I am REALLY excited to hear about your experience there! Yeah, shopping in Kosovo means "drive to the one mall in Skopje, Macedonia". Which also means a border crossing, which can be 5 minutes or 9 hours. Oh! And this is probably going to remain a Big Deal in Kosovo for quite a while: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/07/sport/majlinda-kelmendi-kosovo-olympics/ (do i buy snow boots here or wait til i get there, answer: get them here, Kosovo has no shopping options)
yes!! even the former fulbrighters i've added on facebook are excited about kelmendi's medal. i'm also going to make sure to get a picture with the new street dedicated to Beau Biden my thought was sometimes options are limited here in terms of pieces that will actually protect me from the elements vs whatever is in style (Canada Goose jackets were huge with rich George Washington University students last year which is stupid because DC gets cold and snowy but not sub zero) so a place that gets serious winters would have serious winter options, but I guess that's not the case