Aleksandar Villa Ohrid
N. Raca b.b. Ohrid, 6000, Macedonia
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Meat and Raki Overdose!
... s one of those things where ya had to be there
The next morning we all woke up hangover free....I guess the massive amounts of meat we ingested saved our booty! Once again we were treated to massive breakfast all made by Niko's gracious Mom. We could not have been more thankful!
In order to get to Bulgaria we had to travel north to the capital Skopje. Nicko offered to drive us ...
Lake Ohrid
... and gates, and full of winding, narrow, steep roads to get lost in (not so fun considering the steepness). The fortress is up at the top, rebuilt, fun to climb and the best place for great views of the city and lake. There are many important historical churches, there is an excavated Roman theater in town, some other ruins being excavated, and more pizza joints than you can imagine.
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Bitola and Heraclea
... their artistic value, for their longevity) and the Roman theater, built by Hadrian, not discovered until 1968, is quite complete.
The model of what was built on top of it over the centuries helps to explain how these things stay hidden for 2000 years.
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Into the Balkans
Half way through our Eastern Europe trip and we were having a blast. But soon we were heading into the Balkans, the land of bureks, churches and mosques, bad drivers, crowded trains, chain smokers and roma kids. So into the Balkans we went, with guns blazing.
After the crazy tourism of Prague, a short break in the High Tatras Mountains of Slovakia was what the doctor ordered. Great B&B accomodation, beautiful scenary and enjoyable, yet at ...
Kosovo and Albania the perfect place for a holiday
... road (a very bad road, but I'll get to that in a bit). He said "hello" and asked where I was from. Most people who speak good English have lived in the UK for a bit although no one yet has known where Hereford is. I told him I lived near the Welsh border, "do you speak Welsh" he replied. I obviously said "no" but told him some friends of mine do (my old flat mate spoke Welsh as his first language). "I speak some Welsh" he replied to my amazement, he then proceeded to spout out some of ...


