Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Come back to Ohrid, as I did

The day has started. You should first find you accomodation in a private room, not in a hotel, with an old hospitable 'gazda' (landlord) around to take care of you. Then, before noon, you must climb up to Samuil's fortress and smoke a joint, overlooking Ohrid below. No need to hurry. Then you must get to the small village of Trpeica near Ohrid to have lunch at this restaurant right on the shore of the lake. Order belvica fish and 'traminec' (traminer) white wine after you have had a nice big bowl of Macedonian salad with hot peppers and 'zolta lozova' (yellow Macedonian grape brandy). After the lunch, and maybe a swim, buy several Skopsko beers and drive or sail to Sveti Naum. Take the boat to the springs of the Drim river, bow down and drink directly from the lake the clearest cold water from earth's uterus. It may well be five or six o'clock buy now. Go to the jazz club in central Ohrid. Have a few drinks until it's ten or eleven. Then go to the 'kajces' (boats) below Kaneo. The day is not over yet. Enjoy the evening and come back to Ohrid, as I did.

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