North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro

June 18-20, 2019
001 - IMG_3615 Day 7 of our 15-day Balkans tour, Tuesday June 18, 2019 ~ enjoying our yummy morning snack at 9:50am, pretzel bread at this famous bakery in Old Bazaar, Skopje...
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002 - P1170558 Good morning from Skopje, principal city and capital of North Macedonia standing on the banks of the Vardar River amid mountainous country - 6/18/2019 Skopje,...
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003 - IMG_3616 ... a little history while I'm enjoying my delicious snack | by treaty, Skopje in 1913 was incorporated into Serbia, in 1918 it became part of the new...
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004 - IMG_3617 ... liberated in 1944, Skopje became the capital of the People’s/Socialist Republic of Macedonia in 1945; and continuing as the capital since September 1991 as...
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005 - P1170560 ... look at me - it's so quiet on a Tuesday morning here - 6/18/2019 9:53am Old Bazaar in Skopje, North Macedonia
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007 - IMG_3628 North Macedonia, country of the south-central Balkans; the Republic of North Macedonia is bordered to the north by Kosovo and Serbia, to the east by Bulgaria,...
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008 - P1170578 ... Suli An situated within the Old Bazaar built during the first half of the 15th century; Suli An, meaning 'watery inn' with a small river running nearby,...
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009 - IMG_3629 ... Old Bazaar in Skopje, a protected national landmark, the largest bazaar in the Balkans outside Istanbul; situated on the eastern bank of the Vardar River...
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012 - IMG_3648 ... a photo of me with this Philip II of Macedonia monument in Old Bazaar, Skopje 6/18/2019 10:20am
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012a - P1170600 ... giant 29m tall bronze statue of the ancient warrior king, Philip of Macedon, atop the 16m pedestal in the middle of a lavish complex of four fountains...
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013 - IMG_3666 ... ready to cross the bridge from Old Bazaar over the Vardar River; the 216 ft Millennium Cross atop Mount Vodno as backdrop 06/18/2019 Skopje, North Macedonia
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014 - P1170614 ... let's stroll around Macedonia Square, the largest plaza in the country with numerous monuments dotting the plaza, including those honoring Roman emperor...
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015 - IMG_3687 ... the towering statue of a sword-bearing warrior on horseback - Alexander the Great Statue-Fountain - symbolically the largest bronze statue of the Macedonian...
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016 - P1170625 ... the equestrian bronze statue of the Macedonian king riding his horse Bucephalus resting atop a cylindrical column pedestal; 8 bronze statues at the base of...
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017 - IMG_3694 Stone Bridge, a symbol of Skopje, built of solid stone blocks on Roman foundations under patronage of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror between 1451 and 1469, 702...
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018 - P1170631 Stone Bridge - 'Gemidzii' (Boatmen from Thessaloniki) monument encompasses seven sculptures of members of the secret Ottoman-era Macedonian revolutionary group...
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019 - P1170632 6/18/2019 10:55am Skopje, North Macedonia 馬其頓首都 [斯科普里] - 在前南斯拉夫統治期間, 斯科普里得以迅速發展, 並成為巴爾幹半島南部的主要的工業中心. 1991 年南斯拉夫聯盟瓦解, 成為了獨立後的馬其頓首都.
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021 - IMG_3760 6/18/2019 5:43pm - arriving here at Ohrid, approx 115 miles some 3 hours driving distance southwest of Skopje - Ohrid, nestled between high mountains and Lake...
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022 - P1170705 ... ancient theatre built in 200 BC, the only Hellenistic-type open theater in the country - 6/18/2019 Ohrid amphitheater, North Macedonia
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023 - IMG_3762 ... well preserved open theater uncovered in 1980s during construction work around some of the houses in the area, large stone blocks with carvings of the Greek...
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