Catching Up...

It is kind of hard when you are so busy and you forget to write down everything that happens...  so, I need to catch up on a couple of things.  First of all, these things happened the day before we left for Lake Ohrid, so at least you know where they fall.  I will try to figure out how to put them in the right order later.  But for now, here it is.  After we went to the school for the blind, and the Skopje Zoo, Tanja took us to a wonderful Serbian restaurant called Roulette.  It was a beautiful place and we sat outside to eat, as the weather was so nice.  Right after we sat down the owner of the place came over personally to welcome us (yes, Tanja knew him very well).  We decided to eat "family style" and left the choices up to Tanja and the owner.  Niecy, Sarah, and me were happy to eat whatever they put in front of us.  Our meal was, of course, delicious and we overate as is now our norm. We had a delicious meal of salad, fried zucchini, potatoes, & a plate of amazingly tender & delicious meat as well.

After we finished we went with Tanja to visit our favorite travel agent, Sashko, @ Elite Travel, and he booked us another amazingly inexpensive trip to Lake Ohrid, complete with a chartered bus and a private apartment.  We were getting a bit tired by then, and  we tried to talk Tanja into letting us take a nap, but her response was, "You can sleep when you are in Arizona!" Such a slave driver!  lol.  When we completed that task, we were off to meet Meri (the head honcho lady in charge of the TSC coordinating program here in Skopje) as she had arranged for us to do a double decker bus tour of the city.  We all met up at the "arch" as Niecy and I were calling it, but it is actually called the gate.  Our bus arrived and we were the only people on it, so it was a private tour!  We had a guide to talk us through our sights and the tour was wonderful.  We decided after that to go have a drink and some dessert.

 I am not sure of the name of the place we ended up at, but it was right off of the River Vardar, so it was a wonderful setting for us to sit outside.  We all got drinks, and then some delicious dessert choices, which most of us chose a chocolate lava cake with ice cream.  DELICIOUS!  We sat around and talked for over an hour and a half, and the conversation was delightful.  Some shop talk

about TSC and the program of course, and some just relaxing, friendly talk as well.  Meri has done so much for us and is a real asset to this country, this program, and to each of us!  Tanja and I had to head out a little bit before the rest, as we STILL had a graduation  party to attend for a neighbor's daughter.  And yes... Tanja told me there was a whole 'nother meal coming!
Off to Zorica (Zor ee saw) and Strasho and their daughter Elle's celebration.  Yes, more food...