VilaGora Prilep

Hallo zusammen,

bin vor 6 Uhr aufgestanden um den Bus nach Bitola zu erwischen. Dies war eine bedeutende ottomanische Stadt mit einigen Konsuln aus anderen Laendern. Daher gibt es einige nette alte Gebaeude, einige Moscheen und einen kleinen Basar, wie ihn jede islamische Stadt hat.

Die Stadt ist natuerlich nicht uebermaessig gross, hatte 3h Aufenthalt, neben der Stadt gibt es allerdings noch eine weitere Sehenswuerdigkeit 2km ...

... in Bitola.

Tomorrow Dimitar is picking us up at 6am for our 4-5 hr drive to Kalambaka in Greece. We are hoping to arrive early enough to do some sightseeing before the forecasted rains move in later in the day.

We have really enjoyed our time in Macedonia. It is an interesting place that wouldn't meet everyone's tourist needs, but we liked it. With a little marketing this place could really start to draw in the ...

... of the country include : 1/4 of the population is Albanian, of which a large number are refugees of the Balkan wars, it wears a strange name as its historical one is put under some sort of copyright by Greece, and it's know to export smart and beautiful girls to Australia (says Joel). We set our headquarter in Marija's aunt apartment in Bitola, from where, in parallel to visiting Marija's family, we explored the most famous places of the ...

... buram Türkiye kokan bir şehir burası. Safranbolu"yu anımsatıyor görünüşü. 120 bin kişilik nüfusu olduğu sanılıyor, Türkler ağırlıkta. Ortasından büyükçe bir dere geçiyor. Üzerinde köprüler, yamaçlarda camiler, inci gibi dizilmiş evler. Öğle yemeğinde yörenin meşhur yemeklerini tadıyoruz. Et ağırlıklı, çünkü buranın nefis doğasında büyütülen hayvanların eti farklı ve lezzetli. Moladan sonra 90 km uzaklıktaki Makedonya'ya hareket ediyoruz. Üsküp'de geceledikten sonra, sabah ...

... worked on it was in 2000 and then in 2001 a small war broke out. About an hour on the road, we arrived in Kratovo. Kratovo is where Marija's father Zoran was born. Sashe and him really like his cute little town, but Marija and Neli does not. They don't like it cause Marija says that once you are there for more than a day, you will get bored. It's a small quiet little town and everybody knows everyone. There are 3 cafes and pretty much ...

... and Greece have some issues with each other though, so maybe thats part of the reason. I guess here is a little update as far as i can tell: Macedonia became its own country not too long ago. Less than ten years ago actually. And they changed their name to Macedonia. Greece has a region called Macedonia (northern greece). I think greece considers macedonia part of its history (Alexander the ...

... No one will give us a straight answer. Its a Kosovo dude with an AK looking gun, some french guy with a sniper rifle, and some guy who doesnt talk with a grenade launcher...seriously. Its bizarre. They wont let me take pictures either and I dont really feel like argueing or trying to sneak them. Photos are just a few landscapes today. This one is ellen style.

... pointed out white rock that was a natural spring and then from there we just had to hang a left to get to the little monastery building. It looked very quaint, in the distance, like a alpine cottage. Fall had set in and we could see little orange shrubs at the monastery's base. Well, not quite. The walk turned took us three hours because we had to ascent 1250 meters, according to our altimeter. The orange "shrubs" were full sized trees. The water spring had a six ...

... to the trail head was "big problem", we set off in the direction of the large cross on the top of a hill in the distance. It seemed fairly logical, and it only took about half an hour to get there. We were fortunate enough to meet a local tobacco farmer - walking through town, you see endless racks of tobacco leaves drying - who walked us to the (strangely hidden) beginning of the trail. Had it not been for him, we might well have gone down the route ...

... going ok I'm starting to get frustrated with the entire language aspect of it I feel like I don't know anything and I'm sure I don't sound Macedonia but I'm still here. It's hard you have your good days and bad days here just like you would at home but keeping everything in perspective while you are here is a little different. Thursday was a big deal here in Macedonia I'm not sure ...