Seeking the extraordinary in everyday life
"Tradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it." - Michael Novak There are days when we forget how important keeping the tradition is. It's a very powerful force created in the past to remind everyone today how heritage is important while looking to the future. [...]
There is something amazing about climbing on high buildings, mountains or maybe flying. Watching the world from above, from a bigger distance gives you different view not only to the landscape but also to life. It makes you realize how small we are, just a dot on the planet and there is so much waiting [...]
Human has always been trying to change nature and use it for his own "good". This is one of the examples where nature won over the human. Prilep's marble has been exploited from its surrounding mountains for centuries and is known as one of the most quality marbles on the Planet. Even ancient cities like [...]
There is a small town called Resen, located in the southwestern part of Macedonia near Prespa Lake in the Prespa region. Prespa region is known as an agricultural region producing apples. It's one of those places in the country that are off the tourist radar, however, there is one intriguing building that attracts the tourists. [...]
It's been a busy period and took a month since my last post. However, while I was guiding I took the chance to make more photos of the different places I visited with the tourists. Let me take you around the Ohrid Lake, oldest lake in Europe and the 3rd oldest lake in the world, [...]
There are many villages in my country, some of them with dilapidated houses and only a few citizens, other rich with population and architecture, but all of them different. There is one special village in many ways, a village with a spirit and wealthy history. Located on the slopes of the mountain Jablanica the village Vevchani [...]
Skopje, the capital city of Macedonia, has many nicknames. Starting as a City of earthquakes, because if we look back through the centuries every 500 years some strong earthquake has destroyed the city. However, Skopje has been rebuilt each time. The last terrible earthquake happened on 26 July 1963, when 80% of the city just disappeared in [...]
The Ottomans ruled with Macedonia and the rest of the Balkan for about five centuries, from the end of XV till the beginning of XX century. Their influence during that period was strong in many aspects of the local's life. That influence has left a mark that stays even today, especially vivid when visiting the [...]
The cave Peshna has the biggest entrance in the Balkans! Located 6 km from Makedonski Brod on the regional road to Samokov it is one of the most attractive natural beauties of Macedonia. Unfortunately, not many people know about it, even the Macedonians are still discovering it, so it is a hidden gem and an unexplored [...]
"It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them." - Mark Twain, 1883 Chicago was only 46 years old when Mark Twain wrote those words, from a small trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River into one of [...]
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