Macedonia
This was a biking trip was provided by Mountain Travel SOBEK and it was incredible. WE traveled through the back country for most of the time being in nature and we had some huge hills = awesome
The bike trip went through five countries while visiting 5 UNESCO sites. We arrived in Skope and took a tour of the incredible city.
There were many statues around this beautiful old Ottoman-era town
We visited the memorial home of Mother Teresa
and this is where Mother Teresa was baptized, it is the old Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church and Skopje is Mother Teresa lived in her early years. We also visited the beautiful Old Ottoman-ear Town and the old City fort and crossed the old stone bridge.
There was an old canal and the clans held old boats converted to restaurants
WE stayed a great hotel Hotel Alexander Square with in the hear of things and the rooms and food were great. We had a great welcoming dinner and the the next day we transferred to MAvrovo Park where we started our cycling trip We did about 40 miles of riding cycling down to Mavrovo Lake and visited the Bigorsky Monastery
On the way there
Bigorski Monastery below was awesome. The monastery was built in 1020 and is Macedonian Orthodox. The Ottomans destroyed the monastery in the 16th century, but it was restored in 1743 by the monk Ilarion, who also constructed a number of cells for monks. The archimandrite Arsenius further expanded the monastery between 1812 and 1825. Most of the old monastery complex was destroyed by a fire in 2009, while the new sections of the complex and church were saved. Reconstruction of the old sections began in May 2010 with the goal of restoring the buildings as closely as possible to their original style.
inside the church was awesome and I prayed in my thoughts
We finished the day by riding to Janche and stayed in Hotel Tutto a great hotel in a small hill town .
What a great day we had, The next day we rode
we rode through exquisite fields of flowers and along the way we stopped for a lunch in a small town
and visited a farm where we milked goats and could have gone horseback riding
We continued to Debar lake and then continued to Ohrid Lake which was incredible as it is a UNESCO site . We visited its old town which was great and an old printing paper manfacuter
Yes we can party , party up singing with the locals
We also visited the beautiful cathedral that overlooks the lake
and we concluded with a scrumptious meal on the lake and everyone was dressed up
We had a great hotel with great views – from the incredible Hotel Royal view. some shots for Macedonia and the next day we crossed the border into Albania so go to that site . Could have gone kayaking but ran out of time bummer. Next county was Albania