Hotel Bellevue Ohrid

... apart and it was such a surreal experience, I've yet to walk across a border in Europe (In S.E.Asia, it's almost the norm) so I'm sure by the time I reached the Macedonian check-point I had a dopey grin on my face, the view at the check-point was stunning as it's located on a road that hugs the lake, so you walk beside pristine blue waters, the Macedonian towns are on the distant horizon and a small church Sveti ...

... Als Tourist hat man dies alles fuer sich. <br><br>Philip II, Vater von Alexander dem Grossen, gruendete nahe Bitola die Stadt Heraclea Lyncestis die bis in die byzantinische Zeit eine bedeutende Stadt war, im 4 Jahrhundert auch wichtige christliche Stadt wurde mit einer Basilika, von der heute noch gute Bodenmosaike erhalten sind. Die Stadt wurde dann von den Goten und erneut von den Slawen gepluendert und verfiel dann.<br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf

Hallo zusammen,<br><br>anbei noch einige Nachtaufnahmen aus Ohrid. Endlich weiss ich, dass ich mein Trauma vom Raubueberfall ueberwunden habe, wenn ich durch eine dunkle osteuropaeische Stadt wandere:-) <br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf<br>

... meine erste seit Wellington:-)<br><br>Mazedonien ist seit Januar 1992 unabhaengig, das einzige Land aus dem Ex-Jugoslawien, aus dem die jugoslawische Armee ohne Kampf abgezogen ist. Trotzdem ist das Land nicht ohne Probleme, die Griechen moegen den Namen nicht (mehr als die Haelfte des historischen Mazedoniens liegt heute in Griechenland, der Flughafen von Thessaloniki heisst auch Mazedonischer Flughafen ...

... with her tent. We cook noodles and had a great time. Lisa is studying in Maastricht, where i will make my internship, and we share a lot of interests and experiences...<br>On 1st of August we continued our trip to lake Ohrid in the south west of Macedonia. There we are now.. We nearly have no money, and it does not seem to have an ATM around here, so we aint sure what to do tomorrow :) In general i am not sure if i will go with her to Albania again ...

... his bike and beckoned us to follow so we did! Well he was about 98 so we didn't feel threatened or that we were being loured into a trap where we would be bound, gagged and all our valuables stolen... He guided us to a little shop and spoke to another little man and they discussed at length our broken key and the predicament we were in... But as with these places and parts of the world he made a match with ease and we had a new key, hurray! I made sure we got 2 made and then ...

... s very sweet, but I felt bad that I wasn't very hungry. Bukurije ( Melisa's mother) made and offered Komad and Melon to us. Of course we ate as much as we could, but we were taking Melisa with us to the charshija. So she told us that she will save our left over for us when we got back. So off to the charshija and the river walk. The river in Struga coming out of the lake is the same river going into the ...

... is why sooner or later it will catch up to "you" here and "you" will starve!!!!"-- again, I didn't understand a word and only hearsay of what exactly happened... all I know is that he was yelling and so was she.. then we walked away without paying extra!! BRAVO Marija!!!!!!! Going from The Fortress, we stopped to see an ancient theatre. This theatre still hold festivals every summer. During these festivals, popular artists sing or play there ...

... lek. Watching Albanian supporters spit at the TV screens when the Dutch scored a cruel last minute winner was a strange sight. People can get fairly passionate about sports in this part of the world too, even if their team is ****. Take Two So we tried again this morning, this time successfully, to get to Macedonia, having spent a total of 5 nights in Tirana, more nights than we've spent in any location so far. We never ...

... d never see it again. We'd done so much together. It was like losing a family member!! David had read it more times than me so we would be relying on his memory to get us through the next couple of days and through Albania. We felt so lost. Next day we decided we would go up to Fort Samul. Still reeling at the lost of our most trusted friend we needed something to take our minds off it. The fort was really cheap - first bonus. It looked pretty ...