Some Weekends Away, 2008-2012 Kosovo, Cape Verde, Sardinia, Ghent and Luxembourg Kosovo, 2008 When Kosovo declared independence in February 2008 we had to go there, of course, so we went the following October. The capital, Pristina, is not so interesting so we stayed in Prizren, a nice town with friendly people, characterful buildings and bridges, cafés round the square and a castle on a hill, as well as occasional UN gun emplacements, razor wire and helicopter patrols. Cape Verde, 2009 The Cape Verde islands sit out in the Atlantic roughly level with Senegal in Africa. The main international airport is on Sal island but there is nothing else there except some resorts, so in March 2009 we flew there and got a local flight to Mindelo, a characterful town on Sao Vicente island. The town is an interesting mixture of Portuguese and African cultures, with a nice harbour, a pink presidential palace and a 'Belem Tower' just like in Lisbon. Sardinia, Italy, 2010 In May 2010 we went to Sardinia for a bit of Mediterranean sunshine and Italian culture. We flew to Cagliari .... .... and after a day or so there, we hired a car and visited the lovely old towns of Bosa .... .... and Alghero. Ghent, Belgium, 2010 On a working visit to Ghent in November 2010, we took an extra couple of days to explore the attractive medieval town. Luxembourg, 2012 And after all that sunshine, in December 2012 we went on a snowy coach trip to the Christmas markets in Luxembourg. If you would like to see more of our travels just click the map.