Departure

Tomorrow I will fly back to London and then northwards to Edinburgh by overnight train to join Enita and our soon-to-be-born child (due 14 February). I have missed them both these last two weeks, although I will be sad to leave Kosova - even with all its intrinsic difficulties. I must admit to feeling both a little nervous and unsettled about departing. But when the wings start to flap one must fly.

Journeys always awaken an excited sense of anticipation in me. Particularly train journeys. Just being in a train station is enough to provoke these feelings. I love the feeling of connection that the tracks evoke; a net of steel rails connecting all those cities, all those people.

No more Kosova Diary for a while - there is, accoding to the news, a possibility that it may become an independent country whilst I am away so I'll miss some interesting developments.

Perhaps I’ll start a baby coming into this world blog.