Residens Skopje
Vasil Gjorgov 32 Skopje, Macedonia
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The End of Couch Surfing
... and pop into her café where we found her and her sister Katarina patiently waiting. We made brief introductions then Sara said she had to work until midnight and that Kat would take us back to the apartment. Great, except that Kat didn’t speak a word of English. Luckily, she had basic French, so Tom was able to communicate with her and keep the conversations flowing. It was a good 20 minute walk to the apartment (heavy rucksack ew!) and when we arrived we ...
The last few hours before going
... I find myself doing all of the 'last things'. Going into work locations for the last visit. Having a last coffee with this person and that. Last huge balkan-style burger with the fries on the burger. Seeing my favorite convenience store clerk for the last time. Walking here and walking there. I'm even getting nostalgic about silly things - last time walking on this street, last time sighing over the beggars at the end of ...
Episode 24
... through the narrow streets Zlatko keep meeting people he knew so our progress was slow. The museum is housed in an old Turkish house. It has a wonderful collection of old coins dating back to Roman times that were minted here.
Outside the town Zlatko took us to see his family property of around 10 hectares (25 acres) and we met his 86 year old grandfather who still lives here. Because of some family problem the farm is not being worked at present.
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Day 115 : Rollin' with the Big Dog
... only enriched the experience. Parting ways as he was due to lead the mid-afternoon prayers, we then found ourselves in a Turkish coffee house which for around 30 cents each provided the tastiest "cuppa" we'd had for a long, long while (and at a fifth of the cost).
With our caffeine and culture hits thoroughly satisfied we headed off down south to see Macedonia's holiday and party destination - Lake Ohrid.
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It's a long road
... anything because I didn’t want to have to pee at an inopportune time, but she was being nice and I didn’t want to offend her so I took a coke. Luckily there were no problems!
Please enjoy the random pictures of sculptures around the city....the bus ride continues with the next entry...and it's a doozie.
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