Ohrid Sunset

These photos were from the front porch of the house we rented. The sunsets were always gorgeous.

Walk Around Old Town

These are from our walk back to the car from the restaurant. Saw some cats on the way, and a pretty pre-sunset over the lake.

Lakeside Restaurant

The restaurant we eventually got to was directly on the water, and the food was very good. We didn't get the trout specialty because fish, but it was still good. And it was good to relax and get away from things.

Aruond Ohrid Old Town

Old Ohrid is on the side of a steep hill. We walked through it looking for our restaurant. No cars allowed, only scooters.

Random Ohrid Photos

These were taken almost exactly a year ago when we were at Lake Ohrid. It was beautiful and we had some mild showers.  The second photo is of an amphitheater they still use in the middle of town.

Puzzling

Bought this at Goblin Games in Skopje last month. Last trip for a while, now. It's a puzzle of the clock in Prague. Looks like we'll have  time to do it now.

Goblin Games

We were looking for a (somewhat) local game shop we could support. Unfortunately, the only game shop in Skopje is not it. We were disappointed with Goblin Games the minute we walked in on a Saturday afternoon and the shopkeeper kept talking football with his friend instead of engaging with us. One of us even understands Serbian, so the language barrier would have been minimal. Instead, we spent fifteen minutes wandering around the tiny shop, looking at the Yugi-Oh! tournament and at the MTG tournament on the television. We eventually bought a puzzle more out of pity than anything else. At no point did anyone in the store engage with us. No one. This is how game stores die. Even ones with a Balkans monopoly. It doesn't take long to say hello. Or Zdravo. Or anything else. And it can result in a lot of sales.

The Macedonian Word For Honey

At breakfast, we found out the Macedonian name for honey is my name. I don't think anyone calls me honey, though.

Hunter's Lodge Lunch

In February we went to Skopje. The first thing we did there was have lunch at Hunter's Lodge. It's a wild game place attached  to a winery close to the airport. The food is excellent. i didn't have a wine I loved, though. My gulash had a lot of meat in it and was in the pot. Andreas' was a bit different and in a bread bowl. From the photos you can see we ordered too much food, as usual. We'll go back.

Our Haul

These are the wines we bought at Stobi. All of them for about fifty euros.