After a semester of studying the history, language and current events of Kosova, our group was finally ready to take off. We all made individual flight arrangements and agreed to meet first in Belgrade for a few days. The reason for the first stop in Serbia is so we can have a Serbia entry stamp in our passports; without this it could be very difficult to re-enter Serbia once we've spent time in Kosovo due to the lack of recognition of Kosovo as a country.
In an attempt to extend the length of this trip from both sides, I opted to meet my friend Shannon in Ireland a week before I had to report to Belgrade. I flew into Shannon (the airport) and met Shannon (the friend) a day or
so later. I had been to Ireland before but spent my time in Dublin. This
time I got to see much more of the pretty green country-side.
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| Inside the entrance to Killarney National Park |
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| A sheep-herding dog. |
During one of our breaks on a tour of the Rings of Kerry, we met a happy man who was letting people pet his "baby deer" (aka lambs..?) for a euro or two. He also, for some reason, had a bored chihuahua tied to his truck.
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| Chihuahua getting no attention. |
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| Me petting the baby deer... |
Then things got weird... After a nice week in Ireland it was time for me to begin my Balkans tour. I took a bus to the Shannon Airport at night, with a plan to sleep at the airport due to an early morning flight. I couldn't get past security because I was too early, so I slept on some chairs near check-in.
I woke up a few hours later, only to find everyone was gone, the lights were off and all the doors had been locked!
It was pretty bizarre to be completely alone in a closed airport, not to mention a security risk if I was some sort of bad-guy. Luckily there was free Wi-Fi and I was able to talk to some friends online and send them this video of my ridiculous predicament.
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