Square Skopje

After Belgrade we got an overnight to Skopje the capital of Macedonia. We decided to stay for a day and check it out and get a train out the same evening.<br><br>In retrospect we probably should have got straight on another train because though it was a rather nice city in parts there was very little to see or do. I think most of the ...

... power of the wind and the whole thing would have been a lot more amusing had it not seemed like he was gesturing me in. I looked across at the sign for the train station. I knew where I was now, the train station wasn't that far, I could almost see it. Within about fifteen seconds this man and his ****** car would be between me and the train station. It's possible he was just trying to offer a tired stranger a lift, but I didn't like it. I calmly stepped ...

So, when we came back to our house last night, we discovered that we had no water. No water, people! I freshened up but still I needed to take a shower! Marija had asked the 2 couples if they had contacted the owner yet and they said that it doesn't matter if they have water they would be fine... just as long as they have electricity! I think they need to get their priorities straight. The next morning, well had water, but no hot water so ...

... Gaby has basically become the new AD on set and shes kicking ass. We wrap on time every day and everyone is mostly happy or at least more happy. Affterwords a few of us went downtown for some dinner. Then Mitko (the director) took us out to the jukebox (pronounced "The Jew Box"). It was fun. The crew is getting along alot better (execpt that most of the crew wants Peotr fired as far as I can tell and I'm skeptical ...

... ring-shaped bread and baklava. The smells are fantastic. A multitude of mosques poke minarets into the sky, a significant portion of the population having converted to Islam during centuries of Ottoman occupation. I also chance on several more ancient churches before hitting a street lined with jewelery stores. A man rushes out of one, carrying a tray of empty Turkish coffees and I am reminded of Istanbul once more, my mother and I sitting in similar ...

... groups ( like all ethnic groups everywhere) need these biased views in order to exist. But how will they exist and what happends next? Peace, love and understanding, for sure. And harmonie. : Two weeks ago i had a change to travel to Tirana to meet cool Lorena, Anola and Alma that i got to know in the seminar in Bitola two months ago. For sure Tirana has changed a lot for better in last 9 years or so, but i was so surprised to see how nice it was there. And not ...

... And the amount of enthuasism is sometimes uncountable. :)On Friday and on Saturday we had for example sport days here in Struga with some other day centres in Macedonia. it was so great to see the happiness of the children, when they were playing. :) And it was also really cool to meet other people working with disabled people. We have 8-10 children there every day with different disabilities. One problem is that the co-operation between the centre and the home ...

... but now I do. Cool, caring people are always needed. After the exchange I travelled to Bela Palanka, south-east Serbia to meet my Polish work-camp friend Chris, who was -surprise- doing a work camp in the refugee centre in that village . It was great to see him, after 1,5-year and i was also happy to meet the children with whom they worked. I could have taken some of them to Struga. :) i have to tell that in the station of Bela Palanka i got also hit by one railway ...

... put to the torch during a Macedonian "Kristallnacht" in two separate incidents in recent weeks. On both occasions,Slav policeman from the town had been killed near to Tetovo,and their fun**als in Bitola had been followed by mob violence.Equipped with lists of the addresses of Albanian citizens, the angry mourn**s and hang**s-on had selectively avenged themselves upon these prop**ties,and their inhabitants if any chose to resist. The damage done was ...