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Hotel Real Pristina

RR. Pashko Vasa Nr. 14 Pristina, Serbia and Montenegro

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... hinges on the doors to his apartments facing out so he could just knock the pegs out and take the door off the frame if his tenants didn't pay their rent. And I had read a bit about their medieval system of laws that perpetuates sometimes centuries old blood feuds that don't end until every living male relative on the losing side is killed.

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... up in the shape Euclid would have described as "a glob." But what a salty, garlicky, fatty and decadent pleasure it was spread out on that rye bread and chased with that poor man's Lipitor they call "pivo" but we call beer!!!

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... I did get lost, which has been quite rare for me.

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Kosovan Town Fair

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... the student’s opinions of Serbia. The reaction was impartial, though I could sense a feeling of discomfort throughout the room. The brief silence after the question was asked was more than enough to understand how these people thought.

We then gave a quick explanation of the troubles in Ireland to show that were weren’t that out of the loop in terms of civil disputes etc, and the group seemed to react well to this which was nice as ...