Blogs from Macedonia, Europe - page 21

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

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

I visited the Gostivar Macedonia in 2004. I have been notime to spend the location but I took some photos from this place. Albanians and Turkish peoples live there with the Macedonians. I learned that 60% of Gostivar peoples are Albanians. Some of the local buildings and market places name are written with the three different languages. 2004 Yili Eylül Ayinda Yağmurlu Bir Günde Ziyaret Etme Şansi Buldugum Gostivar Birçok Tarihi Mekana Sahip. Sadece 1-2 Saat Zamanim Olmasina Rağmen Bir Çok Fotograf Çektim. Gostivar Makedonyanin Türk Nüfusu En Yoğun Şehirlerinden Birisi. Çoğunluğu Arnavut ve Türk Kökenli insanlardan Olusuyor. Makedon Nüfusu ise Türk ve Arnavutlara Nazaran Daha Az... Keşki Daha Çok Vaktim Olsaydi... Gostivar Merkezde de Yer Alan ve Hemen Meydanin Köşesindeki Kafe de İçtiğim Makiato nun Tadı Hala Damağımda..... ... read more

Much to my surprise, getting out of Albania was rather trouble-free. I managed to board the bus mildly conscious for a five-in-the-morning departure for Korçe. Having arrived a few minutes early and aware that Albanians share the same concept of punctuality as the rest of their Mediterranean neighbors (which is zero), I darted off for an espresso only to be told to get right back on the bus immediately. The driver saw no other passengers this steamy morning and decided it was time to go. We were out of Berat before 4:50. Go figure. The bus to Korçe takes a circuitous route, in an almost 180-kilometer clockwise crescent. According to maps, there exists a road that covers that distance in more or less ninety kilometers. But when I inquired why no bus traveled the apparently shorter ... read more

I recieved a very interesting comment on my Santorini page from a very pissed off American girl, whom I unfortunately can't find in the blogger-search. I would like to get a chat with her, she seems interesting. But before any more Americans might be to offended, I will try and explain my earlier comments on being with 30 Americans. So here we go: 1. Firstly I have American as well as Canadian friends, whom I am very fund of. And I find great interest in having a chat with an American considering the fact that if you wish to know something about a country (and who doesn't wanna know some insider about the States) then who else to ask than a native. 2. The reason I was very pissed on being with 30 Americans comes from ... read more