Hotel Klimetica 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.

Gruss
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

... meine erste seit Wellington:-)

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 ...

I opt to chill out for the day and stay in Ohrid. Pretty, peaceful, good hostel, friendly people … The girls, recovering Celine and I explore the town. The highlights are the tiny, Orthodox churches from a half century ago. Lots of personality, interesting frescoes with a backdrop of the mountains and lake. The views as we ...

... offered us a book describing this special place. As with many of the churches we have seen, the frescos inside were stunning. What added to the appeal is this monastery's location -- right on a cliff overlooking the clear waters of the lake. After visiting the monastery we decided to take the springs boat trip.

Nikola Pavleski took us for a one hour boat ride through the springs. The water is crystal clear and you can see the water ...

... of mountain ridges, up to the snowline to reach Ohrid, late for lunch, but in time not to be completely starved. Snowy Mountains, beautiful lakes, friendly people and much cheaper prices.... I think we like Macedonia better than Greece! Ohrid is a town after which a lake is named. This holds an endemic fish species, a kind of trout, found nowhere else in the world. It is for sale in the restaurants here, so we'll try.

... 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 ...

... fter living in H*w*ii). It's * little cove, surrounded on *ll sides by white cliffs *nd sh*llow tide pools. The w*ter is *bout 8 ft deep throughout, perfectly cle*r, *nd d*rk purple se* urchins cling to the bottom. To get to the spot you climb down, p*ss *n *ncient temple with c*rved steps, Ionic columns, *nd crumbling w*lls, p*ss the one room blue *nd white Greek Orthodox church built on top of the temple. You sc*le * sm*ll cliff *nd jump into the 70 degree w*ter *nd ...

... wind, Look you at the plains or mountains: Beauty' everywhere divine. To pipe there to my heart's content! Ah! let the sun set, let me die. Makedonski: Orelski krilja kak da si metneh, i v nashi strni da si preletneh na nashi mesta ja da si idam, da vidam Stambol, Kukush da vidam, da vidam dali s'nce i tamo mrachno ugrevjat kako i vamo. Ako kak ovde s ...

Here's a trivia question for you: Which town is not only situated on the banks of Europe's deepest lake but is also the site of Europe's oldest university? Answer: Ohrid, Macedonia. These two facts should be reason enough to visit but Ohrid also happens to be a scenic and historical town close to the Albanian border. Sold! But wait, there's more. Did you know that there are precisely 365 churches in Ohrid? That's ...