A Monday spent well

 Somewhere in a countryside of Prishtina called Mramor, there is a wonderful place which is named the Bear Sanctuary Prishtina. When I went there I was asking myself why I did not visit it more often because even though I live in Mramor I only visited this place once, this was the second time. 

I wanted to go to the Bear Sanctuary Prishtina so bad, so I forgot to stop and visit Badovci’s lake first, but I did so when leaving the Bear Sanctuary Prishtina. It made me feel great because I never visit this lake even when it is summer. 

Firstly going there, the woman who was working told me that only three or four bears and the lion were awakened because the others were still sleeping, I did not know how to feel about it. However, when I entered there I felt like I forgot everything about my life, which, in my opinion, was great and needed for me. I think we as humans need to forget about our everyday worries and do something that is fun, like visiting a sanctuary of wild animals for example.

That day I was tired and couldn’t walk that much. Because of that, I was unable to see the lion. This made me feel unlucky because I really wanted to see it. 

The bear that had my attention that day was Stivi. So, when I saw Stivi I immediately ran to take some pictures of it, and I was smiling from ear to ear. I don’t know why I found it so exciting, though. It seemed cute, while playing there, it was really exciting to see it because we as humans see wild animals mostly on the internet.

Something else that I liked so much, were some papers that were sticked on the wires. These papers were written by the people who rescued the bears. They had a deep impact on me, because they conveyed messages how the bears were rescued, how they were treated before and how they are treated now and taken care of. 

Then my brother told me that there was another bear, I was feeling happy again because I wanted to see more bears. This one was a little more difficult to see because firstly, it was out, then went in the cage. Also, I did not find it as satisfying as I found Stivi. Maybe it was because Stivi was the first one that had my attention, so I just took a photo of the second one. I did not want to go further because there were other things to see such as other bears and the lion, but I was exhausted, so it was impossible for me to go and see other things. Then I decided to go to the starting point. 

When I went to the starting point, I saw some things that I did not see in the beginning such as paintings, clothes, notebooks, mugs, with bears figures printed on them. I felt like I was home there, because it was a very calming and comforting place. 

Going there was a very good choice that I made. It made me realize that I live in a world that cares for animals too, and not just themselves. 

Photos of me were taken from: Blerton Gashi.

Bleona Gashi