MACEDONIA
(P-Day August 6th )
This is a Fig tree....not ripe..of course...
We hooked up with the Macedonia Elders (the district leaders). They are unable to proselyte but are working on it daily....
Yes..there is McDonalds in Macedonia ( how do you like the receipt ?)
The language is Macedonian,, the money is the Dinar...we can use our Visa at most places there.... so we don't have to get different money.
The fountain is marvelous !!! It has lions all around it and sprays up to the rhythm of classical, beautiful music at night is lighted !!
This is the inside of a mosque..it is a large open room with carpet where the men pray. There is a small balcony with very steep stairs if women want to come in covered head, of course. Everyone takes their shoes off and it is also the custom here in Kosovo to take your shoes off before entering anyone's home. There is a fountain/washing place in front of the Mosque with water..soap, towels to dry.. everything you need to wash your sins away!!!!! (can't remember whether is is before you go in or after).
There are statues all over the center..Alexander-the-Great at one end his father at the other end !!!
This is the stone bridge..so so old 1400's It connects the square or center to the old town or bazaar,or market place this is mostly Turkish or Albanian some Macedonians won't even go there.
SKOPJE
It is the capital and largest city in Macedonia. In the Roman period it was called Scupi and has been inhabited since 4000 B C..there is still an old fortress that overlooks the city from the 6th Century. It was under Byzantine rule,Constantinople, and then conquered by the Ottoman Turks, then conquered by the kingdom of Serbia. It was the capital city of communist Yugoslavia. It was 80 % destroyed by a disastrous earthquake in 1963. It has been rebuilt beautifully with wide streets . In 1991 Macedonia became Independent with Skopje as its capital. There are almost 700,000 inhabitants. The religion is Orthodox Christianity and Islam.
Town Center
Huge stadium near the American Embassy (which is also huge )
Yep !!! we are really here !!!
But...so so happy to get back to our little city of Prishtina !!!
