The microclimate of Ohrid was a welcome change after the brutal temperature of Serbia. Arriving at midnight, we did little except to collapse into our beds. The next morning, as I opened up the doors to our balcony, I was greeting with the magnificent site of the majestic Lake Ohrid, framed on one side by the terracotta rooves of the old town, and the towering mountains on the other. It was such a scenic place for breakfast every morning, it put all of us in a relaxed mood, eager to see what other beautiful places this region had to offer.
On one of our days here, we hired a local family to take us on a boat ride across the lake, nearly reaching Albania. Once he resigned himself to the indignity of wearing a life-vest, Hayden enjoyed the boat ride, stretching his hand over the edge to feel the spray. After sailing past the Bay of the Bones, our first stop was the St Naum monastery. There is a tradition of keeping peacocks here, and we saw many peahens with little peachicks. Continue reading Ohrid, Macedonia