Day 123 - Walking tour in Skopje, Macedonia

Friday, November 2nd, 2018.
Dia de Muertos - remembering my dad

Today we took the 10:00am walking tour

I'm rich! When we first got here everything seemed so expensive because one dollar = 50 DNE.

Fun sculpture 

Mother Theresa monument. She was born in Skopje in 1910.



Memorial House of Mother Teresa. This is not where her house was but they built a memorial museum in her honor. There's gallery, a chapel and amphitheater, and a souvenir shop. We will have to come back later with more time. 


My two favorites heroes. Peace begins with a smile-Mother Teresa

Christian Orthodox church, most of the Macedonians belong to this religion. This church is being remodeled so we couldn't see the interior.


The old train station railway. Today is a small museum where they display pictures of the terrible earthquake Skopje had in July 23 in1963.




Agency for electronics Communications



The parliament



Monument to Fallen heroes for Macedonia. You can come to Skopje and see all the famous monuments of Europe in one square like the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. 



The building of Foreign Affairs behind

Monument proud mama

Public Prosecutions and Financial Police building behind.

The guide getting mad at his student, Kidding. There are three ships like the one you see behind and they represent: La Nina, La Pinta y La Santa Maria.

The Philarmonic

The National Theater

Fountain to honor Olympia, Alexander the Great's Mother. Each statue represents his mother during Alexander childhood. Macedonia, Greece are not happy that they have borrowed their hero!

I personally think the statue is pretty but unfortunately, the guide told us that they used cheap material to build the statues (somehow the money disappeared) and now they are seeing the consequences.

Philip II statue behind. He was Alexander's father.

The caravansarai where the Turkish used to arrive with their goods to sell.



National Gallery of Macedonia. Before it used to be the famous Turkish bathrooms (hammam)



Holy Savior Church (ST. Spas Church)

The fortress commonly referred to as Kale(from kale, the Turkish word for 'fortress'), is a historic fortress located in the old town of Skopje The first fortress was built in 6th century.

From the top of the hill, you can get a nice view of the city. Way behind you can see a huge cross. You can take a half an hour bus to see it and have an even better view of the city.
The big cross



The ruins of the fortress




The Hero and his Horse is the name of the statue behind us. There has been a fight going on between this Macedonia and Macedonia, Greece. They don't like the fact that they have the same name and that they are using their heroes, their greek architecture and who knows what else...

This is where Mother Teresa house was, in the downtown area. Today they have only this plaque.


The Spanish tour group with our guide y que viva Espana!



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