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Dec, 30 2012
I arrived in Macedonia, Skopje to be more specific. Skopje has been a city since 500bc, thats a long time. Today I went to the holocaust memorial center. Then i went to see the statue of Alexander the Great, whos dad founded a town in Macedonia called Bitola.
Dec, 31 2012 Today I went Paragliding. Over Skopje, and it was awsome, then i ate the the resturant Pelister, and had Pastrmka (trout).
January, 1 2013 Today i went to lake Matka, and it was really peaceful, and it was also really crowed.
Jan, 2 2013 Today i went to the Millennium cross, that was built in 2002 and built on Vodno mountian towering of Skopje. Then i saw the men swimming in the Vardar river to mark the Epiphany of christ.
Jan, 3 2013 Today i went to the musuem of Macedonian Troubles. It is also is my last day in Skopje, tommarow i will be in Orchid, a big fishing town on the shore of lake Orchid.
Jan, 4 2013 Today is my first day in Orchid. I went kaneo diving, in lake Orchid, and then fished for Pastrmka.
Jan, 5 2013 My time today was spent visiting the St Jovan Kaneo church. I hiked from the lake shore to get to the church on the hill, over looking Orchid lake. Then I went to the the monuments of Saints cyrill. The saints were brothers who became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavs(slavic people) and reciveed the titles Apostles to the Slavs, and Equals to the Apostles."
Jan, 6 2013 Its my last day in Orchid, tommarow I will be in Bitola. Today I went to the Institute of Hydrobiology. researches of the quality and living world of the freshwater resources, in manly Lake Ohrid. Then I went to the Bay of Bones Museum. The bay of bones, is actually a replica of an anceint city built over water, it was really cool. The village primarily consited of fisherman. J
an, 7 2013 Im in Bitola, founded by Alexander the greats father, and the second largest city in Macedonia, only for 1 day becuase I have a mountian to climb. The time i spent in Bitola was was used, visiting Heraclea, the ruins were 4th centuray b.c roman town. Then I walked 25 mins, to the Bitola Clock tower.
Jan, 8-9 2013 I havnt been able to blog, since Bitola becuase i was in the Sar Mountians, Tetovo climbing Mt Titov Vrv. I climed to the top then camped the night and hiked back down to the city Tetovo. When I was up there I saw a Lynx. Lynxes are very common in Macedonia. Then coming back down there was farm and I got to see the Sarplaninac or the Macedonia Sheep dog. These dogs are rumered to once have been wild wolves, but trained to heard sheep. The farmer told me that there are more sheep then humans in Macedonia
. Jan, 10 2013 Its my last full day in Macedonia. Im in Palikura, to see the ruins of Stobi. Stobi was an important town for military, trade, and religien for the Roman, and early Byzantine Empirores.
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