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Like a Macedonian Pot Pie ...  
   

Like a Macedonian Pot Pie ...

... but filled with pork and mushrooms in a brown gravy. Quite nice, but perhaps not the perfect dish for a hot night, though it was still reasonably light. Macedonia hasn't mastered the art of puff pastry, but the bread cap was surprisingly good, golden brown and chewy, perfect for soaking up the gravy. Dinner was at another pizza joint tonight, as again it was tough to find a restaurant. I know it's a small town, but perhaps people don't like to eat out here? I had walked over 30 minutes all over the centre of town looking for a place, but of course I only found something after wandering back to the hotel and walking down a nearby side street.
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June 28th 2012
Geo: 41.4331, 22.0119Finally - after not understanding a single sign that I saw in Greece, I can finally read the signs now that I'm in Macedonia! Well ... I guess that's not quite correct, since I can't actually read Macedonian, but at least some of the Cyrillic characters look a bit familiar, having seen them last year in Bulgaria. It's more than I can say for Greek, which fo ... read more
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Macedonian Flag International recognition of Macedonia's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols. Greece finally lifted its trade blockade in 1995 and the two cou... ... read more
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