Photo by dottorpeni
It seem that summer is well and truly over. After a weeks and weeks of bright sunshine, clear blue skies and temperatures ranging from 30C to 40C, it was quite a shock to the system at the weekend. Cloud. Rain. 9C-10C.
At first I thought it was just a ‘freak’ day – and was [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
So Long Summer
Blog Roundup: Albania
Photo by foC
Ever since I discovered that Albania, wedged between Italy, Greece and (former) Yugoslavia, existed, the country has continually fascinated me. As a teen at high school, when the Kosovo war and NATO bombing were in full swing, I remember some UNICEF workers giving us a presentation about the aid they were providing to [...]
Importing Asian Women
Photo by Jack Brodus
Rasim Ljai?, the Serbian labour minister, had to apologise today for a statement made by State Secretary Željko Vasiljevi? advising that Serbia should import 100,000 women from Asia to make up for the lack of females in some rural areas of the country, and provide the many bachelors with wives.
I really do [...]
