Jan 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM: When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I'm talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the like. And trips to Kosovo, if you were crafty, meant a visit to Camp Bondsteel, a huge American military base with a P.X. that was sort of like a mini Wal-Mart.
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Kosovo posts
A Traveler in the Foreign Service: Ding Dongs and danger pay in Kosovo
Jan 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM: When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I'm talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the like. And trips to Kosovo, if you were crafty, meant a visit to Camp Bondsteel, a huge American military base with a P.X. that was sort of like a mini Wal-Mart.
...Western Kosovo: Peja and Decan
Jul 22nd, 2011 at 9:30AM:
In the west of Kosovo sits Peja (in Serbian: Pec), a comfortable city of over 80,000, framed by enormous peaks. Peja isn't really ready for significant numbers of tourists, with just a handful of what the eager fellow at the tourist information office called "tourist standard" hotels.
Even given the paucity of beds for tourists--and despite the fact that a film festival was ongoing during ...Five ways to get more European stamps in your passport
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia.
Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that European passport stamps have become harder and harder to get. The expansion of the Schengen zone has reduced the number of times tourists are compelled to show their passports to immigration officials. For most Americans on multi-country European itineraries, a passport will be stamped just twice: upon arrival and upon departure. ...Weekending: Prague
Sep 3rd, 2010 at 3:00PM:
While I'm living in Istanbul, I try to take advantage of all the amazing destinations a few hours' flight away and travel there as often as possible. I like to focus on destinations that are harder to access from the US for just a few days (such as Turkey's beach town Bodrum) and places best explored while I'm still relatively young and unencumbered (to wit: Beirut). Traveling as an expat takes ...Weekending: Beirut
Jul 23rd, 2010 at 12:00PM:
One of the best things about life as an expat in Turkey is easy access to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, with many previously far-flung destinations only a few hours' flight away. I might not plan a week-long vacation in, say, Kosovo, but if I can be there for Friday happy hour and home Monday morning, why not? My main criteria for choosing weekend trips are easy access, no advance visa ...Kosovo: ICJ ruling a bridge to increased tourism?
Jul 22nd, 2010 at 10:45AM: Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a nonbinding advisory ruling on the question of Kosovo's independence.
The court ruled that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence did not violate international law. Kosovo's independence, in other words, was deemed by the court to be legal.
Yesterday, Marc Weller, a University of Cambridge International Law scholar, had ...Three travel ideas from the ITB Berlin Travel Show
May 11th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
More than 11,000 exhibitors from 187 countries tried to make their mark at the 2009 ITB Berlin Travel Show. They showcased wines, highlighted unique local attractions and generally tried to show that they are the best places in the world for tourists to spend their hard-earned cash. Travel+Leisure tried to describe the industry's hottest trends, but the article really came across as "here are a ...Catching the Travel Bug: Kosovo as seen from a hotel room
Nov 13th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Welcome to the sixth and final installment of Catching the Travel Bug, Gadling's mini-series on getting sick on the road, prevailing and loving travel throughout. For six weeks, Gadling bloggers have been telling their stories from around the globe. Submit your best story about catching the travel bug in the comments and we'll publish our favorite few in a future post. It had come down to this ...Kosovo: At dinner with the European Union's Pieter Feith
Jun 12th, 2008 at 4:00PM: O.K., a little explanation is needed at the outset: I didn't actually have dinner with Pieter Feith, the European Union's High Representative (read: Top Dog) in Kosovo. But in one of those weird coincidences that sometimes befall journalists, it happened that the two of us were dining in the same nearly empty restaurant in the Kosovo capital of Pristina last Friday night. So it sort of felt like ..."Swapping Kosovo for a pair of sneakers"
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 3:20PM: The person who posted the YouTube video of two young woman looting with glee in Belgrade described their actions thusly: "Belgrade bimbos exploit unrest to steal from smashed-up boutiques without the slightest shame. They are so greedy they even have to carry things in their teeth." Their arms laden with clothing, bags, and other sundries (including chocolates), the two women could barely carry ...
