Portugal, Sicily, Greece and the Balkans

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From Sofia we cross the border to North Macedonia and spent a night in Skopje. Skopje is quite a modern city but still has the old Turkish bazaars.

The man on the horse statue is called “Man on a Horse”! It is supposedly Alexander the Great but because there is a difference of opinion between the Greeks and Macedonians on where he came from and there’s a statue of him in Thessaloniki they chose that name to avoid conflict.

 

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The man on the horse statue is called “Man on a Horse”! It is supposedly Alexander the Great but because there is a difference of opinion between the Greeks and Macedonians on where he came from and there’s a statue of him in Thessaloniki they chose that name to avoid conflict.

i’m sure he was Alexander when I was there about six or eight years ago. As far as I recall the Macedonians couldn’t give a fig about what the Greeks think and fact like dropping the “North“ from their name just to annoy the other mob

 

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Braşov is a picturesque place and worth a visit.

did you get to that wine bar I suggested ?