>3rd February: Tirana-Skopje
Ohrid.
Ohrid is an open space for thoughts. Finally, I can breathe. And here, the idea. What better than a training with AEGEE spirit in a country everybody can easily reach (Albanians, Kosovars, Macedonians, but also Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians, Greek) in a natural paradise on the Macedonian-Albanian border? A European School for Next autumn. I ask the lady in the music shop, the hostel is 10 euros per day. We can apply for Youth in Action 1st April deadline.Isn’t this, after all, training and networking with inclusion of disadvantaged young people?
There I bought a CD of Tose Proevski, whose music is still uniting people after his premature death. With the hope to see this lake uniting people again, soon.
Trainers of all Europe, unite, for such a good cause!
4th February: Skopje-Prishtina
It’s oh so good that we passed through Skopje. AEGEE-Skopje greeted us warmly with its great group of people.
AEGEE-Skopje was proposed the project on the Ohrid lake, and reacted enthusiastically. Furthermore, Viktor immediately got it improved: what about not limiting oursleves to a local level management training, and dealing in it topics regarding the area… A Balkan European School! – more than one voice echoes. I couldn’t ask for more. Let’s go for it!
They are also very keen on helping AEGEE-Bitola and starting including the local in their future projects, from SU on. AEGEE-Skopje, really, you are great!
In Macedonia there are 25% Albanians. In particular, Jehona is a far better translator than me with Macedonian police: almost all policemen seem to speak Albanian.
This trip is costing us a lot of energy, but establishing human contact with those people was absolutely essential, without it no hope at all would be there.
Communication: Manos is just about to put his hands on Balkania-l and revive it effectively. If interested in the AEGEE life of this part of Europe, resubscribe!
Misadventures: Manos Teska noga got fined by the inflexible Macedonian police. Passport withdrawn. At the border with Kosovo: 50 euro ‘insurance’ are compulsory. ‘When you will all recognize us, your citizens will stop paying to enter our country’, that’s how the explanation sounds like.