Come again Kosovo?

I arrived back in Prishtina Saturday and barely had time to shower and change clothes before meeting Marcia and Kelly for Marcia's birthday dinner at the Mexican Albanian restaurant. Marcia was in rare form and we had a lot of laughs. We went home and I fell asleep immediately. I hadn't taken any "No Jet Lag" on this trip and I can really tell the difference. Five days after arriving I think I am just now starting to get over my jet lag. But the weather is great and we've already had an adventure or two.
Monday we drove to the Serbian border to meet Ivan and Daniela who were bringing their children back from Nic. Their respective mothers take care of their children during the school year and they were coming home to Gracanica for the Eastern Orthodox Easter holiday. Tom wanted to escort them back just in case they had vehicle problems. To be honest, it isn't really safe for Serbs to be traveling in some areas.
The border is pretty interesting. People get out of their vehicles on both sides of the border and swaps their license plates. It is illegal to have Kosovo plates in Serbia and it's not a good idea to have Serbia plates in Kosovo so people who regularly go across the border buy both sets of plates.
Here is a picture of the Italian Caribinieri on the way to the border. Wish I could have gotten a picture close up....they are about as mean looking as you can imagine. One really cute one did wave at me as we drove by, though, so that was a plus!
The other picture is a photo I took as we were waiting for Ivan and Daniela at the border. You are looking back into Kosovo here. Looks really nice, doesn't it? I'll show you some "close up" pictures later.