Hi Everybody! We spent Saturday afternooon exploring Thessaloniki. We went to the Roman Forum, Paradisos Bath ruins, the Arch of Galerius, the White Tower, several Orthodox churches. We went through a park and I saw a woman jumping rope, my favorite exercise. I tried to communicate with her and found out that she was from Afghanistan. Today has been great! We caught an early train from Thessaloniki to the capital of Macedonia, Skopje. We had a cabin with 6 seats that we shared with a super, nice guy - Chad. He is working for a contractor in Kosovo. Our trip flew [View Full Entry]

---

---

Hi Everybody! I am using a strange keyboard that has y and z switched. Try to overlook that if I have spelling errors with those letters. I also cant use an apostrophe or quotation marks. Walt and I walked over the Old Stone Bridge and explored the Ottoman section of Skopje. A young couple was exiting the Orthodox Church after getting married. Two musicians serenaded them as they left the church. The Kale Fortress overlooks this section of town. Only3 of its original 70 towers remain. This city is 2000 years old and has suffered many floods and earthquakes. When buildings [View Full Entry]

---

---

Meeting Macedonia Europe » Macedonia FYR » Skopje By TheKeiths March 28th 2007 Alana and Bryan Keith After yet another overnight, “sleepless” train to Thessaloniki and a 5-hour train ride through the Macedonian countryside, we finally arrived in Skopje, the capital city. Macedonia is a relatively new country, having just r [View Full Entry]

---

---

so yea ive had quite the issue updating this blog, seeing as i've come across only power outages and shitty internet.... saturday afternoon i left veliko turnovo after a ridiculously crazy night and a tearful farewell. i can't wait to come back next summer. a bunch of us headed for sofia where i spent the first night at a hostel and the second night with a friend from switzerland who works in sofia. we spent saturday night at a nice restaurant followed by a cool bar behind the national art gallery and then a club called 'my mojito'. naturally, i had [View Full Entry]

---

---

I've spend the last few days with Iskra, Verica, and Snezena (they were all in my Greece program) and their friends and family (Igor, Sasho, Andre, Sanchka, etc.). I've seen most of Skopje, the capital of Macedonia... there's nothing much here, it's pretty calm. The city is in the far North of the country, near Serbia (the Kosovo region). It sits between two small mountain ranges and has a river running through it that flows directly south towards Thessaloniki. Yesterday we went up to one of the bluffs where there is this ancient 12th century Orthodox church; it was very interesting. [View Full Entry]

---

---

Estos ultimos dias en Estambul han sido dias de relax y compras, para seguir con la linea consumista que empezó hace un mes con la llegada de Toni y que nos ha afectado a los tres. Atras han quedado Mister T ( Tuncay), Fatih o Fico entre otros, y los tes turcos y de manzana que nos ofrecian cada vez que ibamos a verles. Tambien atras han quedado las noches de marcha en el Cambaz, viendo al abuelo "Fred Astair" bailando con las jovenes y dando vueltas sin parar emulando al demonio de Tasmania. Ahora Toni ha regresado a Barcelona, y [View Full Entry]

---

---

Trött på bilen, på Kosovo, och ganska trött på mig själv också för tillfället. Två nätter i Prishtina blev fyra och det sista som skulle göras var att balansera hjulen. Det propsade mekanikern på. Fast när jag äntligen hittade en firma som gjorde det, var det just inget fel alls på dem, och killen föreslog föga diplomatiskt att obalansen kanske satt någon annanstans, typ i mitt huvud.. När jag efter drygt fem mil på väg mot Skopje kom på att jag glömt passet och typ alla viktiga papper på disken vid receptionen på hotellet, var jag beredd att hålla med honom. [View Full Entry]

---

---

Skopje.....que bonita ciudad.......eso probablemente solo lo podreis oir de boca de un macedonio, pero no de nuestras bocas. Skopje ( capital de Macedonia, pais de tan solo 2 millones de habitantes) es una ciudad que no nos inspira demasiado: es gris (exceptuando el barrio antiguo donde esta el Bazar turco) y la lluvia, el frio y la niebla no ayudan demasiado, y la falta de lugares de interes que visitar hacen esta ciudad totalmente prescindible. Pero tambien tiene sus cosas buenas:algunos modernos cafes y restaurantes, centros comerciales y supongo que con sol y un poco mas de calorcete g [View Full Entry]

---

---

I visited the Gostivar Macedonia in 2004. I have been notime to spend the location but I took some photos from this place. Albanians and Turkish peoples live there with the Macedonians. I learned that 60% of Gostivar peoples are Albanians. Some of the local buildings and market places name are written with the three different languages. 2004 Yili Eylül Ayinda Yağmurlu Bir Günde Ziyaret Etme Şansi Buldugum Gostivar Birçok Tarihi Mekana Sahip. Sadece 1-2 Saat Zamanim Olmasina Rağmen Bir Çok Fotograf Çektim. Gostivar Makedonyanin Türk Nüfusu En Yoğun Şehirlerinden [View Full Entry]

---

---

Much to my surprise, getting out of Albania was rather trouble-free. I managed to board the bus mildly conscious for a five-in-the-morning departure for Korçe. Having arrived a few minutes early and aware that Albanians share the same concept of punctuality as the rest of their Mediterranean neighbors (which is zero), I darted off for an espresso only to be told to get right back on the bus immediately. The driver saw no other passengers this steamy morning and decided it was time to go. We were out of Berat before 4:50. Go figure. The bus to Korçe takes a circuitous [View Full Entry]

---

---