Day 8. Macedonia

Wow..what a day in Macedonia, we slept here the night before at Lake Ohrid so set off from there to visit Lake Naum Monastery and springs which was built in the 10th century.
It's set in gorgeous surroundings and is very peaceful, apart from the peacocks lol. We were very privileged to be let in on a wedding, very special ceremony going on in this tiny church. We had free time to go look around, so I sat by the water and watched the fish and even saw a lake snake!
After this our really lovely guide took us around the old town of Ohrid, we saw the bet place to buy pearls and learnt the process of how they are made. My god the jewellery is gorgeous, we even saw another bride in the shop before we could go in.
We went to a paper making shop (which i later went back to, to buy something) and the process is very interesting.
Then we did a big walk to church st John Theologian-Caneo which had the most stunning views! It rained on and off but it didn't spoil the day, which resulted in some hilarious times.
We were walking back down from the church and the lake was getting ferocious..we even had to walk really close to where the waves were splashing up..then we were told we had to turn around by some other people as a bridge we were going to go over was flooded so our guide turned us back and we did an extra hike.
Then a few of us exhausted and hungry went for lunch but the lake was even more crazy and the waves were getting higher!
We sat outside freezing but having a laugh as everyone was getting soaked by the rain and waves of the lake...until it was our turn, were ran through pouring vicious rain, we were soaked but having such a laugh, when we got back to the hotel we were meeting at, they handed out towels and our guide leant me his jumper four journey to Skopje still in Macedonia.
My shoes are still wet and it's been 7 hours!
Anyways, this evening we have all gone to dinner together at the skyview bar at the hotel as tmw after a walk around Skopje we part ways. Some go back to Sofia for onwards travel, some home and some of us to Greece.
Have also learnt tonight that the reason I have my own room is because our driver Deki comes from Skopje and has gone home for the night just for me..how amazing is that, I'm so so grateful!!! Might post some pics in 2 parts xxRead more