Skopje, Yugoslavia

Saturday morning we got up and went to the extremely cafeteria looking restaurant in our hostel for breakfast. I swear, the old guys there having breakfast were drinking vodka instead of tea! Then back up to bed until 11am. Our window has iced over, so we can't even see out of it. We each had a great hot shower. I think I have some lice creatures living in my hair. Then we went out hoping to find a monument or two. We were surprised at how much was open on a Saturday, and again we crossed over the river and went to the Bazaar. We got lost and found ourselves in front of a locked mosque, and then a contemporary art museum on a hill. The place was empty except for some guy that worked there, he let us in for free and walked around with us, as he told us he thought there would soon be war in Yugoslavia. He gave us quite an insight into the way the everyday citizen felt about the conditions they live under. He blamed politics for the half empty museum. They had a great collection of contemporary American graphic art, but the rest was mostly bare walls, at least not my taste. We also got a good panoramic view of the city from the museum. Then we trudged down the hill through snow and icy wind towards the river.
Photo by Pijlmans