Blogs from Macedonia, Europe - page 5

Time for another trip. This time it’s a jaunt round the Balkans. First stop – Skopje, capital of Macedonia. We’re off to a good start with an uneventful flight and shuttle bus into town. We had booked into the Alexandar Square Hotel but were telephoned yesterday to say they were overbooked so could we go to the new Alexandar II instead. This is a longer walk from the bus stop. It’s also 10 degrees warmer than not-so-sunny Bournemouth, so we haul our overdressed selves and our luggage to Alexandar II to be told we have a room at Alexandar the original after all. So it’s back the way we came, somewhat sweaty and unimpressed. But it’s a nice, boutique hotel right on the main square and after a freshen up, we set forth to discover Skopje, ... read more

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE BLOG OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (61 TOTAL - CLICK ON NEXT OR PREVIOUS) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. I PUT LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO YOU CAN SKIP THE NARRATIVE, JUST LOOK AT THE ENLARGED PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS AND YOU'LL STILL GET MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU EVER WANTED. TO RETURN TO THE BLOG ENTRY, JUST CLICK YOUR BACK BUTTON OR ON THE NAME OF THE BLOG, BELOW THE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT. As you have probably figured out, these travel blogs are a way for Bernard and me to keep track of our adventures. I can't tell you how many times we've referred back to one of our over 60 travel blogs looking for various details, maps, dates, etc. ... read more

Rano zbalenie batohu, nechanie rozpadnutych botasiek pred dverami hostela, uz klasicky zastavka na burek. Bus na letisko mi ide 9/40 zpred hotela Holiday Inn. V parciku v klude zjedenie ranojok a pomaly presun na miesto odjazdu. Na parkovisku som zbadal kancelariu vardar expres , overujem si este odchod busu, listok sa kupuje u vodica. Po opusteny kanclu, za mnou este dobieha jeden chalan ci s nim nechcem sharenut taxi na letisko, no veru nie, mam este dost casu a bus je lacnejsi. Taxi stoji 15€/auto. Posedavanie pri rieke a sledovanie ludi. 15.min pred odchodom presun pred holiday inn. Tu sa uz zacali zgrupovat ludia. Bus prichadza nacas, sadam do zadnej casti. Prichadza vodic, kasiruje ma a smer letisko s este zastavkou na bus stanici a pri jednom nakupnom stredisku, kde nastupuje fesna policajtka. V zadu na ... read more

Hore som uz o 7/00. Nestracam cas, podla predpovede sa dazd ma spustit nieco po 12/00. Vonku to tak ale vobec nevyzera, nebo modre, bez jedineho mracika, slnko pecie o sto sest. Opustam ubytko, neskor ma napadlo,ze som ho nezamkol, ups, hadam ho nikto nevyrabuje. V pekarni kupa 2 makovich kolacov. Jebnuty ludi sa tu normalne predbiehali. Vdaka gps sa napajam na znackovanu trasu k markovej vezi. Pod pevnostou sa pasu kozy, kone, vyhlad paradny, uplna idylka. Zacinam prudko stupat, ledvaj dychcim ale nevzdavam to. Stretavam prveho cloveka. Konecne som v pevnosti. Musim povedat,ze omnoho lepsia ako v ohride a dokonca je to tu free. Postupne sa dostavam az k velkemu krizu, odkial je neskutocny vyhlad na cele mesto. Ako inak, musim to tu oznackovat. Po pauzicke uz smer klastor treskavec. Trasa velmi dobre znacena opat ... read more

Nieco po 9/00 sa zobudzam, kolegine este chrapu. V blizkej pekarnicke kupeny pizzovy burek. Uplna bomba, mnam. Dnesny plan je velmi jednoduchy, ist na neaku zastrcenu plaz a len tam polehovat. Konecne posielam domov pohladnice, na poste ziadny problem aj ked som sa najskor postavil k inemu okienku. Po mapovovom prieskume, zavrhujem mestsku plaz i plaz cuba libre a parkujem na url=https://www.google.sk/maps/place/41%C2%B006'49.6%22N+20%C2%B047'17.9%22E/@41.113775,20.7861163,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d41.113771!4d20.788305mini plazicke pod pevnostou. Nikde nikto, kamenista mini plaz, stromi co poskytuju tien, pristup do vody ale nedobry, takze na kupanie to tu neodporucam. Kedze pre mna bola voda studena neriesil som to, zvalil sa pod strom a uz len relaxoval, spal, cital knihu. Obcas ma vyrusila vyletna lodicka ale inak dokonaly klud. Asi po... read more