Hotel Lagadin 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

... 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.

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Ralf
< br>P.S.
Lese gerade, dass Sydney einen Duststurm hatte, Flieger aus NZ wurden zurueckgeschickt... Da habe ich ja Glueck gehabt.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/a s_australia_dust_storm

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 ...

The girls and I leave for Ohrid, Montenegro, a small town on a beautiful lake, surrounded by mountains. This is where people from Montenegro go for vacation.

There is one bus departing at 9. Again, we have to ask at the hostel since there is no bus station or web site with current info. I snag a bunch of the local pastries filled with cheese, spinach or meat for the ride. Christina has stomach issues making it a really long trip for her. The ...

... some wine and started dinner, it was good to be back on the road and soooo good to be away from 'holidayhellville'. As night fell I saw a light flashing on the other side of the water and was convinced it was morse code so called Ned over who thought I was truly loosing my marbles but he had to agree that this wasn't random flashing and then another 3 lights came on and it looked like they all started talking to each other... what was going on? were we in the middle of some ...

So, we didn't have any rain last night, at least none that I knew of. Never trust the weather people! Today, we had nothing planned except going to get Melisa and go shopping. After breakfast we stopped and picked up Melisa and headed for Ohrid again. We decided to go back to Ohrid, because I saw a pair of shoes that I wanted to buy but didn't the first time. Marija also wanted to show me the port where people can get cruises to ...

... but it got dark and cold very early. Set on the large Lake Ohrid, the main tourist attraction is the Old Town, which is set on a hill filled with cobblestone streets and contains over 30 churches and a fortress. In the summer Ohrid turns into a beach town and vacation spot for Macedonians. Both the lake and the Old Town have been deemed UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The next morning I started on the walking route through the Old Town ...

... habitation around it dating back millenia. It's split about 70/30 between Macedonia and Albania, though there's only one town of significance (Pogradeci) on the Albanian side. The Macedonian part has been built up fairly heavily to cater to tourism, but fortunately it's been controlled enough so that it doesn't detract from the extremely scenic quality of the place. All in all, it's a great place to unwind for a few days. Getting here from Tirana involves a ...

... has a very cool feel to it. AND ITS CHEAP!!! We went out last night to a club, paid for dinner and my stay in a room for 40$. This place is awesome, being able to throw money around and it doesnt really hurt the bank account. Today we met a crazy guy that looks like a damn pirate(no **** either) and drives around a boat that looks like it belongs in the floating markets in Thailand and he drove us around to a ...