Another shot of one of the coal power plants in the largely Serbian and Roma enclave of Plemetina.

A jolly good time at my Roma friend Avni's house (with his beautiful daughter in my lap).

Avni as Count Roma-ula and me as His Eggcellency

A typical get together with Roma (singing songs with improv comedy).

One more view of the power plants in Plemetina (as seen from my friend Driton's house).

An old mosque next to the river in Prizren, Kosovo.

An old Serbian monastery above the city of Prizren, Kosovo.

Another old mosque in Prizren.

This is Daria, a delightful young Romanian girl whom I helped with English during my 3 months. What a sweety who loved to jabber to me in Romanian when she got tired of English and wanted to get away with saying things I couldn't understand. Then I'd just speak Arabic to her and she grin and say "Ok I speak English."

We had some good times!

The most recent Hog converts - the film crew I shared office space with and a jubilant group of personalities.

A visit to my Roma friend Driton's house with his family (with his lovely daughter in my arms).

Thanksgiving dinner at the Balkan Sunflower house.

A shot of the magnificent buildings in Skopje, Macedonia.

Alexander the Great in Skopje.

Skopje is full of new old-style architecture and statues of ancient Greek heroes.

Skopje, Macedonia.

The exquisitely peaceful and beautiful Rila Monastery in Bulgaria.

Artwork at Rila Monastery.

Rila Monastery.

Ohrid on the UNESCO heritage site of Lake Ohrid, Macedonia.

Neat old train station in the country in Bulgaria.

Cute little square in a small town in Bulgaria.

I love the colors and the old architecture. Plus these buildings are just right off the main road, so typical in many European cities.

Renovated, historic houses that played key roles in the national revival movement in Bulgaria.

Fruit trees in front of another Monastery. So pristine.

Prison and fort separated by a river. Veliko Tarnovo.

Shot of my dad and me. We traveled through Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bulgaria together for about 10 days and this was departure day for me (headed to Bosnia to visit a friend for a few days before coming home).

Weekend trips to Peje and Rugova Mountains.

Market, food, mosque, life!

Lovely little town at the foot of the mountains.

An orthodox church in the background. Religions mix well in Kosovo.

Cafe Culture.

My German roommate, Johanna, and I at the source of the river Drini near Peje.

On this hike through the Rugova mountains I felt like the crew from Lord of the Rings. "The hobbits are going to Isengard!"

On top of Kosovo!

I think that's the statue of liberty in the background...

Very nice gentleman I met on the hike. Oh how nature can bring people together!

Power plant in the town of Plemetina right outside of Prishtina. I took this picture from in front of a 6 story apartment complex build for displaced Roma from the war. What a place to house displaced, vulnerable people! It's widely known that this power plant does not meet safety regulations such as replacing the filters.

Meeting a representative from the Roma community with the director of a film I am assisting to create on the low life expectancy of the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians in Kosovo.

A view of a mosque right next to the complex build for Roma in Plemetina.

Jam session with Roma musicians who are friends of the Balkan Sunflowers group.

Coming in a close second to God in Kosovo....good ole Bill!

Love the artwork.

Train ride from Novi Sad to Belgrade.

Belgrade

The famed Danube river in Belgrade.

Cool old stuff in Belgrade.

Very interesting painting we came across in a back alley in Belgrade.

What a goofy graffiti.

Old man and the river...boat...fishing.

Men fishing on the Danube.

The original car wash...train car wash.

Mother Teresa avenue in Prishtina with a statue of an ancient Albanian hero (sorry I don't remember his name) in the background.

Orthodox Church that never saw completion.

View of the national library with the unfinished orthodox church in the background. The architect of this library was a Kosovar Serb who included incorporated white domes into the structure to represent the traditional hats of Muslim Albanians.