Not all who wander are lost
Leaving North Macedonia came with some definite reluctance, even though our time ahead in Albania was something we were looking forward to. Ohrid and Skopje ended up being some of the unexpected highlights of our Balkans trip so far, and came with a number of surprises and delights. The road to Tirana, Albania from Ohrid…
After a magical first night on the Ohrid waterfront, we were looking forward to exploring the surrounding area and old town more. We learned that the correct way to pronounce Ohrid is to put a bit of a “kh” sound after the h (OH-KREED), something all of the Western travelers in our group had trouble…
Sad to leave the majestic capital city of Skopje, but excited for the continued adventure, we packed up from the Marriott Skopje hotel after breakfast and got on the road to Stobi. Our plan for the day entailed a lot of driving, or at least our bus driver Dragan and his Dragon doing most of…
After our Skopje tour, Alex, Bobby and Ann met our driver organized through the Marriott Skopje hotel in the lobby for our afternoon trip to Pristina, Kosovo. The day before we got to work getting in touch with a Kosovo guide contact, Bekim, that Nida had, and also started figuring out with the larger group…
After a long day of driving from Sophia and Rila Monastery, we crossed the border into North Macedonia and reached the capital city Skopje. As usual, our bus driver Dragan squeezed into another tight spot right in front of the Marriott Hotel Skopje so that we could easily disembark. We got in to the room…
After a great day mostly on our own in Sophia, we were sad to leave but leave we must – onward to North Macedonia and Skopje, via Rila Monastery! We had a light breakfast since it was not great at the Grand Hotel Sophia, and quite frankly we were glad to leave given how old…
