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Rotterdam uses sports to tackle social problems

The southern part of Rotterdam is ready for a change and sport will make the big difference. At least that’s the hope of city officials as the social problems come to a head in the south of the city. During the last decades wealthier people moved out, more and more problems moved in. Average income [...]


border crossing – part 1

We want to go to Dubrovnik, Croatia. But how to get there?
First of all we should go to Podgorica, the capital of the fresh state Montenegro. From there we can get a daily bus to Dubrovnik, but at what time it leaves, no one knows.
From Kosovo Mitrovica to Pristina sounds not so hard, but again [...]


South, a different world

We want to pass the bridge from north to south Kosovo Mitrovica. A red and white jeep is parked just before the bridge. At the other sides of the entrance there are some white jeeps. In the middle of the street lays a role of barbwire, ready to roll out when problems occur. Just 20 [...]


Kosovo Mitrovica

A one hour drive with an old blue Volkswagen minibus will bring us from Pristina to Kosovo Mitrovica. When we just leave the capital we directly experience a totally differed world. KFOR jeeps, military bases, old checkpoints and a lot of burned out houses. The man next to us explains that in these houses Serbians [...]


Pristina Partytime

“Hi, Paolo” and he shakes the hand of a guy in front of The Grand Hotel. We were supposed to meet a person from the hospitality club, a travelers network. But instead of him, we meet Agon. “I don’t think I’m waiting on you”, he says.
We explain him why we are here and that we [...]


some pictures

UPDATE: more pictures of the election observation mission @ AEGEE

The foreign observation team + Elena from Skopje (my partner for the day)

Back/left: Dejan – Skopje, macedonia
Back/right: Mathias – Trier,germany
Front/left: Emiel – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Front/right: Paolo – Sorgono – Sardinia, Italy

Pristina, Kosovo. Some war near the center Now it’s save mom!

The United Nations in [...]


Kosovo will be a good experience

In twenty minutes your train leaves, Dejan tells us. Me and Paolo quickly take a taxi to the train station. Today we leave Skopje and go to Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.
“To Pristina”, we ask a man at that stands next to a train on track five. He confirms and we enter an old train. [...]