{"id":72,"date":"2016-06-29T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T12:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/?p=72"},"modified":"2016-06-29T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T12:21:45","slug":"traveling-through-the-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/2016\/06\/29\/traveling-through-the-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Through the Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting a guided tour through countries like Albania and Macedonia was something that I never knew I would be doing. They were never places I had planned on going, but I leapt at the chance to go and experience this new culture. Albania’s landscapes were beautiful to drive through and I loved seeing the mountains and lakes that are so different from my own home.\u00a0Throughout the trip I was constantly amazed by how beautiful the country was. The first night in Albania, some of the group went to view the soccer game between Albania and Romania. After Albania won, the crowd erupted\u00a0in cheers, song and dance. Albanian flags waved high while strangers linked arms with one another to dance. The energy within that outdoor space was filled with celebration and upbeat music. It was a great feeling to be so welcomed into the culture\u00a0and get a glimpse into something that means a lot to the Albanian people.<\/p>\n

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Fans hold up the Albanian flag after Albania’s victory over Romania on June 19, 2016. The final score was 1-0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another highlight of the trip included the trip to Skopje, Macedonia. We had the chance to sit with the leader of the RDK Party, Prof. Dr. Vesel Memedi. We listened to him speak about the country’s current situation and what has come to be known as the “Colorful Revolution.”\u00a0Learning about issues that were previously unknown to me\u00a0made me realize that there is so much more going on in the world than what we get in our daily news. It is important that we are able to make these issues known in order for the general public to care about the problems.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Dr. Vesel Memedi spoke with students about the current political crisis in Skopje, Macedonia on June 25, 2016. “We have produced more history than we can digest ourselves,” said Memedi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Getting a guided tour through countries like Albania and Macedonia was something that I never knew I would be doing. They were never places I had planned on going, but I leapt at the chance to go and experience this new culture. Albania’s landscapes were beautiful to drive through and I loved seeing the mountains … Continue reading “Traveling Through the Balkans”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}