Last weekend I made a visit to the Ohrid and Prespa lake in Macedonia. Friday night we (me and Pascale) arrived in Ohrid after a nice hitchhiking trip. There we met Marie and Romanie who had arranged an apartment to sleep. In the night we make a walk around Ohrid and after we eat in a very nice restaurant. (for only 5 euro each person we get so much good food).

The next day we woke up early and the weather was great. We start again to make a walk in the town. First we found one beautiful photo gallery with amazing photo’s if you are in Ohrid you have to visit this place. After we were looking at an old church and met somebody who offered us a free guide. He showed us the entire old town and told us all of the history it was great to hear the history of this very old city. At 12 o’clock a old ritual was starting (fishermen diving in the lake to find a cross) (the real ritual was one day before but during the communist time this was forbidden because it’s a religious event. Then the fishermen make it one day later and said they where just making a dive in the lake) There was free fish and wine, great Macedonian music, a lot of sunshine and dancing.

 

At the end of the day we take a taxi to go to the Macedonian site of the Prespa lake. We read in a guide that in Krani (one small village) was a hotel so we went to this village. The hotel turned out to be a little bit out of the village so we start walking, luckily one boy from the village come to take us with a car and bring us to the hotel which was closed. After a lot of phonecalls we found a sleeping place in an Bed at Breakfast in Bracjino (another beautiful small village). We had such a warm welcome in the Bed and Breakfast the people where really nice and the next morning they made a big breakfast for us. After a walk in the village we took the bus to Resen and went back to to Florina.

In new pictures you can find some pictures from this weekend.

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