Day 35 Skopje Macedonia to Pristina Kosovo

We joined a morning walking tour of Skopje which took in Mother Teresa's house and the chapel built in her honour.

We were also told by our guide that our view from the previous evening in relation to the statues and fountains was wrong. All the city adornment we had admired were not glorious at all but very recent additions in the last few years and disliked by the locals who think it makes their city look like Las Vegas, how wrong could we be!

We had been told by someone on the walking tour in Skopje that the border to Kosovo was closed but we couldn't find any info online so we were quite pleased when we sailed though the border easily into Kosovo. However just a little way past the border was a sign that said the road to Pristina was closed, and that we should use an alternative route. However as we saw vehicles on the road we thought we needed to take we followed them, and started down a very poor road that was under heavy construction but still (barely) driveable. 

We followed the other vehicles on what is possibly the worst road we have ever been on (yes we know we say that a lot). Our tiny car was not taking this bush track well and after passing some locals who seemed to be indicating by their waving and signals that we were going the wrong way we turned around and headed back to the border - now we understood, it wasn't the border that was closed but the road on the other side. We tried another road and were quickly rewarded with hand written signs to Pristina. 

It wasn't the easiest drive but we finally arrived in Pristina and went for a short walk around the area we were staying in, just off the main promenade.