Careful...
Arriving late on Easter Saturday, Skopje (map) was crawling with people, all holding brightly coloured eggs, and waiting for midnight to smash them. Whether they then ate the contents, we did not ask...
The old bridge
'Skopje in bloom'
We could not wait until after midnight to eat, so found a small restaurant a little way from the Orthodox Cathedral and had a meal of 'country meat' and 'Shopska salad' before wandering round the centre to get our bearings.
Country Meat
Particular highlights included the bazaar, which wound its way across the northern side of the river, and the castle, from which there were glorious views across the city and into the mountains.
The bazaar by night
Skopje castle
Unfortunately, the Mustafa Pasha mosque was closed for renovation; we did, though, find the Catholic Cathedral, and the memorial to Mother Teresa, one of the more architecturally innovative buildings in the city...
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