It's 6:50 a.m.and the streets of Lake Ohrid are empty... I made a cup of coffee and am sitting out on our tiny balcony watching this tranquil city awake. A lone scooter roars down the street momentarily breaking the peace then all is quiet again. As I sit perched above the street on my balcony dogs begin to bark, birds begin to sing and then the sound of a piano... Its soft sweet notes floating up as someone practiced
their talent. The church bells chiming announce 7 a.m. The town is stirring...Niecy, on the other hand, is not. Lol! We had a very chill relaxed morning and slowly got ready for our day. We headed out to find a place to have breakfast. OK... it was too late for breakfast so we settled for lunch instead. Niecy and I ordered a HUGE cheeseburger (watch out 5 Guys!) and fries and a drink. The day was partially cloudy so it was nice but when the sun came out it was intense! After we ate we decided to rent a boat for an hour tour of the
amazing sights like churches up on the top of a hill, and the gorgeous white houses clustered together. We also enjoyed the cool breeze as we lounged in the boat. We saw the villa of the President and it was a stunning sight to see. Next we headed back to our amazing private apartment to get changed into our bathing suits and get our towels and then we headed out to the beach Podpesh. The trek was up and down a cobblestone path along the shoreline of Lake Ohrid. We even had to walk along a type of wooden boardwalk.. extremely skinny, long, and what an amazing view!
We found our beach and laid out on some lounge chairs and let the intense sun do its stuff! Then, around 5 we were getting hungry so we headed to Lonely Planet's "Top Choice" restaurant Letna Bavcha Kaneo. It was further along the cobblestone pathway and we ended up at a beautiful shore side place. We ordered a shopska salad (tomato, cucumber & finely shredded cheese), fried plashica fish (small enough that we at the WHOLE fish, head, tail, the works!), roasted cheese AND a fish soup! Yes, we ordered too much food, but it was absolutely delicious! After finishing our meal we headed back to our private apartment to shower and take a nap.
Our plan was to head back out around 9 and check out a couple of the nicer bars that were recommended to us. We ended up at a place called Aquarius, and just had a couple of beers (Niecy had some other cocktail), and we ate kiki rikti (small red peanuts). We left the bar around 11 and enjoyed the chilly evening as we walked back to our apt. Once there, no, we did not go to sleep, but I worked on my blog and Niecy was on her computer as well. Bed by midnight. What an memorable day we had in Lake Ohrid.
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