Seeing Albania and Yugoslavia

A trip to Lake Prespa

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March 15th 2009
There was no power when we woke up this morning so we had to skip the morning coffee. About 10:15 Tashos showed up to take us on a trip to Lake Prespa, about 15 km away. He told us there was no power in Kastoria either, which was a reassuring as we were not sure if we had messed up something in the flat and that was the cause of the power outage. With a bit of a tight fit, we managed to all get ... read more

Europe » Greece » West Macedonia » Lake Prespa

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more