Kosovo and Albania

So after dropping off lizard I headed to Kosovo.  I spent two nights here but really only one full day.  I explored the city which only took a few hours and headed for some lunch and literally didn't leave.  The restaurant was also owned by the same owner as the hostel so I chatted with them and got some free drinks and hung out.  There wasn't too much to see in prishtina so I wasn't too worried that I spent my Monday doing nothing!  I think the highlight for my time in Kosovo was noticing the extreme differences once I crossed the border from Serbia into Kosovo.  All of a sudden mosques were present and the buildings were either burnt out looking or brand new!  You could definently see the presence of a war that took place here not that long ago.  In prishtina I suppose the main sight was strolling along the pedestrian street and this bill Clinton statute which I could care less about.  The people in Kosovo really like Americans because they were one of the first countries to help them during the war time.

Tuesday morning I took a very early bus to Tirana.  The bus left at 5am and got there around 10am.  Small mini bus where people were standing, I felt like I was back in Sri Lanka!  Ha.  The border crossing was a nightmere into Albania and there were a few people on the bus that had to talk to the border control police.  Fun times.  Well when I finally reached Tirana I unloaded my things at the hostel and went to venture around.  I only stayed here for one night as I could already tell there wasn't much to see.  I walked to the square and then climbed this clock tower to get a great overlook of the city square.  That was probably the highlight of my trip in Tirana.  I think that Albania would be so much better in the summertime but I guess I'm here in March so you do what is good now!  I went to the ticket office later to get my bus ticket for lake ohrid which is close to the border of Albania and Macedonia.  I would leave for here the next morning at 9am.  Again walked around some more and then got dinner at a great restaurant near by my hostel which has had the best food I've tasted in the Balkans this time around!

The biggest thing I could think of being in Albania was the movie taken!!

In my opinion both Albania and Kosovo were kind of a bust but I think they would be so much better in the summertime!  I will come back hopefully during this time again