"Experience Kosov@ before it loses its... " a Pristina Travel Page by dave9296

My first impression riding from the airport to Ulpjan in Prishtina was basically what I had expected. Backwater Europe. Fully developed city with neglected infrastructure.
Before I write a book about the amazing time I had travelling around Kosov@ I will just say this: Go there now. While you're there, spend time in the small restaurants and street cafe's and get to know the locals. 99% of the Kosovars would love to take a minute and talk with you about the world. Many of them have already seen half of it.
If you are coming with an NGO or diplomatic organization, DON'T enclose yourself in a bubble world of "international cafe's" (where the UN and KFOR workers from america, EU, middle east, etc all hang out). You can meet those people when you visit their countries! Kosov@ is facing major financial growth (foreign investment coming immediately after the "final status") and when it does the landscape of Prishtina will look entirely different and the streets will no longer be full all day long with the same artistic, motivated, passionate (and unemployed) youth that you see today.
If you come in the winter, make sure you go skiing at Brezovica (1 hr from Prishtina) otherwise, use Prishtina as a starting point to explore the mystical countryside, teeming with stories of triumph, tragedy, passion and honor.