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.

 

[RooFlyer]

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

 

[RooFlyer]

Braşov is a picturesque place and worth a visit.

did you get to that wine bar I suggested ?

 

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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

My post was based on what our tour guide told to us and I should have fact checked it as I believe you are correct. Sorry about that.

 

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did you get to that wine bar I suggested ?

Unfortunately we didn’t as we didn’t have a lot of free time there as most of the day was taken up with tour group activities.

 

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Before crossing in to Albania we had a lunch stop at Struga which is a small tourist town on the shores of Lake Ohrid. The lake borders North Macedonia and Albania and is Europe’s oldest and deepest lake, measuring 298 meters at its deepest and is a popular summer destination for tourists.





As we crossed in to Albania the landscape was dotted with concrete bunkers which were built in the communist period to protect the people from foreign invasion.

 

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We stayed the night in Tirana which is the Albanian capital but I don’t have any photos so it can’t have been that interesting . The next morning we headed to Montenegro and the town of Budva which is known as “Montenegro’s Miami”. Our accommodation is a massive one bedroom apartment and it’s a pity we’re only here for one night

 

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We stayed the night in Tirana which is the Albanian capital but I don’t have any photos so it can’t have been that interesting . The next morning we headed to Montenegro and the town of Budva which is known as “Montenegro’s Miami”. Our accommodation is a massive one bedroom apartment and it’s a pity we’re only here for one night

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don't you hate it when you get really nice rooms that you are hardly in and then when you are somewhere for a few days you get really coughpy places sometimes

 

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don't you hate it when you get really nice rooms that you are hardly in and then when you are somewhere for a few days you get really coughpy places sometimes

Maybe generally true but just had a stay in Tirana & thought it was a great spot to have a look around and if nothing else the airport is certainly different