My best experience in Skopje

We went into a very small dark restaurant that was full of people. It reminded me of an old Elizabethan house in England, because of all the dark old wood. We squeezed up stairs, and found a table, then the waiter came and we began asking prices. We thought the prices were too high, so we excused ourselves and got up to leave. Then the waiter said "OK - No money!" "Sit,sit." We didn't really know where to put ourselves but we kept sitting, and he turned up with two full plates of meat potatoes and veg! As he put the plates down we were insisting, it was a mistake as we couldn't pay. But without a smile, and as if our protesting was just an irritation, he slapped the food down on the table, "eat, eat" and went away. Later tea arrived, and we continued trying to explain we had no money, as we were sure he had just not understood the English. We kept waiting for the catch. We left with our stomachs, purses and hearts full. He simply waved us away, as if he was too busy to stop and be thanked. It was such a wonderful experience of good hearted kind behavior, it rekindled my belief in mankind, and the memory of that good deed will be with me forever as an example of how I too should behave.
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