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| (Arena at Ohrid Summer festival) |
It’s nearly the end of our fantastic trip to Macedonia. We are still currently in Ohrid. The ‘Ohrid Summer’ festival was a beautiful festival. There were so many bands and musicians playing just about everywhere in Ohrid. It was great to walk around on a peaceful Thursday night listening to music!
The weather has definitely been turned on for us. I guess we came in a good time, heading into summer over here. Macedonia has very peaceful summers with the temperature reaching around 20° to 23° Celsius. Winter over here, as I have heard, is sooo much colder then back in Australia! I have heard that the weather can get down to a very warm -20° Celsius. Talk about cold!
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| (Tsar Samuil's Fortress) |
Today we visited Tsar Samuil’s Fortress in Ohrid’s old town. Tsar Samuil’s Fortress is situated in Ohrid, overlooking the lake and town. Here is some history about Tsar Samuil’s Fortress. Back in the Byzantine times, Ohrid was a massive city. Everyone knew about Ohrid. In the 11th century Ohrid was the capital of the Slavic Empire, which was of course lead by Tsar Samuil. In the 11th century Tsar Samuil’s Fortress was nearly completely invincible. It used to stand at 16m high and it was 3km long! Now all that is left of the great monument is 18 towers and 4 gates. How I would have loved to see it in its prime! It really is a very good tourist attraction, just like most of the things in Ohrid. It’s going to be sad leaving such a great place.
Today I indulged myself in zelnik (I think it might be my new favourite food) and kebapi.
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| (Zelnik) |
Zelnik is a traditional pastry dish of Macedonia. Zelnik is made from thin layers of phyllo pastry filled with different things. Like cheese, spinach, some brown meats and eggs. I had some cheese zelnik today. And it really is as good as people say. Did you know that in winter people used to fill their zelnik with brined cabbage, and this is where the name zelnik came from. Zelnik means cabbage in Macedonian. (Macedonian is the language spoken is Macedonia).
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| (kebapi) |
In Macedonia, kebapi’s are made out of both pork and mince. In Australia, kebapi’s are better known as skinless sausages and really that’s all they are! Kebapi are usually served with chopped onion, flat bread and various dips.
I think it’s about time I go to bed, today was a big day and I’m sure tomorrow will be even bigger. Anyway, talk really soon.
Alex.
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