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Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid April 13th 2006

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 supposed to depart from turned out to be directions on how to walk to the border so I ended up walking out of town through the fields towards Macedonia. I stopped at a house and asked directions and they hailed a car which brought me to the border. Once in Macedonia things went a lot smoother. There was a ... read more
Ohrid
Bitola
Bitola

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid April 1st 2006

Nuestra estancia en Macedonia llega a su fin ( de momento...nos tocara volver). Buenas noticias....Ha salido el sol!!!!!! parece un milagro pero hace mas de una semana que cada dia amanece soleado, hace calorcito y la gente se dedica a pasear y sentarse en terracitas a tomar un cafe y ver la vida pasar....esta es la filosofia macedonia, tomarselo todo con calma, trabajar lo minimo, una vida casi comatosa. Ahi va el resumen de los ultimos 10 dias: Nos quedamos en la llegada de la primavera, desde ese dia nuestra vision de Macedonia se ha vuelto mas optimista, ya que ver las cosas en color despues de tantos dias grises anima bastante. El dia 23 fue mi cumpeaños, ya son 29 y como dice mi hermano el año que viene entro en la decadencia.....que simpatico, no??? ... read more
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Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid February 27th 2006

June 9th - Orhid Today was an elusive search for sunshine. This town and the surroundings are beautiful, but I just love sun. I thought that by June it would be well unto summer weather, but I guess I should have done a bit more research as it was chilly an rainy almost the whole time there. We didn’t have any definite plans, but just wondered throughout the town checking out all the nooks and crannies. After a disappointing lunch in the newer part of town we headed down to the lake front to walk along over the monasteries on the northern-western(maybe?) point. We had some excitement when the sun popped out for a good 15 minutes (that’s when most the pictures were taken) but some angry looking rain clouds and a cold wind soon showed ... read more
getting caught in the rain
Claire on the pier
A neat building on main street of Orhid

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid February 27th 2006

This part was written by my traveling buddy Claire, i wish she wrote more cause shes does a much better job then me! June 8th; Sofia-Skopje-Ohrid I am dosing off as the dreary weather in Sofia welcomes Matt and I to the Balkans. We start our trip off in Sofia - everything is great so far - we have our tickets to Skopje in advance and a taxi is waiting for us downstairs. 15 minutes later I realize that we are actually driving towards the airport not the bus station. We have 15 minutes until the bus leaves by the time we finally arrive to the bus station and I am nearing a point of unbearable exhaustion because of the “horse” pill from Turkey that Matt gave me for my cold. It’s hitting strong. We make ... read more
lunch
getting on the bus to Orhid
self portrait!

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid September 15th 2005

“Its like Iraq; no war,…but war….” Yes, that’s right, we are in the Republic of Makedonija (the ‘Former Yugoslav’ one, though officially that title doesn’t exist inside the country…) - to the west of Bulgaria and therefore nowhere near Turkey or Istanbul! Home of the second best flag in Europe. Provocatively Bulgarians regard this place as ‘Western Bulgaria’ so no tour of Bulgaria would have seemed complete without coming here, also we had to get a package sent somewhere and Poste Restante doesn’t seem to exist in Bulgaria so Skopje seemed like a good bet. Confounded by a lack of roads and armed Albanian rebels we have finally made it to Ohrid, on the shores of the lake by the same name, a beautiful city and former capital of the old Bulgarian kingdom, though also the ... read more
Stone Bridge, Skopje
Dead End
Central Ohrid




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