As I said in the last post, we celebrated our birthdays in Gevgelija and Z was offered a sweet with pyrotechnic décor at the restaurant.
But what
amazed/alarmed me was that on returning to the hotel that evening, my system
was able to come up with this photo below: the square outline in the picture
shows the picture I took in the restaurant while above on the left shows the
name and location of our hotel. Big Brother is everywhere!
Our hotel was called Paint It Black and their main focus was of The Rolling Stones – don’t they look young here?
But they also
displayed posters of other rockers of the 70s era.
Here is Tina Turner
with a provocative pose and look in her eye.
This one of Grace Jones was one of my favourites, capturing her heightened sense of style and drama.
I found the houses had an interesting design. Though most had a yard in front and though space did not appear to be at a premium, they were huddled fairly close together.
We enjoyed excellent weather while we were there. We left Thessaloniki in light rain and were welcomed up north in brilliant sunshine. On the morning of our departure, however, changes were in evidence. The temperature had dropped and a snell wind was blowing down from the mountains which sported a fresh coating of snow.
In Macedonia when the north wind blows, we
call it the Vardaris, coming as it does from the former Yugoslavian area of
Vardar. This is the River Vardar which flows nearby Gevgelija. I wonder what
the locals call their cold winds from the north.
Despite the northerlies, we left with a warmth of memories and a surfeit of good food. We really enjoyed our trip up to the area of Lake Doirani and next trip on my list will be further west to visit their other tourist spot, Lake Ochrid.
