Montenegro. Kotor

We arrived Kotor early in the morning. Empty streets, formidable walls of the Old Town and high mountains around...
It was so interesting and fascinating! And it did not end with sunrise but just changed to another charming beauty.

Kotor:

Kosovo. Prishtina - Gadime - Grachanitsa - Prizren.

It takes only two hours by bus from Skopje to Prishtina, including delay at the Macedonia-Kosovo border. In Prishtina we had another Couchsurfing friend Labinot. He explained that his place is just 15 minutes walking from the bus station? near restaurant "Mozart". But we found that nobody knows that place. First we were directed to Bill Klinton street with monument of that hero of Kosovo. In the end we took taxi (they are cheap in Prishtina) to meet Labinot and his friends.



After lunch and cup of coffee we went to Gadime village 35 km south of Prishtina. Guide sold us tickets (2.5 euro each) and opened door to fairy tale...





On our way back to Prishtina we vizited Serbian Orthodox monastery in Grachanitsa.



In the evening we walked along the streets of Prishtina and visited one of the nunerous mosques.



Next morning we took a bus to Prizren. But day was rainy and we did not stay there long.



In the evening we said "Good bye" to Kosovo, Prishtina and our friends and left for Montenegro by night bus.

Macedonia. Ohrid -Tetovo

Coming back from Vevcani to Ohrid we once more visited Ancient 1100-years-old tree and the lake




Next morning we left Ohrid. By eleven a.m. we arrived Skopje, left our backpacks at the bus station and took the bus to Tetovo. On arrival we got off from the bus together with beautiful girl Bojana and she explained us way to our destination in Tetovo.




Tetovo's population is just a little bit exceeds 50000 (2002), but there are two univercities and streets crowded with young people.
Half hour walking - and we reached what we were looking for - Baba Arabati tekke. Tekke - it is monastery of Islamic sect Bektashi. It was founded in the 13th century by the Islamic saint Hajji Bektash Wali. Bektashi teacing is based on tolerance and respect to other beliefs. In tekke we found just one dervish, but he answered our questions and invited us to share lunch with him. We also met Peter - young american studing Balkan folklor music.






In the evening we returned to Skopje and in the morning of the next day were on our way to Kosovo.