I supported this (and a larger, even more successful project) last year, and I will see what I can do for them this year at some point in time.

Hearing from you in Pristina will likely be more important than a dozen other cards from Paris or Rome.

The project to which I refer is in a thread about 60 messages down, so I reporduce the original message here for you to printout and carry with you.

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Greetings fellow world travelers! I am a 7th grade World History teacher near San Francisco, USA. My class of 12 year old students is doing a year-long project of collecting postcards from around the world, and would like your help. If you would like to participate, please send us a postcard from wherever you are, or
wherever you go, and tell us a little about your adventures. Our goal is 1,000 cards...it’s a large goal, but we think we can do it!

Do you have a box of old postcards sitting in the closet? Send them to us!! We’d love to see the world through your postcards! Put an email address on the card, and we’ll say thank you! Thank you and Happy Traveling!!

Mr. Keillor’s 7th Grade Class
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
26890 Holly Hill Ave.
Hayward, CA 94545 USA

First: follow whatever advice your employer gives you about Pristina, Kosovo and appropriate safe behavior.

Second: Under NO conditions speak a Slavic language in public. If a stranger approaches you and asks a question in Serbian, Russian etc.. answer in English.
Third: Drink bottled water.

My advice is based on conversations with colleagues from the US State Department and OSCE who have been based in pristina within the past year. I, myself, am more knowledgeable concerning Macedonia.