Magnus Hotel (International Youth Center) Ohrid

... Als Tourist hat man dies alles fuer sich. <br><br>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.<br><br>Gruss<br>Ralf

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>

Hallo zusammen, <br><br>viele Gruesse aus Ohrid in Mazedonien, meinem 123 Land. Der Bus ist morgens um 2 Uhr in Ohrid angekommen, das war mir zu frueh um auf den Sonnenaufgang zu warten (oder ich werde allmaehlich alt, take your pick:-)), also habe ich mir noch ein Zimmer genommen (Hostels gibt es hier keine, aber Privatunterkuenfte, einer hat mich sogar um diese Uhrzeit am Busbahnhof abgefangen). Endlich eine ...

... 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.

... boat with the very friendly Todor Angelovski telling us more about the history of the area and taking lots of "perfect" pictures of Efren and Craig.<br><br>Around 3pm we arrived back in Ohrid. We grabbed some more food and then headed back up to St Jovan church to catch the vivid sunset.<br><br>We have really enjoyed our time in Ohrid, and are sad to be leaving tomorrow. But we are excited to experience our next destination -- Bitola, Macedonia!

... en albanie demain... c'est comme ca le voyage, on goutte a ce qui est bon mais il faut pousuivre la route pour voir autre chose... andre me demande si j'ai hate de traverser en albanie, un pays que je reve de visiter depuis longtemps... c'est bizarre mais je suis partage: d'un cote j'ai bien hate de connaitre ce pays si longtemps ferme au monde exterieur; d'autre part, l,albanie et les albanais n'ont pas la cote d'amour aupres des autres peuples des balkans, alors je n'ai pas ...

... turf. We love you guys!!! Thess*loniki- the second l*rgest city in Greece, the second city of the Byz*ntine Empire. Rom*n p*l*ce ruins, brick churches, t*ll *p*rtment buildings with p*tios full of pl*nts *nd flowers. Our Couchsurfing host w*s M*rios, * 26 ye*r old computer guru *nd his loving mother Yvonne. Our first night in town he took us to * crepe pl*ce th*t does them up *s if they were Subw*y. A deli counter full of sweet or s*vory ingredients is m*nned by * few st ...

... pole poglednish, ili planina, segde bozheva je hubavina. Tamo po srce v kaval da sviram, s'nce da zajdvit, ja da umiram. POLSKI: Ten wiersz zacytowal kiedys na zajeciach z Literatury Macedonskiej moj wykladowca - dr Zdravko Stamatoski. Przez 3 lata Pan Doktor mowil nam o swoim ukochanym kraju, a takze o ukochanym miescie - Ohrydzie. W koncu dnia 23 ...

... choose Man #1. His real name is Sashko, not Man #1. "Ah, short for Alexander", I say, showing off my knowledge of European names. "Are you named after Alexander the Great?" "Actually, I am just Sashko, or Sasha." So that I don't feel bad he adds, "but you are correct that Sasha can be Alexander." Sashko usually lives in the US but comes back to Macedonia for July and August to hustle for his family's Pension ...

... you must be horrified to learn that I broke ancient pottery. Seriously though, there is enough of it around. All that stuff breaks eventually anyways. Actually, the pottery was not ancient by anymeans and nearly completely smashed anyway. A closer examination of it, before we picked up cannonballs, showed that it was factory manufactured within the last few years and already deliberately smashed by someone else. Sorry for the let down. I just wanted to say something inflamatory.