Hotel Millenium Pogradec

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 ...

... the cobblestone roads to the fortress are great. The pace is slow and relaxing. There is a great path that winds in and out of the beaches on its way to a great old church. The old man giving us a tour is delighted that we are so interested and offers us Raiki (a local brandy).<br><br>After some rain, a beautiful rainbow appears.

... tan-colored skin and short, dark hair; several wore pink t-shirts. (Pink was very popular among Black Mountainite guys this fashion season.) They didn't have much to say, but they bought me a strawberry juice and were friendly.<br><br>I hoped that, 168 hours later, I'd have something nice to write about the people of Albania.<br><br><br>Albania was kind of Europe's leftout. It was basically ignored by European news. Its cars and semi-trucks were seldom seen on ...

... as close to the store as possible. We managed to get pretty close, we hardly got any rain on us. Once we were back again to the hotel, we sat to eat while waiting on Marija's father to arrive. Her father, Zoran made a business trip with some of his business partners here. They arrived just as we started to eat. Zoran greeted me with hello and kisses (they always kiss you). I also met his girlfriend, Neli and some close friends of Marija's parents ...

... border between Albania and Macedonia. Some of the foreigners in Tirana have either already taken this train ride or want to do this trip during their stay here, however the Albanians in Tirana just shake their heads and wonder why on earth we would want to? Even our taxi driver (5.30 AM) who tries to convince us that we should take the bus instead. When we say that we really want to go to the trainstation, he actually makes a phonecall to ask if the train actually will ...

... is especially good. Well Lelya still wasn't around, doing some business in another town actually, so I went with the girls to the market and then for coffee at a really nice hotel on the beach. The girls are really smart and ambitious - both Malvina and Aluna will start university, Malvina studying to be a doctor, Aluna a lawyer. It seems like Albania is on the verge of a change, with girls in their twenties and younger the first to have the chance to study and have ...

... stamp from the Macedonians we had to walk about 10 minutes to the Albanian check point, and we chatted, when they learned I was going to Pogradec they told me to go in their taxi so I wouldn't get screwed on the price. If I was alone the driver would want 10 or maybe 20 euro (I had been told by Al to bargain and the best price I could get would be 5 euro.) So I thought, great, I really have awesome luck - I can talk to them in Macedonian, and they speak Albanian of course ...

... room was brilliant. Just as she had promised. There were a few things to do so we headed into town to take a look around. There were loads of little laneways and a huge market, churches, the lake to swim if we wanted to. We decided to stay here a couple of days, or more, to relax. There was an amphitheatre too which we could add to our ever growing list! It was very impressive. We stayed for ages just taking it in. The view of the lake was great ...