Country Info
- Skopje
- Capital
- Denar (MKD)
- Currency
- 2,046,209
- Population
- MK
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Macedonia
Carnival in full swing
Kalimera! Since a couple of weeks I've been living in Kozani, Greece. Kozani is the capital of the Western Macedonia region, situated roughly halfway between Thessaloniki and Ioannina, near the Egnatia Odos. As one hears Greece, the first things that ...
Northern Greece
... "victory of the Thessalians", the victory of Phillip II. The famous White Tower marks the corner of the ancient city. When Macedonia was captured by Rome, it was divided into 4 portions or sections. Thessaloniki was the capital of the central portion. ...
haha free showers!
Woke up at the crack of dawn outside the hotel Europa in Shkoder and started driving. Albania has been a bit of a shock, I didn't fully expect to find such an under developed nation sandwiched between Croatia and Greece (ignoring Montenegro for the ...
Lake Ohrid
... difference 4 hours on a bus makes. We arrived yesterday in Lake Ohrid to find a beautiful lake and sleepy resort town. A resort town in Macedonia you say? Yes, they do exist. We took a busted up old bus on the four hour trip from Skopje but it did have ...
Seriously, a blank clock?
Lovely start to the morning in Ohrid: We took a boat ride around the lake, so beautiful, so relaxing. We had a lovely 'captain' who very kindly dropped us off in town so we could buy a Macedonian SIM card. Unfortunate welcome to Skopje: Getting ripped ...
17 hour train trip
Man oh man, a 17 hour train trip from Istanbul to Thessaloniki left at 8pm arrived at 1pm (no time change). Was meant to arrive at 7.20am in Thessaloniki but due to delays at the Turkish border check point (1 hour and 30 minutes) and delays at ...
Naoussa-Vergina
We ended up in a town called Naoussa, known for its Macedonian wineries and as a lodging area for nearby ski slopes. In fact, we shared the hotel with some national teams there for an Eastern European skiing competition: Slovenia, Belarus, Croatia, ...
The WORST campsite!
Day 25 - Meteora to Kavalla Another drive day - this part of the trip is the worst as we are only staying 1 night in each small town so there is a lot of putting up and pulling down of tents and a lot of driving. We usually have 'service stops' ...
This is Skopje?
Sadly I left Ohrid…after doing a bit of shopping of course. I was off to Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Ok, sounds good to me. I get to City Hostel, and basically it's like staying at your friend’s uncle’s house. The guy who runs it ...
Ohrid sweet Ohrid
We had a good visit to Lake Ohrid, both the town of Ohrid and the monastery of Sveti Naum on the Macedonian-Albanian border. Seventeen years ago I visited the monastery, but was unable to cross the border into Albania: at the time it was ...
Another day in the village
Not much to report today. Mostly just wanted to put up a few photos. Shoot went well, we got rained out but shot some interiors. Seemed really short. I think I really like black olives. I dont like ...
I made it to Greece!
Hello Everyone! Yes, just so you know I did make it to Greece. I left Germany yesterday, took a train to Leipzig (where I paid about $1.50 to go to the bathroom) then flew to Thessaloniki, Greece. Outside the airport I saw the bus I needed was ...
So far so good
Hello all! Life is good over here. We're just coming to the end of the Helsien Days which are 12-15 days of clear sunny weather every january. We're supposed to expect force 8-9 winds in the next few days. I'm pumped for some storm action! ...
Another short stop
Hallo zusammen, bin vor 6 Uhr aufgestanden um den Bus nach Bitola zu erwischen. Dies war eine bedeutende ottomanische Stadt mit einigen Konsuln aus anderen Laendern. Daher gibt es einige nette alte Gebaeude, einige Moscheen und einen kleinen Basar, wie ...
The Village
Arrived Athens at last and was able to get earlier flight to Thessoliniki. Taxi trip to Sfelinos, 120 km at €105 ($185 Au). Rained most of the way, hope the Melbourne weather pisses off soon. Had dinner in village and slept like ...
A lake, some churches and a national park
... much else to town, but a nice place to wander the streets nonetheless. I found the place oddly quiet. The most visited town in Macedonia, with 20000 visitors per day during the summer, I think they all stay on the one main pedestrian street as most of the ...
Kastoria again
We have plenty of sunshine and beautiful weather on the top of a hill with a breathtaking view of the "swanny" lake and the city. I was chosen to make a speech about my Erasmus experiences during the presentation of the programme here at the Kastoria TEI ...
The Former capitol of Rome
May 22nd .We awoke to see the caravan site in daylight covered in snow like fluff from the trees, everything including our van had fluff attatched to it. We had seen this before in Italy at the superbikes and around Milan but here it was thick and ...
Day 5
Didnt do much today. Went shopping for essentials: toilet paper, yogurt, mineral water. Had lunch and dinner with a few kids around here, nothing too tasty though. Edited my reel a bit. Watched the new battlestar galactica. We ...
When earthquakes meet 1960s Communism. . .
... . Skopje has failed to make the least bit of an impression on me. As a matter of fact, I'm feeling a little underwhelmed with Macedonia overall. Nice people, good, cheap food, pretty countryside and all, but it just doesn't quite do it for me. Ohrid ...
Demokratika
There was a student protest in Thessaloniki and Athens last night. They marched through the streets. Here in Thessaloniki there must've been a few thousand youth that went through. I didn't know what the protest was about but it was amazing to see people ...
Final Stop, Dion
Change of schedule day. Originally we were to drive leisurely down to Dion to see the ancient sacred Macedonian site below Mt. Olympus and then spend some time on the beach. Instead we had to drive back to Edessa to pick up Karen's ...
Greece's Answer to Newcastle
Out of the train station and into the early morning, Gregorios was kind enough to show me the cheap and dodgy hotel part of town and deposit me there with an invite to dinner with him and his family that night. The "cheerful" deskclerk made it clear ...
T'niki
Thessaloniki was a fun rest stop on my way out of the country. It's quite the cosmopolitan city full of street side cafes and shopping - it's a bit surprising that I like it better than Athens. I could really blow some money here on clothes. I've always ...
Hattyúk, pávák, ludak (libák?)
Görögországba megjött a tavasz. De úgy egyszerre. Ezért úgy határoztunk, hogy egyet kirándulunk a környéken, már úgyis jó volna egy kis mozgás. A kis mozgásból aztán nagy mozgás lett, ahogy az hamarosan kiderül. Kastoria Kozanitól ...
The Balkan Express Part 1
... cultures, and many different ways to worship god. As a result, the people of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, etc. have traditionally had some difficulties living under the same umbrella. Most people recognize many of these regions from ...
It's all Greek to me
In hindsight, we would have been sheer masochists had we attempted a non-stop bus-train-ferry-train-ferry pilgrimage from Amalfi to the Greek Islands. For some peculiar reason, the concept of bohemoth journeys are always more adventurous and appealing ...
Stopping over in Skopje
... unfortunately, Greece and Macedonia don't get along too well so it was no surprise that my plans to travel from Skopje (Macedonia) to Thessaloniki (Greece) were to be foiled. Due to budget cuts, Greece had suspended the train from Skopje and tomorrow was ...
Transit flight to Thessaloniki
We landed in Thessaloniki's Makedonia airport at 18:00, took my car from the airport's parking lot and drove back to home in Kavala. ...
Home, sweet home
We arrived home at 20:00, unpacked our stuff and sat on the TV to watch the Champion's League quarter final game of FC Barcelona against Arsenal. FCB won 4-1. If only I could be in Camp Nou right now! ...