Update

I am in my hotel room in Basel and have some time to write this update. The weekend was great - the second wedding of Jasmina and Jack was quite a cool experience - I took off Friday as we had to be at the Airport at 12. We used the time waiting at the gate to make some phone calls to some of the flats we have found on immobilienscout24 - and got an appointment for Monday night for our future flat (we didn't know at the time of course). The plane was pretty much delayed half an hour - as expected with Alitalia but other than that no complaints. In Milan we met Alba and flew to Skopje together. There we got passport-checked and could enter the country more or less quickly (Alba and I more, Estelle less) and picked up the luggage of Peter, which Alitalia conveniently lost on their way. We got picked up by a taxi driver, who brought us to the car, let us in, switched on his CD-player with some techno music and we left. It reminded me of a couple of years ago in Hungary when everybody was listening to this kind of music and in the next hours I hinted to the driver that I want that music - but he didn't get it so I didn't get it ...
We arrived late around 8 and went for some food, which was very much to my liking. They have a cucumber + tomato + cheese salad that is amazing. I had a kind of cordon bleu in the form of a moon. But first we met Blanca and Maria in their winter outfits, Jack, the sister and Jasmina - all wearing their winter outfits. According to some rumours there was summer only 2 days before than it started to rain and got cold. Yeah, right! After dinner I went to a club with the Spanish group and had a beer called Skopska.
The next day we woke up to an absolutely dream scenery - the sun was shining!!! We went on a city tour, met Jack and his dad on the way to the hill and I was back in time to shave, have a giant pizza and get ready for the party. The party was fantastic, starting in Jasminas place in the city and continuing in a monastery 30 km away from Ohrid city - next to the lake and the Albanian border. Great food, great drinks (rakja), great dancing, etc. a perfect wedding party basically.
Sunday we went back home - first by car to Skopje, then by plane to Milan, then a quick race through the controls so we would not miss our connection to Frankfurt.

All in all the weekend was totally worth it - even if the travel was quite heavy. Click on the picture below to access all pics - including similar stupid ones inspired by a very nice alcoholic drink called rakja ...

home sweet home

I am back but am very busy as I am going to Basel tomorrow for business. Will only be back on Thursday evening and am going to Brussels on Friday for the weekend. I will upload the pictures from the wedding celebration soon as I find some time. In the meantime another classic moment - I heard this on the radio this morning. Herr Stoiber explains the advantages of the Trans-Rapid for München and the airport. It's in German - don't worry if you don't understand it, it's not your language skills :-)

@home

At precisely 22:00 we left the airport, took a taxi and i am now at home. Und aus!

sauna

In the bus ... Which means we got our connection :-)

Slight delay in Milano

... of 35 minutes. Sports exercise to follow to catch our connection ...

Goodbye macedonia

Just boarded the smallest plane ever (except the one i flew in to stockholm years ago) with 500 denars in my pocket because they only sold shit at the gate. Another country taken off the todo list :-)

Going home

We had a nice breakfast today,went to the city for a tonic and some shopping and are now in a big car in direction skopje airport. I wish i could stay here longer in Ohrid - its a beautiful place and it reminds me of hungary.

sunshine

Deep discussions on apple pricing. I started it so i cannot complain. Another nice day outside. Too bad we are leaving.

Game over

Going home a bit tired after a great party. I hope the ride is smoother than on the way to the place. There are thousands of stars out there. Good night!

I love

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Rakja? Rakia?

Dont know how to spell it but it warms you up :-)

Officially blessed

Its done. They have been blessed and we moved into a warmer place. We need a bigger church next time.

First act

In the car on our way to the church where ze ceremony will take place. The reception at the summer house overlooking the ancient arena was cool. The food good according to the people who had some - i was still busy with the pizza in my belly...

Liveblogging continues

Half an hour to get ready after a large pizza. Should have taken the medium one (as always)

Mahlzeit!

Pizza time :-)

Back at the hotel

Just came back to the hotel after the city tour. I must say that they really take care of the place. The view at the lake is superb, only a few stray dogs - all in all a cool place, just too bad there is no easy way of coming here (except from amsterdam with some cheap airline as our guide told us). I didnt want to go shopping because I would only buy crap anyway. Except sunglasses - I really need sunglasses! Now i go shave and have lunch after.

Hello Jack!

The city tour is cool!

695 meters above sea level

Now we go touristic.

Looky looky it's a mirakel!

The sun is shining! Really! Not only above the sky but everywhere! And the view is beautiful. Beautiful! Estelle says hi. Its a nice contrast to yesterdays weather. Now i go exchange my bedcloth against some proper clothes and go have a huge breakfast! (no lunch planned today - like yesterday actually)

clubbing

www.liquid.com.mk good night.

Arrived!

Its f***ing cold here. But nice. Now we go eat a cow or something.

roaming

I know i just sent a message and it costs a fortune BUT there is a hole in the clouds and the sun is shining above! I need to figure out how to buy the CD off from the driver later on...

Liveblogging continued ...

First car with a number plate from Ohrid!

Arrived

180 kilometer in front of us. Perfect organisation. A taxi just picked us up from the airport in skopje. We are listening to techno music in the car! I forgot that its still in over here. Loving it! Outside its a bit foggy and raining a little. The whole thing reminds me of a scotland weekend, which turned out to be very nice. 110 km/h + 110 bpm = sounds like fun!

Off to Macedonia!

Off to macedonia for the weekend for the wedding of Jack and Jasmina. Too bad its such a short visit, still i am sure it will be fun. Hasta luego

R.I.P.

I hereby grant one Joker to rmv for picking up my destroyed ass from offenbach. Game over...

Han - AU!

Woke up early today. Continued the major cleaning of the flat and felt so great about it that i just jumped on my bike and one and a half hour later i am sitting in an asian beergarden at the gates of hanau. Too bad i did not have breakfast and so i am starving...