http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Macedonia , Ohrid en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:24:06 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:24:06 +0000 The Jerusalem of Europe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-432651.html I am a couple of weeks behind but thought I would try and catch up anyway. SO the true start of my travels and I began jsut 30 minutes from where the general assembly was in Ohrid. We were only there for about a day but I really liked it. We spent most of our time in the Old Town and enjoyed walking around the Med style cobbled streets and houses complete with grape vines and cats. We visited http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-429792.html Ohrid accommodationHiIf you need accommodation in Ohrid or other city in Macedonia i found this page www.gotoohrid.com .There are different information that may be of your interest. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-423133.html If you like to visit Ohrid Macedonia visit www.travel2ohrid.com. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-419567.html Visit www.travel2ohrid.com http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-414640.html Welcome back everyoneI had a much needed quite cozy night of sleep after my arrival in Ohrid so now I'm ready to conquer the city I have heard so much about Ohrid and I told myself I would make sure I hit up this town during my next Balkans visit. Ohrid is well known for its famous lake beautiful old town and overall gorgeous scenery. I'm so ready to discover what this town has to offer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-398892.html After having reached the Skopje bus station I was immediately approached by various taxi drivers all asking me Hey where are you going. I'll take you anywhere you wanna go. They stand outside of the bus station seeking customers left and right. I have never experienced persistent taxi drivers like I had in Skopje. Many of them even offered to drive me to Ohrid. I got price offers from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-397847.html After a really swell day in Pristina I headed for Macedonia. My plan was to reach Skopje the capital city and then take a bus to Ohrid. I have been pondering over the idea of hitchhiking around the Balkans. I would not even consider doing this in the USA but this isn't the USA. In my mind I was thinking Come on Gina you only live once. I have met several fellow travelers who have succe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-397716.html Took me 45 minutes to figure out where is Antonio's GH after being dropped off by this stupid taxi driver to another place on the same neighborhood hoping i would stay there he probably will get commission if i did luckily i fianlly saw the number of the house and it wasnt it it was dark at 430am quite difficult to read the address walking around like a lunatic cursing the taxi guy i swore to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-336093.html Saturday 20th September 2008 AlexandriaI cycled in the afternood and it felt nice to be on the road again. Short before Alexandria my view fell on a shop where several strange things where offered broken music instruments old mashines tools and even beds I liked it I stopped and talked to the shop owener Ioannes Johannis an about 55 year old man with a smile. He invited me to a coffe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-332554.html Nachdem wir den gestrigen Abend mit bdquogriechischen Spezialittenldquo haben ausklingen lassen wurden wir heut frh von strahlendem Sonnenschein und nur noch 20C geweckt. Den Weg in Richtung mazedonische Grenze habe ich trotz des erholsamen Schlafs in unserem DesignerZimmer weitestgehend verschlafen bis wir durch Zufall ber einen Wasserfall stolperten. Kurz den Anblick genossen und http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-325018.html For our lsquovacationrsquo we spend the weekend in a town city called Ohrid. The beaches were beautiful and the city does not sleep. Shops are open at all hours the weather is perfect with all forms and types of entertainment. Ohrid is a paradise. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-303645.html Today i was in Ohrid Macedonia.That is very beautiful city. All that culture an nature. You have to see the lake it take your breath awayI take a tour with travel agency Hajbatours hajbatours.com.mk they helped me a lotIf you want to visit Ohrid i suggest to call them to guide you http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-266088.html The bus got into Skopje at 545am. I had to change bus and the bus to Ohrid left just pass 6am.Got into Ohrid at 945am. At the bus station an elderly gentleman asked me if I was looking for accommodation and I said yes. He was riding a bicycle so we walked to his house which was a 10 minute walk from the bus station. He said he can give me a room with an attached bathroom for Euros 15 per night and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-258106.html Upon arrival in Ohrid I was quite surprised by what I found. I had read a bit about this town and the lake how it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site full of ancient buildings and how the Cyrillic alphabet was invented here in the ninth century AD. I had also seen a lot of photographs nearly all of a little church sitting on a cliff above a deep blue lake. Well that is only half the story. Tacke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-205731.html Leaving Albania turned out to be more difficult than expected. The bus to Macedonia which I had asked about on Saturday and was supposed to leave at nine in the morning on Monday didn't... So I looked on the map of Albania and took the first minibus I could find to the town closest to the border. And than I tried to get another ride to the border itself but the directions to where the bus was supp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/Ohrid/blog-191280.html Planning a class trip music festivals church youth group trips or other youth trip OhridTravel is the best place for ohridtravelhotmail.com http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-106350.html Yes you can judge by the title that Lex is in completely recovered health... otherwise it would be something more seriousUnfortunately just Ez here again as the internet was down at the internet cafe comeon... what kinda internet cafe has net that goes down and lex got a bit tired and headed off for bedAs i was saying... she made it through with the help of a few wee pills called painkille http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-97941.html well after listening to my mother scream in my ear about not callingemailingupdating before we got cut off i suppose its time for an update. i did try the other day but the connection at this place sucked really bad so i just left...basically i'm an adopted member of the family here in ohrid. we sit and sip coffee smoke cigarettes watch balkan music videos eat homecooked meals etc. etc. l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-84357.html well i certainly am happy to be out of skopje. parts of it were really cool but overall i just felt unsafe and being alone certainly didn't help...probably the best part was being able to sit in my room in my underwear in front of the air conditioner...this morning i was a weirdo and was up and out of my room by 9 to explore what i could in skopje before noon. the main center square ploshtad mak http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-83720.html