it occurred to me that you might be interested to know 1) where i'm living and 2) what it's like to live there...so...
this is where i am:
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| see that red dot right above greece? that's macedonia. |
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| ok...look in the southwest of macedonia...almost in albania...on a lake...that's ohrid, my town. |
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| ohrid |
they speak macedonian here, so i'm spending most of my time attempting to learn it. also, they use the cyrillic alphabet. so i'm learning that too. pretty horrible at it, but i'm getting better.
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| my new alphabet |
coffee, coffee, coffee...macedonians love coffee. good thing i do too...because i drink it all day long! people here are super hospitable, and i'm offered coffee and snacks everywhere i go.
and the food here is dangerously awesome. this is me eating burek. i LOVE burek! it's like a huge baklava...except with meat or cheese instead of gooey sweetness. yum!...but they have for real baklavas too...don't worry.
also, there's tons of history here...
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| i'm really getting into it...really. |
back home, if you say a building is old, you probably mean it was built over twenty years ago. here, if something is old, it's hundreds of years old...maybe even a thousand or two...
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| ancient theater, built in 200 b.c...that's right...b.c. |
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| plaoshnik, home of the university founded by st. clement around 900 a.d. |
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| closer look at st. clement's church |
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| church of st. john at kaneo, built around the 13th century |
macedonia was part of the ottoman empire for about 500 years, so there are remnants of turkish rule everywhere. i hear the call to prayer often...great reminder!
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| my neighborhood mosque |
oh, also...it is b-e-a-utiful here!
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| the mountains... |
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| the lake... |
i am such a blessed girl! i love where i live, i love what i'm doing...and i wake up every day in thankfulness to God for the life He's given me!
