• All the Way to the Ohrid Lake and Beyond

    4 Temmuz, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Today I left the Mavrovo Lake and National Park behind me to drive further South.
    My first stop was at the ruin of the Archangel Gabriel Monastery which was really atmospheric and chill.
    Then I met a doggo gang in Struga and fed them all the cheese I had. I have actually bought some extra cheese just to give it to strays whenever I'd come across some, and I didn't have to wait long. There were about 6 or 7 doggos but only two were brave enough to eat from a strange girl wearing an Oscar Piastri McLaren Cap. The bravest one seemed to be quite young and wouldn't take the cheese directly from my hand. Maybe he had bad experiences with that? He might have learned that it's forbidden to take food directly from a hand. Fair enough. I just threw the cheese at him and his friend, while the others just kept ignoring me. Struga is a really nice place to just chill and relax at the lake, however, I'm not someone to chill at the beach. So I just enjoyed a Frappé, before I jumped back into the car and drove further South to Razdova, the most Southern town at the Ohrid lake before Albania.
    There I found the cutest of restaurants that offered me the worst coffee I ever drank. It tasted absolutely horrible! Apparently, they made it the Turkish way, leaving the coffee at the bottom of the cup. Why would you do that?!
    Anyway, I couldn't stay any longer to discuss the disgust about the coffee, as I had completely forgotten that I had to check in until 4 pm. I quickly texted the apartment and it would be fine if I'd arrive at 5.30 pm as well. So I quickly jumped back in the car and drove to Ohrid.
    After having some dinner, I walked the promenade away from the center of Ohrid and really enjoyed the warm, but not too hot night stroll.
    The night wasn't as pleasant, though. Apparently, it wasn't such a good idea to eat the Ajvar I bought the first day and transported it in the hot car every time I moved (although I always made sure it was cool during the trip). Or maybe the Burek weren't so good as I had to prepare them in the pan instead of the oven because the apartment didn't have one. Maybe it was a combination of both. Anyway, my stomach didn't like any of it and got rid of it. Those were some very exhausting two hours.
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