I saw plenty of Albanian flags waving around and more American flags than I've ever seen in my neighborhood in Reno. It's funny...Americans love their flag, but I think that Kosovars love the Albanian flag more. American citizens quite proudly display flags; whereas, it's been my experience that other nationalities reserve their flags for more official purposes and find Americans' patriotism cultish. In Prizren, I have yet to see a Serbian flag (totally unsurprising and I'm not even sure what the Serbian flag looks like). Today I spotted the odd Swiss and Turkish flag, a few German and EU flags, plenty of American flags, and heaps of Albanian flags.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Flags
The sun may be shining on Kosovo, but it's bitingly cold and windy. There was a slight dusting of new snow up around the castle, and big ol' clouds are starting to roll in as the wind keeps picking up.
I saw plenty of Albanian flags waving around and more American flags than I've ever seen in my neighborhood in Reno. It's funny...Americans love their flag, but I think that Kosovars love the Albanian flag more. American citizens quite proudly display flags; whereas, it's been my experience that other nationalities reserve their flags for more official purposes and find Americans' patriotism cultish. In Prizren, I have yet to see a Serbian flag (totally unsurprising and I'm not even sure what the Serbian flag looks like). Today I spotted the odd Swiss and Turkish flag, a few German and EU flags, plenty of American flags, and heaps of Albanian flags.


I saw plenty of Albanian flags waving around and more American flags than I've ever seen in my neighborhood in Reno. It's funny...Americans love their flag, but I think that Kosovars love the Albanian flag more. American citizens quite proudly display flags; whereas, it's been my experience that other nationalities reserve their flags for more official purposes and find Americans' patriotism cultish. In Prizren, I have yet to see a Serbian flag (totally unsurprising and I'm not even sure what the Serbian flag looks like). Today I spotted the odd Swiss and Turkish flag, a few German and EU flags, plenty of American flags, and heaps of Albanian flags.
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