In 1973, the Welsh rock band, Budgie, sang about being in the grip of a tyre fitter’s hand. Part of the soundtrack of my teenage years, I could never have guessed how prophetic this song would become one day, almost half a century later.
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Marvellous Matka – Matka Canyon & Skopje Revisited, North Macedonia
Mark and I fled from Skopje first thing.
Riots in Skopje & The North Macedonian Name Game
In my last post, I asked, “What’s in a name?” when we discussed the City of Light. Little did we realise that we were about to discover the mother of all naming disputes – and get caught up in the news. Once upon a time, in a land not-so-far away, there was a little countryContinue reading “Riots in Skopje & The North Macedonian Name Game”
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”
World Wide Walkies 