Big puss

Guarding the enormous statue of Alexander the Great, on top of the column, at the main square in Skopje, the Macedonia square.
 

Buenos dias

A Mexican restaurant in Skopje, North Macedonia. More weekend reflections right here.
 

The sphynx

Watching, or sleeping? A friendly cat anyway. Wanna see more b&w? Easy, click here!
 

Црква Светог Марка, church of Saint Mark

 Nice, relatively new Serbian orthodox church in the center of Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia). With a small smaller Russian orthodox church, just behind.

Shine!

 

I'm usually wearing sandals 8 months a year (no socks!), so I have no use for this... I hope this shoe shiner earns enough to make a living in Skopje, with other people's shoes. 

SXB

SXB, Strasbourg International Airport is situated about 8 or 10 km from the city center. I love small airports! Direct flights to 40 European and north African destinations. With a train to Strasbourg every 15 minutes, it's a convenient airport.
 

Nada Knezevic

According to IMDB, she was the queen of jazz and pop in Yugoslavia. Never heard of her unfortunately.

More Monday Murals here. 

 

Tea time after the storm

The week before I arrived in Skopje, they had a big storm. I suppose that destroyed the umbrellas in the Turkish part of town. Some places there made me thing I arrived in Istanbul... What to drink there? Coffee? No, I had an excellent Turkish tea!!!
 

A weekend reflection

Some building in Skopje, North Macedonia. More weekend reflections here.
 

The harpist

Looks like a Celtic harp... But this was taken in Belgrade, Serbia, and not somewhere in good old Ireland. The young lady was singing and playing, but I didn't recognize the tune. Anyway, more b&w for your weekend right...HERE.
 

The bridge of civilizations

Built in 2013, with dozens of statues of writers, artists, thinkers from Macedonian and world history. The building in the back is the archeological museum.
 

Mother Teresa Memorial

A small chapel in the Mother Teresa Memorial. She was born here, in Skopje, under Albanian rule. Many things in Skopje are named after her, even a highway. Wonder what she might have thought about it... I was very lucky to have met her in the 80es.
 

Alex

This is Alex. He used to be the king of Macedon. They called him Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, Alexander the great. He traveled a lot.  His enormous statue is on the main square of Skopje, North Macedonia.

 

Мурал од понедељка (Mural od ponedeljka, or Monday Mural)

I've spent 10 days in the Western Balkans, just came back. This was taken near the huge fortress in Belgrade, Serbia.

More Monday Murals here. 

Рефлексија за викенд

A weekend reflection, in Skopje, North Macedonia.

More Рефлексии за викенд (weekend reflections) right... here.
 

Ladies watching the sun going down

Aboard a ferry between Corfu, Greece, and Saranda, Albania. 

More b&w right here.
 

I'm leaving on a jet plane...

Tomorrow morning, no ungodly hours for once. Without a computer, with very limited internet (roaming is extremely expensive in the Western Balkans). Holidays!!!

 See ya at the end of next week! 

 

Coffee and flowers

What's not to like!
 

???

Ha ha, I have no idea what this... clown was doing.

 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here. Have a nice weekend!