It was a warm week in Kaçanik and after the big hike to Ljuboten, we didn't need to do any other long hikes. We did manage the walk to Guri i Zi for dinner on Monday before Mathias left. That is about 4 miles and was the perfect length. We sat outside and enjoyed a nice dinner. On Tuesday, Gjethi and the other NGO working on the anti-littering campaign met in Prishtina. This gave Thom and Mathias the chance to spend the night and see a little of Prishtina. Mathias left on Wednesday, back to rainy and cool Copenhagen. It was nice having him visit and we definitely kept him busy.
When we came back to the apartment one afternoon, Mathias noticed this car with Wisconsin plates. I am not sure why it was there, but Duli (the apartment manager) believes it belongs to someone from Ferizaj who has a restaurant there.
Wednesday was a cleaning day and a day to get some activities together for Thursday and Friday at the English Camp in Ferizaj. This time, there were more kids and it was much hotter. We still managed to have some fun, play some games, and hopefully learn some English.
Rainbow on Friday night from our apartment balcony
Since the weather has been hotter, the water has been shutting off at night. We are not sure if it has to do with the hot, dry weather or the returning diaspora. There are definitely more people in Kaçanik and more to come next week we are told. We have been walking to the spring more often to fill up our 2 liter bottles with spring water to drink.
Dardan, the owner of our apartment, was back visiting and he stopped in. We now have working cable (we think), plumbing fixed in the bathroom, and lights in the entry way of the apartment.
Saturday was a interesting day as Teuta invited us to coffee with her family and Dardan. Annie walked in to Kaçanik and joined us for coffee. Afterward, we went for lunch with Annie and at one point the Gjethi guys were thinking of meeting as well. They were too busy, as were we. We got calls from both of the kids. And then we got a little rain, so the power went out for about 40 minutes. Then the water stopped working. Fortunately, we were able to walk to the spring for drinking water. There were several groups ahead of us getting water as well.
The water was only off for a couple of hours and we have learned to keep a big jug of water in the bathroom, for when the water shuts off. So all was good!!!
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