Hotel Slavia Ohrid

Hallo zusammen,

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.

Die Stadt ist natuerlich nicht uebermaessig gross, hatte 3h Aufenthalt, neben der Stadt gibt es allerdings noch eine weitere Sehenswuerdigkeit 2km ...

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:-)

Gruss
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 ...

... 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).

After some rain, a beautiful rainbow appears.

... country, but entirely different feel. Ohrid is clearly a tourist attraction, but seems to retain at least a touch of "local" life. Both the town and the lake are under the protection of UNESCO as sites of rare environmental, scientific and cultural significance. The lake is one of the oldest and deepest in the world and appears more like an ocean from the shore.

There are many cultural sites to see in the town, and as storm clouds were ...

... qu'en macedoine c'est moins cher qu' en bosnie ou au montenegro et kosovo... quant a la difference entre pays slaves et albanais, j'en parlerai une fois que je serai la... quant aux questions de mario, voici ce que je peux repondre... historiquement les differentes republiques de l'ex-yougoslavie ont une histoire tres differentes; celles plus au sud (macedoine, montenegro, serbie, kosovo (qui etait un territoire autonome et non ine republique) et bosnie) ont logtemps ete ...

... the car we headed to our hotel to just visit some more, but we stopped at one more place to have coffee, well they had coffee, me and Sasa had Coke. I like watching people and observing them, this is what I noticed of Marija's mother tonight. She is very quiet, maybe that's just the language barrier. She organizes her money in her pocket book, it's cute! She also has a beautiful smile. She knows some English, but I am told ...

... but you get * free 30 min cruise *round the port. The next d*y we went to the Arch*eology Museum of Thess*loniki- WOW! I g*ined * new *ppreci*tion for Ancient Greek *rt *nd pr*ctic*lities. This museum followed hum*n development in the region from cro-m*gnum to the height of the Rom*n empire. I most loved the pottery *nd the delic*te p*iting on the urns *nd *mphor*. There w*s *nother exhibit on the port*y*l of Alex*nder the Gre*t in the Rom*n Empire- Alex*nder is from M ...

... niz 1 noc. Ten pan zaproponowal nam 6 Euro/os. za nocleg i jeszcze zawiozl samochodem do domu! Pokoik byl przyjemny i schludny, usytuawany 20 min na piechote od centrum. Gospodarze przemili, lazienka bez rewelacji, ale najwazniejsze, ze z ciepla biezaca woda :D. Do tego kuchnia z pelnym wyposazeniem do naszej dyspozycji. Nie wiem, jak mysmy to zrobili ...

... has no access to the sea, just a couple of lakes. Reason #2 is that everyone in Europe, and I mean everyone, has their holidays in July and August, and today is August 14. You do the maths. Or don't, if you don't like maths or you didn't bring your calculator. There's not really any maths involved, let's just say that it is really busy. Europeans certainly go in for the whole two weeks by the beach thing. They ...