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Less awesome lake

Godspeed to Olympos, Mon, 18 Sep 23
Simon at a Lake, Temple in Europe, North Macedonia

I have to say that the North-West of Macedonia is a sharp contrast to what I’ve seen before. Suddenly, there is rubbish everywhere. And stray dogs. I guess the dogs spread out the rubbish, too. There were piles on the …

Slower movements

Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 17 Sep 23
Simon at a City, Lake, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, North Macedonia

I spent two days by the Ohrid lake. On both, I spent the morning hanging out in or around the van, writing, catching up on things, and generally just taking things slow. I feel I’m running out of steam a …

The lost cities of Macedonia

Godspeed to Olympos, Sat, 09 Sep 23
Simon at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea in Europe, Greece, North Macedonia

It turns out that the excavation site of the Ancient city of Stibera is just a field. There is a plate with the explanation, but no parking, and you just cross a village road, walk a bit through the field, …

Where marble comes from

Godspeed to Olympos, Fri, 08 Sep 23
Simon at a Ruins/Excavation, Temple in Europe, North Macedonia

Last night I parked the Baron and was turned out being the back entrance to the archaeological site of the ancient and early medieval city of stubbing today I woke up and it turned out being another only lovely and …

Sculptures, sculptures everywhere!

Godspeed to Olympos, Thu, 07 Sep 23
Simon at a City, Lake, Museum in Europe, North Macedonia

This morning I found out once again how awesome the Baron is. Someone was walking around and even knocking and calling, I’m not sure who or why. I didn’t give sign of life and they just left. Minutes later I …

An Observatory to look within

Godspeed to Olympos, Wed, 06 Sep 23
Simon at a Mountain in Europe, North Macedonia, Serbia

Not much happened today. I got up in a great mood and just chilled a bit taking in a great mountain view and vaguely starting to think where am I even going today. I’m the end, I made a general …