Residens Skopje

... anschliessend sozialistisch wieder aufgebaut worden, abgesehen von der ottomanischen Altstadt. Die Fussgaengerzone erinnert mich an Dresden<br><br>Wenn man aber die alte Bruecke ueberquert und in die ottomanische Altstadt kommt, denkt man man ist in Istanbul. Es gibt einige Moscheen und Baeder (die teilweise heute Museen sind ...

... was nowhere near as far as I hoped. It was so close in fact that I don't think it would have hurt Drity tours to STOP AT THE ****ING BUS STATION RATHER AT SOME ARBITARY LOCATION ON A RANDOM STREET. I smiled at left the tired looking man in peace. I began following the directions he'd given me, along a depressing grey street with endless rows of traffic lights. I'd still seen no one. A Mercedes with tinted windows drove past, I didn't dare imagine what ...

... It is navy blue and I like it alot. I think it is sweet of them to get me something, only I found out later that Marija and Sashe snuck around with me and got it for them to give to me.... but hey it works!!! They finally got me to drink alcohol and even I had some wine. There were lots of food and lots of conversation. And there were lots of "Cheers"!!! They like to "cheers" a lot, I think it is a good way to get drunk fast!! I was very ...

... as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light! This morning I woke up a little past 10am. I got up to Sinisha hanging from the window looking out- It was cute! After I got my shower and we ate breakfast, we left to go to where Marija's mom works. She has her own shop where she sells cosmetics. When the people in the shops don't have customers, they sit outside along the sidewalk and just talk. I recieved a bottle ...

Yeserday: I think i lost some days but... Yesterday we shot in a crazy abandoned iron factory. The plan was to demolish it but we ran out of light. Safety is not a big priority in general in Macedonia it seems, and I was less than excited to find out that our demolitions expert had a near fatal accident not too long ago because he was being lazy. Very few times have I refused to actually work (the other being when a dp ...

... sounds so much more exotic in Skopje. It was on this bridge that in 1689, Karposh, the leader of a great uprising against the Ottomans (the perennial bad guys in this part of the world, it seems) was executed, as plaque bears witness to, to this day. On the bridge, an old man is doing a trick: the usual hide a ball under one of three identical boxes, move the boxes around very quickly, then have someone guess which box the ball is under. He seems ...

... stories you can tell later to somebody. At least to your grandchildren in some decades. :) They will have lot to listen to. After that trip my sister Liisa came to visit me here. Sun was shining the whole week and we had lots of fun. The most unforgettable place was for sure Debar, in the middle of the nowhere where we went to a never-never-renovated bath. Well, it was not the most luxerious experience but we had cool chats with lovely Albanian women who taught us ...

... guide, had begun one very late September 1963. (Please note that the beginning and the end of this journey reads 1973 respectively 1974: it is no mistake, the software does not accept dates so far back in time). But let me describe Skopje of some 43 years ago. Then I will continue to Munich, Oostend, London, Manchester, Stratford upon Avon, Brighton, Paris, Geneve, Milan and Venice.

... much is appreciate honesty. When in Rome, do like the Romans do. This will be propably the hardest lesson to learn. I have to admit that now i see everything in a pretty black-and-white way.However, I'm happy to have opportunity to spend here that much time that i can see deeper, propably understand even a bit, why people act in the different way. This is a real culture shock now, but after that i may become a bit stronger person. Two week ago i already went for one ...

... months to be able to navigate so well,without using any light that would have al**ted the gov**nment forces in the valley below to our presence,and possibly lead to an attack against us.They w**e truly the Magic Rabbits of this circular frolic,as we looped around the mountain,and finally summitted in the early hours of the next morning. Looking down from our lofty mountain p**ch,during our circular walk,we initially had a view of the lights of Skopje,and ...