Macedonia

Stay overnight in a monastery

I stayed in a hotel which was a monastery in Italy, but this time we stayed in a monastery itself, St.Joakim Osogovski in Macedonia.I was prepared myself for a very simple basic room…

Macedonia

The first monastery

 We visited a lot of churches and monasteries in this Ancient Macedonia tour we joined. This St.Joakim Osogovski  is the first monastery we visited and situated in a mountain in Macedonia near the border…

Bulgaria

Changing of the guards

 This is the ceremony of changing of the guards in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are protecting the Presidency. According to our guide,  the president is a kind of symbol. She said ‘ I don’t think…

Bulgaria

Icon Worship

 Aleksandur Nevski Church is the largest church in Sofia, Bulgaria. It took 30 years to build from 1882. It can contain 5000 people, apparently. Our guide said that Bulgarian people are not so religious,…

Bulgaria

Sophia, towering into the sky

 This is the statue of Sophia in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. According to my guide book, there used to be a statue of Lenin here, but removed in 1989. Now Sophia is…

Sofia

The road work is still on in Sofia

We joined a tour which visits ancient Macedonia. The first place was Sofia in Bulgaria. The same metro construction work which I saw three years before when I visited there first time was…

Lombardy

At Le Cornelle zoo

I went to a zoo called Le Cornelle near Bergamo in Italy. This zoo is famous with white tiger. What these children were watching was not white, but a brown tiger, which was…

Ireland

How would you spell whisky?

Because we cannot take liquid on board, I had to buy Irish whisky at the airport.These are them.I noticed that in Ireland they use the spelling of 'whiskey' with e in it.I had…

Ireland

Inter vs Celtic

The blue ones are Inter Milan and the white ones are Celtic. This was the first live football I have ever seen in my life. The ground is huge. This Aviva Stadium in…