🇽🇰 Pristina - Bill Clinton Boulevard
7 de abril de 2024, Kosovo ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
One of the city's avenues is named after Bill Clinton, US president during the war in Kosovo.
In the avenue there is also a giant photograph and a statue of 3M representing the Dem President. AnotherLeer más
🇽🇰 Pristina by night
7 de abril de 2024, Kosovo ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Pristina by night is really full of people, children and young people.
Even if the majority of the population is Muslim, there are many bars and pubs full of young people and only a small minority ofLeer más
🇽🇰 Pristina - Local market
8 de abril de 2024, Kosovo ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Before leaving the city for the next border we dediced to visit the local market. A narrow street surrounded by shopkeepers' stalls selling food, vegetables, cheeses or even used clothes andLeer más
🇽🇰 Pristina - The sitting man statue
8 de abril de 2024, Kosovo ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This statue is very recent, and was created to commemorate the peaceful prostests of Kosovo people against Serbia of 1990.
During the protest a man, Faik Rexhepi, and other thousand of peopleLeer más
🇽🇰➡️🇲🇰 From Pristina to Skopjie
8 de abril de 2024, Kosovo ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The mountains and rivers accompany us in every stage of this journey through the Balkans.
Behind these snow-capped mountains there is North Macedonia and the capital Skopjie. But there are not manyLeer más
🇽🇰➡️🇲🇰 Kosovo/N. Macedonia border
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Second boder of the trip.
The flag of Macedonia is amazing and represents the "sun of liberty" with 8 sun rays.
🇲🇰 We are in Northern Macedonia!
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
3rd country of this car trip!
Curiosity: why NORTHERN Macedonia? Because part of Macedonia is in Greece and the name led to a diplomatic clash between the 2 countries that lasted for years.
In 2018,Leer más
🇲🇰 Skopje - Foreign Ministry office
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Skopje is the city with the biggest contrast between periphery and turistic center. Outside the city, also just 5km from the center, the streets are really bad, there are work in propress everywhereLeer más
🇲🇰 Skopjie - Archaeological Museum
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The most beautiful part of the city is near the river Vardar.
In particular the area of the Archaeological Museum of Macedonia and the many bridges which are full of statues.
🇲🇰 Skopjie - Main square monuments
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
In the main square there are many monuments including the Statue of warrior on horseback and the triumphal arch called "Makedonija Gate".
There are many curiosities on these (fake?) monuments.
TheLeer más
🇲🇰 Skopje - House of Mother Teresa
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born in house in 1910 to an Albanese family.
Mother Teresa is much loved in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia (all non-Catholic countries), where there are numerousLeer más
🇲🇰 Skopje - Old Bazaar
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
It's truly wonderful to walk in the streets of the Old Turkish bazaar, full of food shops, jewelery shops and suvernir sellers.
The ancient bazaar is a reminder of the long history of this countryLeer más
🇲🇰 Skopjie - N. Macedonia dinar
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
North Macedonian banknotes are beautifully decorated.
The texture and safety elements (the swan is transparent and looks like translucent plastic) are also fascinating.
The exchange rate is €1 =Leer más
🇲🇰 Skopje - N. Macedonian food
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Norhern Macedonian food and beer in the old bazar.
The food is a mix of Turkish, Greek and Balkan food, and the meet is very tasty. As usual in this part of the world, amazing coffee in a barLeer más
🇲🇰 Good night Skopje
8 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
The view on the city from our room. Like the other balkan cities, you can see a mix of new tall buildings, factories, churches and mosques and old familiar residential buildings.
A curious thingLeer más
🇲🇰 ➡️🇷🇸 It's time to refill
9 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We take advantage of the petrol at €1.39 to fill the tank and be ready for the longest part of the trip: Skopje/Belgrade, 432KM and almost 4:30H.
🇲🇰➡️🇷🇸 Borders adventures pt. 2
9 de abril de 2024, Macedonia del Norte ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The moment of truth!
Will we be able to enter Serbia with an Italian passport, an Albanian car and a Kosovo stamp as the only stamp in our passports?
Funny moments at border part 2:
Agent: are youLeer más
🇷🇸 We are in Serbia!
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Compared to the previous two borders, this one was the most meticulous security checks, but we are in Serbia.
Serbia highways are perfect, probly better than the highways in many EU countries.Leer más
🇷🇸 Entering in Belgrade
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The E-75 road passes through the city, also crossing the Sava river, tributary of the Danube.
The streat, up to the airport, is full of thousands of Serbian flags.
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Kafana SFRJ
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
This restaurant is inspired by the former Yugoslavia.
Insidere it is full of picture of the former communist leader Tito, flags, plates and maps of the former socialist federation of which BelgradeLeer más
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Kasfana SFRJ
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
The food is very typical and super good and also the view on the river is amazing. Very low prices (less than 10 euros per dish).
I took the Cevapi, a spiced minced meat dish originally from SerbiaLeer más
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Temple of Saint Sava
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
The largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, over 70 meters high and beautifully decorated.
Everywhere you turn there is a triumph of marble, domes, golden mosaics and sacred icons. Speachless.
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Nikola Tesla's museum
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
As for Mother Teresa, also in the case of Nikola Tesla different countries claim to be the homeland of the scientist.
The scientist was bon in Croatia, in the small village of Smiljan, but its familyLeer más
🇷🇸 Belgrade - St. Mark Orthodox Church
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Another Orthodox church, in this case dedicated to St. Mark.
Although more modest, both inside and outside, also in this case the church is full of golden images and mosaics.
The final part of theLeer más
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Serbian Parliament
9 de abril de 2024, Serbia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C