Bristol Skopje

... had put a makeshift stage on. Very cool. <br><br>The second night they had the intercultural party. It was just a lot of different alcholo really and a few sweets. But there was this blueberry one there that was really nice form Sloviana. Near the end of the night tectonic were put on and Serbia and Kosavo were dancing crazy and making up and Serbia was recognising Kosavo. Well the people from Serbia and Kosavo were anyway.

... get money from me and trying to put their hand in my pocked I was pushing them away and then on of the kids tried to punch me on the arm he was only about 10 and a women behind me to leave me alone and they left. It was a bit annoying to be honest and the Lonely planet warns you about the street kids, they were just little kids who were living on the streets, I saw them later with their gypsey mum and you know they just have no hope in ...

... This means that you go through downtown on a big coach, and its kinda like a bus tour, with no annoying tour guide talking on too loud speakers about irrelevant stuff. I had to remember which roads we took from downtown to the bus depot so I could back track and go visit some things. My plans were to try and catch a bus during the day, or a night bus to Thessolaniki, so that I could have a bunch of time in Greece. But of ...

... na raðmen bu özelliklerini yitirmemesi, tahrip edilmemesi kelimenin tam anlamýyla bizi þaþkýna çeviriyor. Hele þehrin surlarýna çýkýp yaþamý yukarýdan seyretmek, tarihi gözümüzün önünde canlandýrmaya çalýþmak, Akdeniz'den seferden dönecek gemileri bekler gibi uzun uzun enginlere dalmak insaný yaþadýðý günden koparýp tarihin derinliklerine götürüyor. Yine bir cafe'de güneþi batýrýyoruz. Ertesi gün seyir tepesinden Ortaçað kentini fotoðraflayýp Bosna Hersek'e doðru ...

... or not- they always ask) and this is when their elders serve them Ravanija. I think that is a cool tradition. Sorry, but I think our generation is somewhat lacking in our respect for our elders. And I am being polite about it! Moving on...... I really like Lile and Aco. I think I have felt the most comfortable with them, than anyone so far. I hope to visit with them again. I hope everyone is enjoying these entries and wish you all goodnight! Til I write again.........

... chunk of the town today alone. Cars are crazy and everyone likes to park on the sidewalk so there's lots of walking in the street dodging cars. Also gypsie kids ambushed me and followed me for about 3 blocks begging for money. They are very persistat and annoying. They'll walk slowly in front of you and grab onto you. If you try to get around them they sidestep to get right back in front of you ...

... left in Europe. Other than that though, the only other historic structure of note that I saw was a rather forgotten-looking hammam on the edge of the town's river, the Pena. The rest is basically all concrete and none too attractive. I can't think of a more perfect "daytrip" town. In fact, a "daytrip" is more than is really necessary, as realistically it doesn't take any more than a couple of hours to see everything the city has to ...

I had mentioned that I was on my way to Greece to the Canadian couple in the hostel in Belgrade and they were trying to get there too, so we decided to all go together on the train that went through Serbia and Macedonia and arrived in Thessaloniki in northern Greece. I had booked a ticket in advance, but as in many countries and certainly in the Balkans, a ticket means nothing. For a 15 hour trip I had expected maybe a table to play cards ...

... some lovely, peaceful days in Ljubljana hosted by EVS-people Anne, Vlado and Anaand met also cool Omer and Biljana who were in Novi sad-exchange. :) Go to Ljubljana, it was so cooool there. Those cafe places, the river, a special atmosphere. And did I mention the book shops? It was so funny for me to think that Slovenia and Macedonia have been part of the same country, because the differences are so big. History is funny sometimes, but maybe not for the people that have to life it.

... bucks smuggling petroleum into Yugoslavia across the north**n bord** in a lucrative sanctions busting ex**cise.I saw them returning to Tirana to deposit pouchfuls of their ill gotten gains in hard currency into the nation's only banks.More s**ious mafiosi crime was beginning,including drug and people smuggling.And for many,unemployment was the norm,with large groups of redundant men often trying to p**suade unwary travell**s into taxis,hoping for a small ...