🇽🇰 Pristina - Bill Clinton Boulevard
7 Nisan 2024, Kosova ⋅ ☀️ 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. AnotherOkumaya devam et
🇽🇰 Pristina by night
7 Nisan 2024, Kosova ⋅ 🌙 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 ofOkumaya devam et
🇽🇰 Pristina - Local market
8 Nisan 2024, Kosova ⋅ ☀️ 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 andOkumaya devam et
🇽🇰 Pristina - The sitting man statue
8 Nisan 2024, Kosova ⋅ ☀️ 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 peopleOkumaya devam et
🇽🇰➡️🇲🇰 From Pristina to Skopjie
8 Nisan 2024, Kosova ⋅ ☀️ 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 manyOkumaya devam et
🇽🇰➡️🇲🇰 Kosovo/N. Macedonia border
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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,Okumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopje - Foreign Ministry office
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 everywhereOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopjie - Archaeological Museum
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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.
TheOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopje - House of Mother Teresa
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 numerousOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopje - Old Bazaar
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 countryOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopjie - N. Macedonia dinar
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ 🌙 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 =Okumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Skopje - N. Macedonian food
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ 🌙 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 barOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 Good night Skopje
8 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ 🌙 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 thingOkumaya devam et
🇲🇰 ➡️🇷🇸 It's time to refill
9 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 Nisan 2024, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 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 youOkumaya devam et
🇷🇸 We are in Serbia!
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☀️ 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.Okumaya devam et
🇷🇸 Entering in Belgrade
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ⛅ 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 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 BelgradeOkumaya devam et
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Kasfana SFRJ
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 SerbiaOkumaya devam et
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Temple of Saint Sava
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 familyOkumaya devam et
🇷🇸 Belgrade - St. Mark Orthodox Church
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 theOkumaya devam et
🇷🇸 Belgrade - Serbian Parliament
9 Nisan 2024, Sırbistan ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C