In my previous posts I was talking about my trip to Ohrid and the lectures at the UIST, but not about the city itself.
After one night of good sleep (I slept like a stone I can assure you), and the surprise of the snow-covered-rooftops in the morning, we were ready for the lecture. The lecture went fine but you know it already. Exhausted but happy (me), we finally got a chance the nice weather to visit the castle, Samuil’s Fortress. Perched high up over the city with its 360° view, its yellowish stones and emptiness, the view from there is at least gorgeous, at most breathtaking. Lake view bordered with snowy mountains, red colored rooftops all around and green wherever you look… this is just a surrealistic scene.
On the left hand side below – looking south-east – you can see the city of Ohrid itself and on the right side – lookin north-east – you can see the Albanian side of the lake.
The south view revealed a little church (Saint Panteleimon) for which I had to get a closer view later on. Completely rebuilt again, this church stands on an excavation ground which revealed – if I understood well what a local “philosopher” (speaking pretty good French) and the big information boards told me – one of the first university in Europe and a few other churches.
From there on, another – even smaller – church emerged, the Church of St.John at Kaneo. And here’s another gorgeousness-hit in my teeth! I must admit, with a bit more time, a tripod and a bit more luck (to get rid of the evening cloudy weather) one could make astonishing sunrise/sunset picture (@Rolyat you know what you have to do now :] ).
Of course the crumbling houses I described in my previous post were never that far…
