Blogs from Macedonia, Europe - page 16

Hi guys - me back. I had to let Scott send the last one as I was in bed poorly sick (Otherwise know as being pathetic). Not with a hangover but with flu...............not man flu but proper flu. I'm still not great,or anywhere near great but I got some tablets today and feel I am on the mend. I think what Scott put sums up the last few weeks. He did fail to mention the ice on the inside of the windows (prob where the flu came from!). Galipoli was amazing, interesting and very moving. I did enjoy Turkey but really did feel it was time to move on. We finally left the posh hotel - even tho our clothes were not quite dry (Where yoou can get roome by the Hr?!?!). We headed out of ... read more

Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu MECODONIA SKOPJE // MAKEDONYA ÜSKÜP OHRİD seyahatinden Gunluklerinden/siirlerinden bir kac kesit Eser Sahibi (H.ÇİĞDEM YORGANCIOĞLU) Bu gezi yazısına dair 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu’ndan doğan mali ve manevi hakların gerçek sahibidir. All rights reserved Kabhi Alvida ,Elveda deme Rumeli’ye İçimde bir Balkan türküsü döner deliye Vardar Nehri başlar fıkır fıkır kıpırdamaya . Fingirdeyip ,köpürüp oynayacak besbelli , Ben Güneydoğu Avrupa'da gezerken Adımlarım Osmanlının izlerini sürerken Coskusu ile Üsküp’ten Ohrid’e giderken Yola çıkar içimdeki cocuk henüz erken Az uz gidip,bir varmış bir yokmuş derken Arkeolojik bir kazıda alır birdenbire solugu Tarihi kazar geçmişin ,şimdiki zamandaki oluğu Kimbilir kazdığım 14 yaşında kafatası Kimin çoluğu , çocuğu Hava sıcak güneş başımızda nasıl acaba buranın kışı soğu... read more

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 a few of the 365 churches Ohrid boasts. They were a contrast of Orthodox Christianity and Catholic, all very ornate with lots of icons. The one that really sticks in my mind was the little church on the cliff over looking the stunning Ohrid lake. We sat by and gazed out to the view for about an ... read more

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 as high as 80 euros to as low as 30 euros. No thanks! The bus will be just fine with a nice little price tag of around 10 euros. "But you can ride in comfort in my nice car," several of them said. "No, it's ok, I wanna experience the local buses since I'm here for the adventure," I replied. One of the more persistent taxi drivers ... read more

After the rather unpleasant incident on the Albanian side of the border, I got stamped into Macedonia without further ado. They actually had anti-corruption stickers everywhere warning foreigners not to hand over any money, which would have been plenty helpful when I'd entered Albania. There were no buses or taxis to the closest town and I was the only guy crossing the border, so I had to walk for a couple of kilometres before I finally managed to score a ride to Ohrid. I was quite happy when I arrived there half an hour later and the sun hadn't set yet, so I could get a glimpse of this town in daylight. I contacted my host Karen, who fetched me shortly afterwards from the central square in the old town, and took me to her place, ... read more