Andrea Hearts Traveling: kosovo

During my time in Prishtina I decided to do two day trips to Prizren and Peje, both of them around 2 hours away from Prishtina which made it a better option as a day trip than moving my backpack around and finding a place to stay.

My first outing was to the town of Prizren.

When I arrived I had no idea where the main part of town was so I decided to just walk along and figure it out as I went. Soon after I started I noticed some old boards with the city map and although they weren't in english I knew that if those board started showing up I was somewhat going the right way.

I got on an empty bus heading to Prishtina, Kosovo, and two guys (probably in their 30s) decided to sit next to me despite the whole bus being empty.

I put on my headphones and fell asleep. After 30 mins or so I had to write down my name and passport number in order to do the border crossing so it was the perfect time for them to break the ice.

One of them handed me the board and started a conversation by saying he was from Kosovo and said "I'm black" I looked at him with a puzzled face and I said "sorry? What did you say?" And he responded by touching his skin and saying "I'm black, and ugly", I didn't know where this conversation was going but I said "mmm... you are not black" he was barely any darker than me. Then he said "this is my cousin" and I responded "... and he is white?" And he said "yes, white and handsome" haha I really didn't even know where to begin! It really makes me angry when people base their opinion of others (or their self worth) based on their skin color or their physical features! When are we going to learn to go beyond what meets the eyes? The most striking thing is that he introduced himself by saying "I'm ugly" I would never ever do that! I think in general the most attractive part of a person is his confidence... zero points for this dude!

Prizren and Peje

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