Aleksandar Palace Skopje

I absolutely loved Skopje, I wasn't too sure what to expect based on my experience in Tirana and Ohrid, but Skopje was a lovely surprised. The city appears to be divided into two halves, with the Tukish quarter located over the bridge and all that comes with it - bazaar, great restaurants and freesh food markets. The city is refreshingly beniegn of any western influences, (with the exception of one McDonalds!!) there ...

... in the bottom floor of a nondescript office building. Who knew Serbia produced such good burgers? I don't know what kind of meat it was but it was seasoned nicely and you pick out toppings such as this pimento cheese like stuff, yoghurt sauce, slaw, spicy mayo, etc. This huge fluffy bun that is grilled until perfectly toasted is the glue that holds all this together. You get the picture. <br><br>If I were ...

... and once again I was treated to the sight of dozens of angry Serbs yelling about Kosovo, luckily they were on tv this time. The next stop on my little tour of Skopje's drinking scene was right next door. "Trends" is apparently a hotspot for Skopje's youth- "the beautiful people" as ******* like to call them. I hate that term, it's exclusive and implies that you're not attractive enough to go in and mingle with this "beautiful" social elite ...

... ehri tanýmaya çalýþýyoruz. Makedonya'nýn baþkenti Üsküp eski Yugoslavya'nýn önemli kültür, sanat, tarih merkezi.Yahya Kemal, Memet Akif Ersoy ve Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün dedesi Hakký Efend i gibi büyük sahsiyetlerin çýktýðý topraklar. Vardar nehri þehrin ortasýndan geçiyor ve köprülerle süslenmiþ. Modern caddeleri, Arnavut Kaldýrýmlarý, Cafeleri ile kaymaçinasi, simit pogaçasi, paçasý, böreði ile meþhur. Arnavutu, Makedonu, Türkü, Sýrpý, Boþnaðý 500 yýl Osmanlý kültür ...

... well I can't even imagine wearing all of that. The jewelry of course, most were of filligran, handmade jewelry of silver and sometimes gold that looks like thread. It was all stunning! My exploring through the museum was at an end, so I met up with Marija and her friend Aneta. In Aneta's office I met a woman named Slavjanka. She is a colleague of Aneta. Slavjanka knew some english, but she had told us stories of ...

Woke up super early today. Exercised a tiny bit then packed up the van. about 30 of us carpooled in these old scary little vans. The location was up in the mountains, something like 18,000 meters up (no idea how many feet that is). The place was called tanusha and its 2 hours into the mountains. No running water, no electricity; pretty old school. The drive ...

... some weed killer, it wouldn't cost too much and would make a world of difference. This is not unique to Skopje, of course, a pleasant and manageable city with a compact downtown area, plenty of restaurants and shops and friendly people. Once you have eaten and shopped, however, there isn't a hell of a lot else to do here, except leave. We work this out within two days and then bundle up our stuff and hike back to the bus station.

... meant EU. What would for the non-EU members be in that case? Geographically Europe but politically some grey area nowhere or what? Propably that kind of use of that term tells how some people feel clear divisions between those two groups of countries. And for sure there are divisions, when it comes to free movement and everything. Sometimes it would be easier not to notice them ( especially with my "welcome anywhere"-passport). Anyhow, the talk about "Europeans ...

... Command**'s base. Moussa told me that a bullet had whistled ov** Eran's head just aft** they left our logistics base,und**lineg that it would have been dang**ous and unnecessary for me to risk going with them,but I was still disappointed.I asked aft** the casualties,and he told me that he had driven them down to the Macedonian checkpoint to get them to Skopje hospital.I'm not sure if he was being s**ious.Or maybe this was anoth** breakout attempt by M,with ...