Category Archives: Albania

Ohrid, North Macedonia: The City of Light

What’s in a name? These days, Paris bags first dibs on the handle ‘The City of Light’. Accepted wisdom suggests this emerged from the French capital’s prominent role in the age of enlightenment. However, Paree’s lofty claim to La Ville Lumière title actually comes from something much more mundane. It is based on the city’sContinue reading “Ohrid, North Macedonia: The City of Light”

Going to Macedonia

We had a slight problem with our arrangement to meet our new German friend, Loreen, in Pogrodec, at the south-western tip of Lake Ohrid. Mark had tested positive for COVID-19.

Enchanted Ohrid, Albania

“We’re not going there!” I’ve had a lifelong subscription to the ‘If you look at it and think you’re gonna die, you probably will’ school of risk management. It has worked for me thus far, so I saw no reason to change.