Hotel Belvedere Ohrid

... is just waiting for you across the border.<br> <br>I caught the local bus into Ohrid town (2&#8364; for 29km!!) much to the amusement of the locals who seemed a little suprised to see a stranger on their bus ladden down with excess baggage. In my time waiting at the checkpoink for the bus, I only saw Albania cars heading back from Montenegro, very few in the other direction and certainly no-one else on foot.<br ...

Hallo zusammen,<br><br>bin vor 6 Uhr aufgestanden um den Bus nach Bitola zu erwischen. Dies war eine bedeutende ottomanische Stadt mit einigen Konsuln aus anderen Laendern. Daher gibt es einige nette alte Gebaeude, einige Moscheen und einen kleinen Basar, wie ihn jede islamische Stadt hat.<br><br>Die Stadt ist natuerlich nicht uebermaessig gross, hatte 3h Aufenthalt, neben der Stadt gibt es allerdings noch eine weitere Sehenswuerdigkeit 2km ...

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>

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

... because that would be somewhat closer from here. I already have been there and in the meantime i would not mind headig home, at least direction home :D<br>Tomorrow i´ll decide either to go Albania up to Podgorica and over Beograd home or up to Skopje and then Beograd.<br><br>I am thinking a lot about my internship, and have the feeling that i´m totally NOT prepared for it. :-//<br><br>Greetings from the camping of lake Ohrid 2 everybody.<br>T. + L.<br>

... them in all the locks - they worked a dream in all but the loo box door??? So I sent Ned back to the shop and the man tried the key but nothing worked.... so off he went and got another little man who was also perplexed.... but again as in these countries, they managed to open the loo box door! Hurray we could poo once more (well Ned could empty the loo as I hadn't stopped using it...) We left Albania quickly as I really didn't feel safe there, there was something about ...

... 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 ...

... around the corner, we went into St. Sofija. St. Sofija is an 11th century church near the center of Ohrid. After getting some water, we decided not to go to "Charshija" to shop right away. We made the decision to go to St. Naum, which is about an hour away from Ohrid. Arriving at St. Naum, we parked and walked along the river to St. Naum church. St. Naum church has the gravesite of St. Naum, who also was a student of Kirl and Metodij. People ...

... to spend so much time in such a low-key location as Tirana, but then again one, even those as poorly informed as us, never expects to get food poisoning or get turned away at border crossings. Today was much like 2 days ago, just with a different result - we got the same bus, with the same staff members, went to the same border crossing and submitted our passports to the same boarder officials. The only difference this ...

... inside. We started walking around and climbed the first walls. They were excavating below where we were standing and I noticed a guy drawing so I took a closer look. It was a full skeleton!!!! How cool is that!?! Second bonus! Feeling a bit happier we moved on and took ages walking the walls and looking at everything. Great fort, magic views too. Well worth the pittance we paid to get in. We walked down a hill because we could, and came across ...