Kontosoros Florina

... 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

... through the village of Resen, we saw acres of apple orchards with plump, juicy fruits hanging from the branches.

We were pleasantly surprised with our accommodations in Bitola. We had booked the Tokin House, and upon arrival Daniel made us feel very welcome and showed us to our comfortable double bed room. He offered a map showing the handful of tourist sites in the town, and the hotel is right in the center of all the ...

... de Francfort entre deux vols (miam miam, les Wurst et Sauerkraut allemandes), on a fini par atterir a Bitola a 3 heures du mat'. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas la FYRM, plus communement appeleée Macedoine, c'est une ex république yougoslave ou Alexandre le grand naquit voilà 2300 ans. Sa capitale est Skopje, mais la ville la plus importante est Bitola, mondialement connue pour avoir vu naître Marija. Quelques spécificitées du pays : 1/4 de la ...

... mi sie nie stalo, ale bylam rozgoryczona. Gdy zbieralismy sie, zeby isc dalej, odparlam mu na cos (juz nie pamietam co) z ironia. "I po co ten sarkazm?" - zapytal. "Dobrze wiesz, po co" - pomyslalam, ale nie wypowiedzialam na glos. Do tego zaczal mnie bolec zoladek. Gdy wyszlismy z miasta, usiadlam pod drzewem i doslownie skrecalo mnie z bolu. Nie wiedzialam co sie dzieje. Nie czekalismy dlugo na stopa, jakies 10 min i Marcin zlapal dostawce zabawek z Ohrydu. "I co ja bym, Marcin, bez ...

Bitola was a less than thrilling day trip from Ohrid. We wandered around for three hours and got quite bored. The most exciting part of the trip had to be the drive to and from. We hired a car for the same price as bus tickets and then nearly died of fume inhalation going up and down Macedonia's many mountains.

The sun was shining just like the weather forecast said it would. First time in at least a week. Did a whirlwind tour of Bitola (took more time in transit than actual sightseeing) and came back to Ohrid so I could have a relaxing sunny day near the lake. I also trekked back to Sveti Jovan Kaneo for the third day in a row. Finally, I had some sun casting over one of ...

... not so everything had to be translated. The older generation still speak what is known as the local language but what Vic and his family know as Macedonian. They also all speak Greek, lucky Vic knows Macedonian well so he could communicate with them all which they really enjoyed. The Grandfather (Dedo Ilo) spend hours and hours telling Vic stories about his life and gave him lots of advice, an amazing man at 83 who only recently became a bit fragile as ...

... one night here, but decided it was just as easy (and likely preferable) to daytrip it from Ohrid. In fact, it was the right decision to make, as I can't imagine what I would do in town beyond little more than an afternoon. While it's not a bad place, per se - some parts are quite attractive and well worth exploring - Bitola feels like a place whose heyday is long gone. There just isn't a whole lot happening around here. I spent most of the day taking in the grand old ...

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The King Leonidas statue was built in Thermopylae, there is actually nothing else but the statue here. And we are not allowed to cross the road to take a picture, but I think I still managed to get a great shot of the statue!
















Even the Kebab in the ...

... Not so. The boys dragged me around Orhid in a bid to find three beds. I can't complain, it payed off. We woke up Mimi, a very nice Macedonian man who was happy to do anything for his Australian guests. JAMIE: It was in Mimi's apartment (which we rented) where me and Nads probably had our first major argument that was moderated by Matt (it probably didn't help that I spent ...