Now this vacation is getting close to its end. We are now at the final apartment that we are going to stay at in this vacation. It has in many ways been a good learning experience. I think in all regards. Albania and Macedonia have been absolutely fabulous places to visit, and so rich with history. A history I think that both me and Jannie will go more in depth with the coming time. And I think that we will work on the concept of this homepage as well. As Jannie wrote yesterday, this is becoming tedious, writing a long blog each evening. I think we will handle this differently next time, we might try to record some video on sight and in the evening, it will be a task that we will do together and we would have time to be a couple in the evening.
And there are some gear that we will need. First of something like this:
http://www.thescrubba.com/collections/frontpage/products/scrubba-travelers-kit-2013-usd
Washing cloths in your hands is not the most amusing task in the world, and if we somehow can reduce that amount of time, that would be great
Second, we would like a portable seat for Saya, so that she can seat in our hight when we go to resturants - something like this: http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplay0_10751_-1_147439_10001
If we go ahead with the videoblog way of handling our blog - we could dump the computer and just get a keyboard for the tablet. Reducing luggage.
Finally we would need a bigger backpack and a smaller bag to fit into the carrier chair.
So gadgets and planning aside. This is what happened today.
Last night we slept quite okay, until 6 - when Saya cried, I went into her, and she insisted that I slept in the room with her. So after about 30 minutes we finally fell asleep, both of us. And as one of the few times, well ever, Jannie woke up before I did.
Saya was in a splendid mood, and we packed out stuff, while Saya played around. We seem to get more and more stuff, so it gets harder and harder to fit it all into our backs. Well this was the second last time we had to do it, so it was okay. We left one of the bottles of white wine we bought in Berat to our hosts, very nice people. Our day at the beach yesterday had left Jannie and me slightly sunburned, so getting the backs on was a bit of an ache. Our host drove us to the bus station in Ohrid - we waited for about 20 minutes and the bus left. This was incidentally the worst bus ride we had this time in the Balkans.
It seems that the free for all furgons do not work here. So you get on scheduled buses, and they only drive ever so often. So this bus was filled, and the aircon did not work. So it was hot as well. It took about 3½ hours and it was a beautiful ride. But that was tainted by the filled bus and heat.
What we saw on the bus ride was quite a different country then Albania. First of, the people density is quite lower then in Albania, so fewer houses. Second the bar, restaurant, hotel and car wash density is also very much lower then in Albania. We did spend quite a long time of the ride going through a mountain/forest area, which was breathtaking.
After a long and unsatisfying busride we finally arrived in Skopje. Going into the city we had a very Belgrade feeling about the place. It reminded about the place quite a lot. We took a taxi from the busstop to the apartment where we meet our host Alec. Here we found a profound difference between our Belgrade and Skopje, this guy was so very nice and hospitable. We put our things in our last home on this trip (a very big 2 bedroom flat, with a living room and a washing machine!) and went to have a late lunch with him. We had a long talk about a lot of things, and a perspective from a Macedonian perspective. This is one of the most important things about these trips, we get to talk with really nice people.
After our talk we went back to the apartment and played around with Saya for a couple of hours time, and then we went to dinner. We had found a Sushi place, and we went all in, got a really big dinner, we loved it. It was a very nice place, and the food was really good. Happy and very full, we went back to the apartment where we fussed about Saya, that just did not wanted to go to sleep, but after a few minutes of Bamse (TV show) she was very tired.
And here i am, Jannie have gone to bed reading and I am sitting alone in the living room, writting this and listening to music via the stereo! What an amazing thing.
Three nights more on this trip and we are heading back to Copenhagen.
And there are some gear that we will need. First of something like this:
http://www.thescrubba.com/collections/frontpage/products/scrubba-travelers-kit-2013-usd
Washing cloths in your hands is not the most amusing task in the world, and if we somehow can reduce that amount of time, that would be great
Second, we would like a portable seat for Saya, so that she can seat in our hight when we go to resturants - something like this: http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplay0_10751_-1_147439_10001
If we go ahead with the videoblog way of handling our blog - we could dump the computer and just get a keyboard for the tablet. Reducing luggage.
Finally we would need a bigger backpack and a smaller bag to fit into the carrier chair.
So gadgets and planning aside. This is what happened today.
Last night we slept quite okay, until 6 - when Saya cried, I went into her, and she insisted that I slept in the room with her. So after about 30 minutes we finally fell asleep, both of us. And as one of the few times, well ever, Jannie woke up before I did.
Saya was in a splendid mood, and we packed out stuff, while Saya played around. We seem to get more and more stuff, so it gets harder and harder to fit it all into our backs. Well this was the second last time we had to do it, so it was okay. We left one of the bottles of white wine we bought in Berat to our hosts, very nice people. Our day at the beach yesterday had left Jannie and me slightly sunburned, so getting the backs on was a bit of an ache. Our host drove us to the bus station in Ohrid - we waited for about 20 minutes and the bus left. This was incidentally the worst bus ride we had this time in the Balkans.
It seems that the free for all furgons do not work here. So you get on scheduled buses, and they only drive ever so often. So this bus was filled, and the aircon did not work. So it was hot as well. It took about 3½ hours and it was a beautiful ride. But that was tainted by the filled bus and heat.
What we saw on the bus ride was quite a different country then Albania. First of, the people density is quite lower then in Albania, so fewer houses. Second the bar, restaurant, hotel and car wash density is also very much lower then in Albania. We did spend quite a long time of the ride going through a mountain/forest area, which was breathtaking.
After a long and unsatisfying busride we finally arrived in Skopje. Going into the city we had a very Belgrade feeling about the place. It reminded about the place quite a lot. We took a taxi from the busstop to the apartment where we meet our host Alec. Here we found a profound difference between our Belgrade and Skopje, this guy was so very nice and hospitable. We put our things in our last home on this trip (a very big 2 bedroom flat, with a living room and a washing machine!) and went to have a late lunch with him. We had a long talk about a lot of things, and a perspective from a Macedonian perspective. This is one of the most important things about these trips, we get to talk with really nice people.
After our talk we went back to the apartment and played around with Saya for a couple of hours time, and then we went to dinner. We had found a Sushi place, and we went all in, got a really big dinner, we loved it. It was a very nice place, and the food was really good. Happy and very full, we went back to the apartment where we fussed about Saya, that just did not wanted to go to sleep, but after a few minutes of Bamse (TV show) she was very tired.
And here i am, Jannie have gone to bed reading and I am sitting alone in the living room, writting this and listening to music via the stereo! What an amazing thing.
Three nights more on this trip and we are heading back to Copenhagen.