Non stop raining. Some days ago here there were temperatures above 35 degrees celsius, now it is nice if they reach 15 degrees celsius. I took a fast tour of Skopje this morning and the city is really stunning, I think I have seen more statues in this small tour than in my whole life. The city is colossal, seems like an ancient city, full of squares, fountains and statues.
The huge fountain of Alexander the Great (because of an issue with Greece, the fountain is now called Man on a horse... Kindergarten) is impressive, he is riding an horse on the top of the fountain, while on a lower level the famous pikemen defend him from Lions, the water jumps in all direction and it changes by time to time. There are a lot of fancy buildings with colossal white columns in front. Then the Fortress Kale is in pure sinthony with the rest of the city, colossal! The walls are impressively high and some of them are cyclopean style, with big stone blocks that form them. This city really deserves to be visited and a weekend should be fine. I left the city with the intention to go to Bigorski Monastery. It was raining hard and the temperature was 13 degrees celsius. The fucking Adventure Boots of Forma aren't waterproof, despite they are described as waterproof. I already knew that before leaving home, last year I experienced this problem, but I had no money for changing them, so Selberschuld and the ride must go on. I stopped for eating a Shapsko salad and, since my friends will arrive in Igonumenitsa on Monday and not on Sunday, I thought I could have spent a night in Kosovo, so I took the direction for it. Last year Kosovo screwed up my first plan because they require you to have a passport in order to enter the country, but I hadn't a valid passport, so renewing it just for going in a country that is not recognized by a lot of countries didn't worth the money in my opinion. At the border they asked me for the passport and you know what happened? I forgot it at the hotel in Skopje.
Boom Headshot.
I went back to Skopje and I stopped in the same hotel, I took the decision I will never ever again try to go in Kosovo, seems like a magical power (call it God, Allah, Karma or Motumbo) doesn't want me to go there (Last Year on the Balkan tour I had no clue there was the need of having a passport for entering it). So tomorrow I will have a deep look at Skopje, meanwhile my Boots will dry and this is a good thing, because it won't stop raining, but wearing in the morning a boot that is already wet lowers the moral!
Скопје, Скопско Кале.
Скопје, a man on a horse!
The huge fountain of Alexander the Great (because of an issue with Greece, the fountain is now called Man on a horse... Kindergarten) is impressive, he is riding an horse on the top of the fountain, while on a lower level the famous pikemen defend him from Lions, the water jumps in all direction and it changes by time to time. There are a lot of fancy buildings with colossal white columns in front. Then the Fortress Kale is in pure sinthony with the rest of the city, colossal! The walls are impressively high and some of them are cyclopean style, with big stone blocks that form them. This city really deserves to be visited and a weekend should be fine. I left the city with the intention to go to Bigorski Monastery. It was raining hard and the temperature was 13 degrees celsius. The fucking Adventure Boots of Forma aren't waterproof, despite they are described as waterproof. I already knew that before leaving home, last year I experienced this problem, but I had no money for changing them, so Selberschuld and the ride must go on. I stopped for eating a Shapsko salad and, since my friends will arrive in Igonumenitsa on Monday and not on Sunday, I thought I could have spent a night in Kosovo, so I took the direction for it. Last year Kosovo screwed up my first plan because they require you to have a passport in order to enter the country, but I hadn't a valid passport, so renewing it just for going in a country that is not recognized by a lot of countries didn't worth the money in my opinion. At the border they asked me for the passport and you know what happened? I forgot it at the hotel in Skopje.
Boom Headshot.
I went back to Skopje and I stopped in the same hotel, I took the decision I will never ever again try to go in Kosovo, seems like a magical power (call it God, Allah, Karma or Motumbo) doesn't want me to go there (Last Year on the Balkan tour I had no clue there was the need of having a passport for entering it). So tomorrow I will have a deep look at Skopje, meanwhile my Boots will dry and this is a good thing, because it won't stop raining, but wearing in the morning a boot that is already wet lowers the moral!
Скопје, Stone Bridge, some statues, a man on a horse and a cross on the top of a mountain.
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