Brateks Skopje

... heard of them before so I think I missed something. They're from Serbia and were ment to be the best of their type of music, which turned out to be rock, in the classic sence of the word. There where quite old, but have been going for 20 years so I guess thats why. the songs were quite good though, I could see why they had been going for so long.

The place they were playing was really cool. It was a open-air club that ...

... bag was getting pretty heavy but after some time we found it. The backpackers is quite nice apart from some idiot from New York who likes to watch the music channels and comment rudely on certain women aloud to everyone, classy kind of guy. Myself and Lee strolled around the city. Skope is actually quite a nice place and there are streets lined with cafes. I had a bit of an incident on the bridge where 2 street kids approached me trying ...

... And everyone smokes on the bus, so they take breaks every hour, and turn all the lights on in the bus to wake you up. But I had it pretty good. I was rocking out on the back seats, which meant there was five in a row, with no arm rests to get in the way. Thats high quality sleeping media. Coming into Skopje was kinda cool, because you have to go through the entire city, the bus depot being on the other side that you come in ...

... nda övgüyle anılan bir şehir Dubrovnik. Shaw, "cennette bir yer" diyor Dubrovnik için. Gerçekten de, Dubrovnik'in surlarla çevrili mermer kaplı caddeleri, merdivenleri, birer sanat eseri olan çeşme ve sarayları, kiliseleri, manastırları insana adeta bu kadarı da çok fazla dedirtecek kadar görkemli. Hiç abartısız, bu şehir yaşayan bir ortaçaü kenti! Tüm yapılar kullanıma açık, yaşıyor. Sadece seyirlik olmaması, içinde yaşayan insanların günlük hayatlarını sürdürüyor ...

... to fill your belly. Then, at that point you get served dessert! Yes, after all of that you better eat their desserts. I think it is a sin to pass up theses wonderful tasty treats! This time we were given Ravanija. Ravanija is a cake like dessert. It is usually served for Prochka, which is The Forgiveness Day. Forgiveness Day is where the younger generation goes to the house of their elders, usually their grandparents and they ask for forgiveness( wether they have done ...

... with lemon and very little sugar.  Very sour and awesome.  And apparently everyone considers it "american" here.  I've never seen it in the US. Day 4: Today was my day off.  Unfortunately it was the city's day off too; since elections are today nothing was open.  Also people talk about possibly bad stuff going down if the election goes the wrong way.  Lets hope that doesn't happen. Walked around a ...

... the elegantly decorated Sarena Djamija, or colored/painted mosque. This alone makes a visit worthwhile, as it's a real stunner (and at less than €2 each way, it doesn't cost much to get there). The other standout monument is the Bektashi tekke of Baba Arabati, set at the foot of a hill on the outskirts of town. A tekke is basically a monastery for dervishes of the Bektashi sect, and apparently this one is the largest of its ...

... price descrepancy was getting me down. We took our bags to the sidewalk and chatted for a moment. Then the manager shouted out the window to us that we could have the room for 40 Euros, but only for one night, and we'd have to see in the morning. After all, he said, it was eight pm and probably no one else would come to take the room. For that, we said "alright" and we had accepted a place to stay. It had European tv so we spent our night catching up on our vedging.

... But maybe that reveals also something about the situation in general: nationalism, need for some support grows when people feel themselves uncertain. Can this be part of the explanation for the nationalism and ethnic divisions for example here in Macedonia. Propably, I don't know. Well, one think is sure: I will not start to wave the flag of Finland or sing the natinal hymn in the middle of Stuga. :) Or I will let you know, if that will happen. After the exchange I ...

... up in a madcap revolution in protest at the collapse of pyramid schemes,many linked with the countries first elected Gov**nment,who w**e basically communist relics,and corrupt.I had witnessed for myself this country on the brink in 1995.In the new found freedom,private ent**prise was in it's early exp**imental phase.Some people began a new public transport s**vice,running often clapped out minivans around the nation's potholed roads.Oth**'s made ...