Life has settled into a routine now in Prizren, so not much news of late.  We did make a short visit to the nearby town of Suhareke recently at the invitation of our landlords, Idriz and Florie Bylykbashi.  Suhareke is about 25 kilometers from Prizren on the road to Prishtina.  We had been through the town many times on the bus, but had never stopped before.  So, a couple Saturdays ago we went there with Shykran, the coordinator of the American Corner, her husband, and Ilirjan, our private Albanian translator.  Idriz and Florie had lived in our apartment for about 10 years but were in the final stages of building a new house in Suhareke when Shykran told them we might be interested in renting.  Their house is basically finished now and they are settled in so we had a pleasant afternoon visit with them.  Their house is one of 4 big houses on the property, with Idriz's three brothers living in the other houses.  Florie must have spent the whole morning cooking fli, a popular Albanian dish made up of many thin layers of a dense, savory dough.  It isn't our favorite Albanian food, but it is good in small doses.  Unfortunately Florie wanted to be a good host and each of our plates had three big squares of fli on it, and not wanting to be rude we struggled to finish all that was on our plate, with subsequent tummy distress all day Sunday to show for it.  Also on the table were excellent home-pickled pepper, olives, and several different white cheeses.  Everything was washed down with ayran, a thin salty yogurt drink.  Posted below are a few photos of Florie's lunch spread.

Florie is on the left, Shykran is on the right.

No, Mu is not the Albanian word for milk (that would be qumesht).  Guess it is a brand of the ayran yogurt drink.

Idriz and Florie Bylykbashi