Day 2 - Ohrid is the place to be!



(Polneti Piperki)



So it’s now day 2 of our trip and I wouldn’t want to be in a nicer place. Right now we are in Ohrid gearing up for the Ohrid Summer festival, and I can’t tell you how excited I am! It’s around 2-ish here, which means I have already had lunch. Today I had Polneti Piperki. Polneti Piperki is a dish in which capsicum’s are hollowed out and stuffed with just rice or just meat or in my case both. It really is quiet delicious. Well I couldn’t help myself and I just had to try some deserts. Now Macedonia doesn’t really have a lot of desserts but, from what I tried today they were amazing. At lunch I tried palacinki or in other words a crepe (a flat pancake). I topped my crepe off with some jam and it was sooo yummy, I really would love some more!



(Lake Ohrid)



The locals here have such colourful personalities. Yesterday we visited Lake Ohrid and it really is something! The way that the Lake just lays in between the mountains it really is a panoramic scene, something in which it is breath taking.


 

(Ohrid's Old Town)

Also yesterday we visited the streets of Ohrid’s old town. Many people had told us about this tourist attraction and yet, I did not believe how lovely, aged and peaceful it was until I was standing right there. Ohrid’s old town is filled with cobblestone streets, old houses, churches, gardens, fortresses and old roman amphitheatres, which have been beautifully preserved for us to explore. There are lots of churches in this old town too. One that is well worth the visit is St. Jovan’s. St Jovan’s has a breath taking scenery. You see St. Jovan’s was built on a cliff which overlooks Lake Ohrid, and it is just so amazing! There are nooks and crannies to every street and it’s so beautiful. I would recommend visiting!



 I’m off to Ohrid Summer (the music and theatre festival) soon. Well I thought I would fill you in on some history. Ohrid summer started way back on August 4^th 1961. On this day a shimmer of light sparkled under the arches on St. Sophia (a church). The glitter of that sparkle marked the birth place of the demonstration. People say that God choose this to be the start of Ohrid Summer. Ohrid Summer has hosted the world’s best artist year after year (with this year being no exception) more than 3000 visitors are said to visit this week as it is the 50^th edition of this festival. With more than 100 performances sent to lighten the stage, it should be a wonderful experience!

I’m so excited. I can’t wait and well that’s all I have to share with you now.  I’ll keep you posted.

Alex.