2022 in [North] Macedonia (Skopje)

October 8, 2022 : the Balkan sightseeing trip brought me to Skopje, the mainstay of [North] Macedonia:

came to Skopje in the evening, only to:

• take a side, late-evening ride to Kosovo, starting out at around 20:00
• go into this new land, unknown to many in the west, at around midnight
• come back to the hotel at 03:00
• wake up again at 07:00 to have breakfast and go to downtown Skopje

"downtown Skopje"

walked around downtown Skopje to see the:

• Museum of the City of Skopje
  • a "former railway station" that fell to the earthquake of 1963
  • its clock rests halted at the time of the earthquake
  • we looked only at the outside of the building
• Mother Teresa birthstead
  • born in Skopje
• Macedonia Square
  • a water spout that speaks well of Alexander the Great
  • built only in 2014 to "bring those old days back"
  • many buildings had that old Greek look
• Bazaar
  • on the north side of the Vardar River
  • sat at a shop for Balkan coffee and watched the crowds go by

other things

• street markers had English, Macedonian and Albanian writing
• no worries about the "ATM machines" here!
  • withdrew some [North] Macedonian denars (spelled denars in Macedonian)
• bought some magnets and other stuff on the streets of Old Skopje (see "Ramstore" for the lowest prices!)