? Well, when one is curious...
Rhonda,
Wow! Great to read you back here!!
Ram,
Mother Teresa was Albanian and the majority of the Kosovars are of Albanian descent... No wonder to see her statue there...
M.Kate,
Some years ago it looked far away for almost everybody...
Lara,
Incredible, but true... ;))
Leo,
It was a very very colourful market...
Shengen Visa,
Spam, deleted...
Star,
Thanks!!
Ron,
People wouldn’t be expecting much, but it’s improving!!
Part Three:
Eye,
Cristiano Ronaldo and Linic (my shampoo before he joined the club): what a combination... ;))
Lady,
No snow in October 2010... ;)
Gattina,
You’re absolutely right!!
Paul,
The picture of the girls going to school is also one of my favourites on this post. The market colours were awesome!!
G@tto,
You were surprised, confess... ;))
Magic,
My pleasure!!
Rajesh,
Are you sure?
Ola,
I think it was a surprise for almost everybody on this blog... ;))
Blogitse,
You’re absolutely right!!
Joyce,
The market was a must!!
Alex,
Thanks!!
Part Four, and final, for the time being...
Pietro,
Great that you liked!!
Constance,
Great to contribute to your knowledge of your friend’s country capital city!!
Thérèse,
That’s an interesting way of putting it... ;))
Lucie,
Il changera vite...
Yvonne,
Beautiful? OK! Your eyes are always so kind...
Lynn,
I must confess it wasn’t that easy to be awaken in that room... Too much red... ;)
Joseph,
No wonder; she was Albanian...
Juka,
Or they get attention for bad reasons... ;)
Lyliane,
Tu as raison!! L’Islande elle est bien jolie... Mais le mal au dos st terrible !! Moins 16º? C’est la folie complète… ;)
Shengen Visa,
Spam deleted!!
Magda,
War ended some time ago, fortunately...
Glad to see Kosovo at peace and beginning to rebuild. Prishtina looks like a bustling city!
Pat,
It's true that at peace must be much better...
Das sind Raphael und Yvonne said...
Hi again
So we are back.. and still like it!
NIce to see your travels!
Many greetings
Yvonne & Raphael
Y & R,
Thanks!!
Great architecture..superb shoots
Regards
Seema,
Great to see you back!! Thanks!!
I missed Mother Teresa the first time. We don't see her in stone very often.
She should be having done so much good work in her life. More people should remember her especially in India.
Hi Gil,
Thank you for taking me to Puerto Rico!! Adore those pastille buildings, especially. You say your and Mrs. T. are not traveling right now. It's also nice great be home, don't you think? To travel in your imagination is so much fun, too!!
Happy March to you both!
xox
Constance
Question are those bars/fences for universities or banks? Country looks entirely different than I expected with the modern buildings and fountains and power plants.
Joyce M
Lady,
It was the first time I saw a statue of Mother Teresa
Constance,
Puerto Rico is on the other post... ;)
Joyce,
Central bank, I presume...
Beautiful shots of the place. Love it.
Rajesh,
Thanks! You had already been here... ;)
would love to visit this place sometime..have a great time
Lakshmi,
It's definitely off the beaten track...
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