There's a Cave in Kosovo

And what a fun it was. Located about a half-hour south of Pristina in Gllogoc, Pranvera and I ventured there with 3 of her nieces/nephew for an afternoon of fun. A nice sunny day out proved to provide for an even warmer cave inside. To be honest my expectations were quite low but I was very impressed at the organization, upkeep and humorous guide who took us through the attraction. We were charged a moderate entrance fee for Kosovo standards which is apparently the only money used to keep the lights on and basic maintanence of the place. No other donations which was surprising consider the amount of NGO's and donor assistance here. The sign greeting our entry stated 'No photographs' but our guide joked and said that if those at the top don't respect the laws, why should we at the bottom (loosely translated by Pranvera).

The cave actually goes into a hill so you don't really descend too far. But I was certain it would be a one way 5 minute walk in and then straight back out. As it turned out it was a maze of paved sidewalks, lights randomly scattered throughout and a good story to tell behind many of the formations. Apparently there is an entire other level that they have not opened due to lack of funds. But we were still allowed to wander all about enjoying the alien looking formations, playing in some of the mud, dropping our coins into a wishing well and trying to scare one another.

Emerging on the opposite side, we decided to rid ourselves of the sub-terrainian glow by climbing the sunny hill we were just in. Once on top the wind was quite forceful but the views of the landscape and the villages beautiful. It was wonderful to frolic like kids and it was quite funny how both the locals and other internationals (that were in the cave with us) clearly thought we were the parents on these three kids. Felt like 'playing house'. And I liked it:-)