Inex Gorica 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 ...

... open the shops and souvenir stalls located there. One of the women tried to brush an ant off Efren's back that she noticed on the bus ride, but it was too late and it crawled on to his neck, freaking him out. The woman told him it was nothing to fear and not poisonous!

We walked along and soon came to the incredibly beautiful springs that feed Lake Ohrid. The springs were gushing into the lake causing turbulence where the flow met the ...

... existed between the rows. We squeezed through and stopped ten centimeters after the car before us. Small chance that a tractor could get in between the two of us. We were duly processed out of Greece and suddenly the red spots had gone. The Macedonians found everything OK, we had to insure the car for the time in their country (and eleven days extra, as two weeks in the minimum). Then the Customs officer told us that ...

... church in the middle of it. They say because it was not washed away, that it is "Holy"!! The site of this lake and seeing the church was spectacular. Leaving Mavrovo, we passed a famous actor in Macedonia, but we didn't stop. On our way to Struga, where our hotel is, we stopped at a half way point town called Strazha. There we stopped to give Marija time to stretch and for her to buy me something called Mekica. It was good ...

We ended up spending *bout * week *nd * h*lf *t Golden Be*ch, Th*ssos doing, well, very little. Our tr*vel comp*nions Nick *nd Q kept us entert*ined through their shen*****ns, including te*ching us Bridge. Yep, the old l*dy c*rd g*me is * psychologic*l *nd ment*l ch*llenge, *nd once M*tt le*rned it w*s *n effective w*y to g*mble he w*s hooked :). The 20th w*s D*vid's 28th birthd*y, *nd he celebr*ted in style. The d*y previous we went to Th*ssos City to check out some of the ...

... further travels, I shall flee to other shores Where the sunrise, greets me brightly, And the sky is sewn with the stars. It is dark here, dark surrounds me, Dark for covers all the earth, Here are frost and snow and ashes, Blizzards and harsh winds abound, Fogs all around, the earth is ice, And in the breast are cold, dark thoughts. No, I cannot stay ...

... the monastery, then headed north again. We didn't know the bus schedule (should've asked around, oh well.) Tried to hitch, but all the cars were packed, so ended up taking a taxi for 200 dinars total to Gradishte, not a bad price. Gradishte is about halfway back towards Ohrid and is 4 beautiful pebble beaches next to a camp site. We spent about 5 hours at the beach. It was beautiful ...