Hotel Belvedere Ohrid

... Als Tourist hat man dies alles fuer sich.

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.

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Ralf

Hallo zusammen,

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:-)

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Ralf

... etwas ueber ein Drittel ist Mazedonien, der Rest liegt in Bulgarien) und blockieren Mazedoniens Versuche der NATO oder EU beizutreten. Und es gibt eine recht grosse albanische Minderheit, was ebenfalls fuer Reibungen sorgt.

Die beiden beruehmtesten Mazedonien sind Mutter Teresa, die einer albanischen Familie aus Mazedonien entstammt und natuerlich Alexander der Grosse.

Mazedonien versucht den ...

... mare, and slows us down to less than 40k per hour for much of the time. But does turn out to be a real beauty. Up high, with breathtaking views on all sides and a long ridge ride at top! After Elbasan there is a very decent road and we pick up speed again. Huge climb, eventually, and we are faced with choice: either right down to t,own of Korce, which is also signposted for Greece (and on the map looks much shorter) but is also shown ...

... with snow capped mountains which was really beatiful. There was no tourists on the bus what so ever, another thing is there is hardly any tourists around it is actually really nice. I am getting a little bit bored with having the same conversation over and over again with people so it is nice just to chill out and see the scenery. I got into Orhid and found my way to the backpackers. There is only 1 backpackers in Orhid and I am the only gusest. I have not ...

... buildings. The Main square, Skanderberg is named after a hero of the 15th century and there is a massive statue to him there. There are also many ugly buildings, remnants of the Communist regime of Hoxha in the 60s and after. The traffic is chaotic and I was most amused watching policemen with batons trying to control the cars and buses that hurtle round the square breaking all known rules. We had great admiration for our bus driver. After we had driven to ...

... in St. Naum. It is a rarity. Along the river walk, there are many cafés, where people can sit and visit while taking a drink. When we had gone, we saw Melisa's sister and her boyfriend sitting at one of the cafés. We ended up going on down further to a café that is owned by a famous Albanian pop singer Agim Poshka. The day was hot and there were people jumping in from the edge of the walk into river. They ...

... place again, for the food- but Marija thinks so for other reasons. So, there is no law that says you have to tip your waiters or waitresses. People only do when they get really good service. I have yet to be able to be the one to tip so in this case I wanted to tip our waiter for the good service. Marija, now calls him my "boyfriend". I don't know what I am going to do with her... earlier I was asked if I wanted to marry a Macedonian Doctor ...

... stayed at Antonio's Guesthouse, which was a wonderful experience. Antonio met the bus from Skopje at the station and took us back to his home, where his mother took very good care of us. I had my own room for 10 Euro a night with a space heater (very important), and Wednesday night, Antonio even took us out to the popular party spot in town and explained which drinks were cheap. Unfortunately, vodka and tequila for 70 cents can make for a rough night.

... lake. It was beautiful. I can't remember how old the church is but it was lovely and had frescos inside. The guy didn't ask us for any money so we continued to wander round. He lit the oil lamps hanging from the ceiling and went back to his box. We went and had a coffee at the cafe and asked the boy there how to get to the Albanian border as we knew it was pretty close. 3km if we walked the road but then he pointed to some soldiers buying up on ...