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”
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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.
World Wide Walkies 