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27 August 2002 - Skopje |
After a long night on an overnight bus back from Istanbul, I arrived in Skopje at 8.30 in the morning, determined to enjoy a nice morning before flying back to London. |
Although it was a Tuesday morning, Macedonia's main square was empty. |
The city was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1963, and this Turkish stone bridge was one of the few structures to survive. |
Sadly, the reconstruction aid was not always spent building the most beautiful replacements. |
Skopje has the largest Turkish baths in the Balkans. |
It also has a very large old fort, though I do not know precisely how old it is. |
However, apart from a few mosques, Skopje was remarkably disappointing, and after three hours, I felt I had seen everything. |
