Well... been in Macedonia for a week now and figured I'd get a quick update on here! We are staying with Alex's family in Strumica, Macedonia... few quick facts: Population: Macedonia: 2 000 000 Strumica: 50 000 + 30 000 more including the 72 surrounding villages! Currency: Macedonian Dinar, some use of euro! 1 Euro = 61.3 Dinar... an hour in a net cafe = about 30 dinar max, can of coke = 30 dinar, restaraunt pizza = 180 dinar, cheap taxi fare = 100 dinar, beer at a club = 60 dinar... Lex's family consists of: Baba Sanda (Grandma: baba meaning just that, Sanda a shortning of her name, Alexandra) Corcho (Oldest child of Baba Sanda) Vancho + Fanka, Alees and Tomcho (Second oldest, his wife and two boys - 23,25) Macedonia is a bit
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