Leaving the Military Museum Bitola is easy to navigate with a north-south main st Shirok Sokak St. The rain was still coming down as I looked for landmarks on my mapAt the top of the street was the Clock Tower, an easy landmark to navigate to. At opposite sides of this main plaza are two Mosques.The first Yeni Mosque is in a poor state of repair and not open to the public. Across the river is the more prominent Isak Mosque.Before crossing the river I went to the ...

Today I was leaving the Macedonian capital Skopje and heading south west to Bitola. This was the provincial capital of the region in Ottoman times so played an important historic role.I tried to rest in at my comfy Skopje apartment and got to the bus station by 10.15. The next bus wasnt till 11am and the ticket was 480 MK ($7.50). I tried to get some Albanian money for my later stop but they didnt serve that currency at the money exchanges.I took a corner seat on...