Hotel Klimetica Ohrid

... 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>

... ist die Stadt allerdings auch nicht, dass man hier Tage verbringen muss, habe noch einen Ausflug in eine weitere Stadt am Nordufer des Sees (Struga) unternommen und werde morgen frueh wieder weiterfahren.<br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf<br>< br>P.S.<br>Lese gerade, dass Sydney einen Duststurm hatte, Flieger aus NZ wurden zurueckgeschickt... Da habe ich ja Glueck gehabt.<br>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/a s_australia_dust_storm

... 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 ...

... is good for the soul, I think. Also eating too, by the time we got back to Ohrid.. I was needing to replenish. Marija took me to a place to get pizza called Nemo- like Finding "Nemo"- cute right?!!! They had a fish tank with fish in there that actually looked like Nemo. They also had exellent pizza there. Marija finally got me to try this drink that tastes like coffee, I tried it... ( with lots of sugar)!!!! I think we will come back to ...

... I will do it some more!!! Only kidding. We kept on heading to Struga! Along the way I noticed that they have "cow crossing" signs here. She mentioned that we have "deer crossing" signs- but really cow??!!! I thought this funny til just a little later we were paused by a cow in the road. Yes a cow!!! Now I am told that it is my cow. "It is Brandie's krava(cow)!!" A few more treacherous curves and we finally arrived at our hotel ...

... infringing on Greece's glorious history by calling themselves Macedonians. To the Greek mind, Macedonia is the northeast part of their country. There's even a sign saying "Welcome to the Real Macedonia" when you cross the border into Greece. Historically, I believe both regions belonged to the ancient Macedonians, whom the ancient Greeks had a well-documented hatred of, so it's funny they should decide to care now. The Greeks even went so far ...

... ir...resumindo, bati as 4 estacoes antes de csguir encontrar o autocarro para ir pa macedonia!o autocarro deixou-me na cidade fronteirica, depois la regateei o taxi pos 5 kilometros ate a fronteira...(mais 10 euros pa sair da albania...xulos!) depois os 300 metros q o guarda da fronteira me disse ate a proxima localidade transformaram-se em meia hora a andar(a xuva ...