Skopje, day 4

More Skopje explorations:

Fancy parkade

Cyril and Methodius, the creators of a precursor to the Cyrillic alphabet

Interesting sculpture

Another neoclassical government building

Modern style Orthodox church

Theatre

And another overdone building

Coverful, but more representative buildings in Skopje

Street scene in old bazaar area

Fountain

Skopje, day 3

The main square

Mother Teresa was born in Skopje - this museum & chapel was built on the site of the former Catholic church where she was baptized.

Sculpture

Old building

Old railway station built in 1938 to 1940. On July 17, 1963 and devastating earthquake destroyed 80% of Skopje. Two thirds of the station collapsed and the clock stopped working.

A picture of the station before the earthquake

A new neoclassical building on the river

The Holocaust Memorial Center

On March 11, 1943 almost all of the Jews (about 7,000) living in what is now North Macedonia were rounded up and held in a nearby warehouse. Most of them were transported to death camps and killed.

Skopje, day 2

Various photos from around Skopje

The old market area

Giant mural on the side of a building

We went to the Skopje zoo

A government building that was recently remodeled from nondescript to a White House look-alike

Pedestrian bridge with statues

More Skopje 2014 bling

Travel day to Skopje, North Macedonia

Some interesting rock formations on the drive to Skopje

We are spending the next 5 nights in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.

Our apartment is in a new building known as the Flatiron

View from the apartment

The Ottoman empire, Serbian rule, communist Yugoslavia, the 1963 earthquake, and the government’s controversial & still unfinished Skopje 2014 project have all contributed to Skopje's unique mash-up

We went on an evening walking tour

Kratovo, day 2

We relaxed today and just wandered around Kratovo in between breaks for coffee, lunch and supper