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Ancient Roman buildings from 2014?!? What were the people in North Macedonia thinking?! To fool the world maybe that they are ancient and have something in common with the Hellenic/ Roman world? A total kitsch and so out of place. I would never visit this ridiculous city.
@@mattbanks3517 - Yes, but this is only one side of the story. The idea was to show to world that the "Macedonian" nation is ancient and unique. What kind of tourist would appreciate to see fake statues and "historic" buildings from 2014?! These poor people have identity crisis and their capital is a fine example of it.
Macedonia (the region) is part of 3 countries - Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greece. As for the conflicts - North Macedonia is just a new state, a newly found nation - which we are all fine with . What Bulgarians and Greeks dislike is the fact that North Macedonian politicians are writing their own version of historical events, hijacking Bulgarians and Greek heros and twisting history in an inaccurate way. F.e. they claim Alexander the Great is a North Macedonian, they also claim that they are not Slavs ethnically, despite speaking a Slavic language. North Macedonia also claim Tsar Samuil (and other historical Bulgarians figures) was Macedonian, when the rest of the World undoubtedly takes him a Bulgarian king. Oh, yeah, and the Macedonian language is based and built on the Bulgarian language, the oldest in the Slavic speaking world.
You forgot to add The ALBANIANS! North Macedonia is Albanian country since ancient time. Even right now Albanians dominate Ilirida (aka North Macedonia). Our land was gifted to Yugoslavia (Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia) after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire by the superpowers in the early 20th century. That's how more than half of Albania ended up under foreign occupation. We want North Macedonia under our (Albanian) control & we will get it.
@Martin M. I don't know who they have stolen from ya and if it is like that your country must talk to them,but when your cities have foreigners statues allover it's just madness my friend
@Martin M. there are hundreds of Albanian noble and general houses and even palaces in north macedonia been left to die without any modernization project ,they stopped the project of the Skopje fortress in half because they found illyrian script (from dardania) because they claim that this fortress was a macedonian fortress their former president actually migrated to Bulgaria and so many did when they found out the true
@@danielm3670 Bulgarians were always living on this land. Asparuh and the Bulgarians who followed returned to the homeland. Thracians is same as Bulgarians.
@@IYI1rk0_Cr0C0p NO, Thracians are not Bulgars, that's like an oxymoron. Thracians were white European people, Bulgarians were Mongol/Tatars. The Bulgarian government even officially declares Bulgarians today as descendants of the Tatar/Mongols. You have a lot to learn about history.
@@danielm3670 mongol tatar were Bulgarians. This is a bad joke. Everyone called Bulgarians scythians for a reason. The one who needs to read more about history is definitely you. On old maps of the region our lands are always named Bulgaria. Many old texts say Thrace equals Bulgaria. Our first civilizations can be traced back to 5000 BC. I suggest you to read more about the Odrysian kingdom and roman times on our lands. After that you'll know that Asparuh returned to his lands.
Alina, the one who told you the history of North Macedonia cut off the biggest part (before the serbian rule) of the history and that is that it was part of Bulgarian state for centuries. After that bulgarian rule came short serbian and then long ottoman rule. Around 100 years ago people of NM were mixture of Bulgarians, Albanians, Turks and Gypsies.
Macedonia is actually western Bulgaria. Area called Macedonia was part of Bulgarian Empire for centuries and more than that the capital of Bulgaria moved to Ohrid -Macedonia with Tzar Samuil. Byzantium Emperor Vasilii called him self proudly "Killer of Bulgarian" when he won over Tzar Samuil war. The language is western dialect of Bulgarian language.
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 Yeah man, you preserved the purity of your people while all your neighbors come from a different planet. You hid with the chickens to preserve your identity inside the chicken coop
Let's forget about politics and talk history. The Bulgarian Empire in the Middle Ages was a country extending from the Black Sea to Lake Ohrid. The kingdom disintegrated in 1396 and fell under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries. As a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, the Eastern part of the former Bulgarian Empire was liberated from the Turks and was proclaimed the independent Bulgaria. The Western part of the former Bulgarian Empire was left outside the new nation's borders and remained part of the Ottoman administration until the First Balkan War of 1912-1913, when the Ottomans lost most of their European lands. The Treaty of London (1913) decided (of course without consulting the local population) to assign the territory to Serbia. Several local wars took place around this territory between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia in 1915, with the result that it was finally divided in 1918 between warring parties. The Eastern part joined Bulgaria (around the city of Blagoevgrad), the Southern part went to Greece under the name of Macedonia and the Northern part around Skopje was given to Serbia. The Serbian part was proclaimed in 1946 the People's Republic of Macedonia as a federal component of the newly proclaimed Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. With the collapse of Yugoslavia, the territory proclaimed itself the Republic of Macedonia in September 1991, a name that outraged Greece. With the intervention of the European Union in 2018, the country accepted the conciliatory change of its name to the present Republic of Northern Macedonia. I visited the country several times and I was charmed by the ancient monasteries, Lake Ohrid and splendid landscape. The population seemed to me a little confused about their identity. For sure, they are neither Greek nor related to the ancient kingdom of Alexander Macedon the Great. Historically they were part of the medieval nation of the Bulgarian Empire, with which they used to share ethnicity, language, religion and culture. Now they consider themselves a separate nation, which is their right and should be accepted as such without objection. It would not be the first nation in Europe that split into two or more nations (Romania and the Republic of Moldova, for example). Bulgarians consider the language spoken by Macedonians as a Bulgarian dialect. The Macedonians consider their speech an independent language, and they are right. There is no clear distinction between a language and a dialect. The community of speakers decides if what they speak is a dialect or a distinct language, based on political borders, culture and the use of the dialect as a literary language of a country.
The fake Gaudi replica castle makes so much sense in this city and country! Replica Gaudi castle, replica old neoclassical buildings, replica ancient statues, replica history, welcome to the Republic of North Replica!
Alina Macedonia is a wonderful place .. Macedonians are very hospitable people, like a proud Balkan people .. Do not pay attention to the political turmoil .. just enjoy another new country .. With love from Bulgaria!
Thank you. I appreciate that 🙂 makes me sad when people can’t look past certain disagreements. No matter where we came from or what happened in the past, we are all just human.
@@AlinaMcleod Here in the Balkans we are very stubborn .. but do not pay attention to political comments .. I am from Bulgaria and I have very good friends from Macedonia, and we have never commented on politics .. we drink together and enjoy life. There are many nice places to visit in Macedonia. But I leave the recommendations to the Macedonians. You are a citizen of the world and you understand that we are all children on this earth and there is no need to share .. but apparently there are still people living in the 19th century .. I hope this changes :) Be healthy, enjoy are in every new place and do not think about policies. With a lot of love from Bulgaria :)
I am a digital nomad too. I run my business online. In 2017 i needed to move out from Schengen area and i chose by chance go to Skopje...I end up staying 3 months there. I found a 100 sq mt 3 bedroom apt all for me, 5 min walking from Central Square for 350 euros a month. Made lot of friends, enjoyed the amazing food and felt that Macedonia is my home. Being Venezuelan i found there a mix between the order i look for it and the craziness and "no rules mindset" i used to and i miss sometimes in other countries, that is why i returned for 2 months more the next year. I will only change a thing the next time, rent that castle for at least a week! :D
Алина, будь осторожна с суждениями на балканские темы. Там слишком много противоречий и нюансов, которые жителям других стран (и других континентов - тем более) просто не понять. Важно стараться никого не обидеть.
No she is not. The fact that you think about Macedonia as part of Bulgaria is stupid. She had passed the international border and now she is in other country. The fact that you want Macedonia to be part of BG at least for now is impossible so just accept it as a different country
@@espanalove3777 Believe me, no one in Bulgaria wants brain washed commies as part of their homeland. Bulgarians have paid for its socialistic slavery with the blood of thousands, Macedonian Bulgarians also, but apparently they are okay living in their circus Macedonicus.
@@espanalove3777 Well said. The sentiment is not too different than the existence of Spain and Gibraltar...a difficult reality for the fanatics to accept. History everywhere is always re-written by the victors, and the miserable need somebody to blame for their misery, while the rest of the world honestly doesn't give a f***. We are all One-human beings inhabiting the planet Earth. Can't the dear girl just explore it in peace?
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 I suggest you make a good use of your english and google what international sources say about Gotse Delchev, Tsar Samuil and Alexander the Great. There is no excuse of being that ignorant when Yugoslavian propaganda is over and we live in times of free, uncensored information. Here's a good start: www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-tsar-of-western-Bulgaria If you wanna dig deeper - I also suggest you google results from different DNA Companies such as MyHeritage to see how much of Tatars we are. I will sup it up for you - whatever an average Bulgarian is, an average non-albanian Macedonian is. No difference. You are welcome for the free lesson. Next lesson will be in modern Bulgarian language. Not the ali-express (serb) version you are using.
@twenty twenty My grand grandfather is from Stip. All my ancestors from my mother side are from Macedonia. Some of them from Aegean, other from North Macedonia. And that's is also true for most of Bulgarians. There were more than 700000 people who left their homes in Macedonia because of Serbs and Greeks around a century ago. Sofia was populated mainly with refugees from Macedonia. And by mainly, I mean more than half of the population of Sofia. And not only. In 3 million people Bulgaria at that time. I even have a cousins in Skopje, descendants of the brother of my grand grandfather. Now they are Macedonian and we are Bulgarian. For me and my family Macedonian and Bulgarian will always be the same. And no Bulgarian hate the people from North Macedonia. Just the politics and their makeshift history. Here you are: bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2 Пейо Яворов, Bulgarian poet born in Chirpan, far from Macedonia, who fought for Macedonia independence. Like thousands of Bulgarians.
Siesed by bulgarians??????? Sorry Alina but i have to dislike this madness. Its not normal what they support this. We have joined Germany in both world wars because of our ethical borders Dobrugea and Macedonia regions. Many people from both sides lost theyr lives in those wars in battles against serbians and greeks. We have many pictures of how bulgarian army has been welcomed as a liberator in macedonia. And there are also local merriages that has been registrated. This is not normal because when the governament in Sofia decided to recall the soldigers and leave the macedonian front there was a rebellion wich leaded to enstablishment of independent state - Republic of Radomir wich is my hometown and those soldigers decided to conquer Sofia but before they get to the capital they have faced the army that was in Sofia wich was from bulgarians and german soldigers. 400 people were shooted. My ancestors have died in macedonia to free the people from serbians who have killing, torturing, raping and murduring the locals in macedonia. Many great people wich were respected by bulgarians and "macedonians" have died in serbian concentration camps. The leading movement Ilinden for liberating of macedonian region Ilinden was enstablished in Bulgaria. And they have convinced that they are ancestors of Alexander the Great without any prove. No text no churches no coins no wars. Nothing. And this is why many people have lost theyr lives for? Brainwashing is so deep in macedonia but I didnt think its so bad. People from my family have died there for the freedom of the people and now they spit on them and hugging the serbians who have tortured them. Sorry but for me this is not normal. Its nothing good. And now they think that we are the enemy. Divide and conquer
@Blue Wind first two gedmatch macedonian results. Better read real documents before you speek or get ready to defend yourself. And those two links show how serbian they are. Thank you for the stupid coment. If you think we have no documents that shows that ethnicly they are bulgarians you are in big mistake. Go in turkey and ask them to show you documents of what people have payed the taxes when balkans were ottoman. You are bad at History
@Blue Wind Interesting how when people from macedonia make those tests and they are bulgarians and you decide to believe to those sites that are not protected by any scientific institute? That says a lot abou you.
@Blue Wind Again no any genetic tests. Just some propaganda. So why ВМРО wich is the main movement for fighting first against ottomans in macedonia has been welcomed by the locals like a liberation movement? Interesting why it starts in bulgaria and it was so good welcomed in macedonia and even macedonians have fight against ottomans in this organisation. Why was the hero of macedonia Goce Delchev born in Bulgaria? Why he was speaking Bulgarian? Why in his documents he is bulgarian? And you wanna talk about early history. Ok so what was the army that Emperor Flavius Zeno hired in the fights again ostrogoths 474-484? And what John of Antioch writes abot Ohrid regions? What was the main ethnic group of people that have populated that land? What is written in Manasseh chronicles about where was the first settlement of bulgarians? Of course it was Ohrid. You are blessed to be stupid. And even more on the grave of Tzar Samuil family why it says that they are bulgarians?
Wow! You can't make this up ... a Castle apartment B & B! If there is anywhere for a Statuesque Beauty to visit and vlog from, then it is Skopje! Thanks for the great video, Alina!
You can call Kosovo as part of Serbia, because it is, but N. Macedonia is not part of Bulgaria, we ' re independent countries, with different cultures and stuff, but Kosovo is illegally occupied by Albanian teror mafias and it' s western allies, like the U.S. and E.U.. Bye 🇲🇰💞🇷🇸 🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥 🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟨🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨 🟥🟨🟥🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟥🟨🟥 🟨🟥🟨🟨🟨☀️🟨🟨🟨🟥🟨 🟥🟨🟥🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟥🟨🟥 🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟨🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨 🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥🟨🟥🟥 💪🌼
Насколько я понял из видео, жители Македонии - очень интересный и творческий народ, который не прочь вкусненько покушать! Ну и повезло же тебе Алина - всё время оказываешься в очень интересных и красивых местах!
Hey Alina, this was again a beautifull and interesting video ! I'am going to follow you during your trip around North Macedonia. This country was already on my bucket-list.
Skopje is also known as the capital of kitsch with all these copies of Greek and Roman statues, architecture etc. I'm sorry to say that your Airbnp apartment is a fine sample of kitsch as well. As for the purpose of all this extravaganza, the real reason of its existence is to promote the notion that the people of Skopje are descendants of Alexander the Great, Philippe of Macedon etc.; I'm sure you have, by now, noticed that there isn't much of a difference with Bulgaria in language, culture etc. -As for the beer I thought you were longing for a Moose Head or a Golson Molden.... Cheers.
The language and culture in North Macedonia is indeed similar to neighbouring Slavic countries such as Bulgaria and Serbia (because that's how Slavic cultures work), but the majority of people are indeed genetic descendants of ancient Macedonians that mixed with Slavs, just like the people who live in contemporary Greek Macedonia. Also, I do agree that there is a bit of a kitsch element such as the downtown boats in the river and some modern abstract art sculptures throughout the city (trust me, most of us don't like those random things either - I was born in Skopje), but as far as Greco-Roman architecture and statues are concerned, I think we have every right to make our city better looking with the style of our ancestors. We were occupied by the Ottomans for a long time after all, then it was Yugoslavia, so we didn't really have much of an opportunity to build in our own historical style.
I am really sorry, but total dislike on this video.. You cannot seize something that is part of you etc., Bulgaria never seized Macedonia.. Also, you mention Skopie was serbian capital, but never heard from you that it was bulgarian and part of our state for almost 500 years before even the serb state existed... Really poorly researched..
You can say what ever you like but Macedonian history belongs to the Macedonians and she knows our history very well and I can see you know nothing about Macedonian history because you're Bulgarian so shut up and who am I am a macedonian
Thanks for sharing Alina! Some very good pointers about what to say and what not to say. The apartment you stayed in goes beyond anything I ever imagined you to stay in and on these trips, unbelievable pricing for that too. I expected you to start swinging that sword at me anyway when you first turned around that part was fun. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip there looking forward to more
Comment #2: 15:40 I love the way you roll, Alina! When I go to Europe, I look for places that have IPAs as well. A couple of years ago in Bavaria, I ordered one in my hotel just to tease the restaurant staff, I knew they didn't have it. 16:03 Don't take it for granted Alina. Most people have no idea what an IPA is and we shouldn't be surprised. I'm sure we Westerners don't know many things about Eastern culture either (or at least people like me. I know that you're Ukrainian and know much more than I do).
Hallo Alina!! Dali Apartments looks pretty darn cool. I am sorry if I sound like a broken record but another wonderful video in my opinion. It allows some of us a glimpse into a city and country we probably would never think about from a travel destination yet after seeing this, I would consider this area in future travels and darn it, make more IPA!! Lol awesome Alina!!! Cheers! Prost! Slainte!
Nice tour around Balkans Alina, Enjoy the landscapes,sites and history and hospitality of this continent. Stay out of the political turmoils that exists in the Region.The running through the stairs was like Alice in wonderland!
Alina, it’s so good to see that you are still exploring and enjoying Bulgaria 🙂🙂...This place is full with history. Are you going to see the famous lake there? Can not wait to see more videos from you ❤️
Понравился изкусственный скопский Диснейленд? Я болгарин, семья моего дедушки сбежали с северной Македонии в Болгарию 100 лет назад, когда Болгария потеряла северную Македонию. И не только они, но и еще тысьчи болгар, потому что в то время все жители северной Македонии, которые там жили и не являлись албанцами, знали что они болгары. Северная Македония под диктатуры Тито придумала себе новую историю и идентичность и нынешнее правительство северной Македонии продолжает поддерживать эту параною. Бедные души.
Hope this will not make anyone upset but once I was told by a friend of mine who is originally from what today is northern Greece called by Albanians "Cameria" where letter C has a little tail at the bottom and is pronounced in English as "tch" that the word Macedonia is a unification of three Albanian words spoken in ancient times as "Ma ke dhene" which basically means "you have given me" and where letters "dh" is pronounced in English as "the."
Hilarious Alina. You live a richer life than 99.9 percent of the folks on this planet. Love seeing the incredibly rich depth of the entire world through your visits. In America we are constantly fed what's going on in NY SF LA and Wash DC (violence & shootings in Chicago) when there is an entire yummy world of much more pleasant experiences out there to be had. Thank you for reminding us of the joys of life.
@@sciencepower5552 That Turkic theory has been rejected long ago. It will be strange to talk different than Turkic language, if our country is established by a Turkic tribe. Or there was indigenous population that used that language in today Bulgaria and today North Macedonia. In that case we aren't that different. And my grand grandfather is born in Stip. I have cousins in Skopje. Like at least 1/3 of Bulgarians with roots in North Macedonia, that fled their land and home because of Serbs. So we cannot hate the people of North Macedonia, but someone taught you to hate us. Greetings and respect from me! For me, and for my late grand grandfather from Stip, Macedonia and Bulgaria is the same. Don't blame me and don't hate me for that. There is also theory that Bulgars were on Balkans before the Roman Empire conquered their land, and some people fled northeast and later come back.
@@jordan9339 you need to understand that the proto Bulgarians adopted the language of the local balkan people. The local people in Bulgaria before bulgars were Macedonians and Thracians. You speak a Macedonian-Thracian dialect in Bulgaria. You can find the real bulgar language in Russia, in Chuvasia (Former Volga Bulgaria).
I never would have thought about going to Eastern Europe if it weren't for Alina Mcleod's and Bald and Bankrupt's videos. I still haven't been there, but at least now I think about it.
Great video! I have lived in Skopje for the last two years. We love it here! Didn't know about the "castle", though. I think will consider renting it when family comes to visit.
Another great video. I can relate to your style of solo traveling and particularly enjoyed your insight on this one, mixed with some adventure. The quality of video is exceptional, and one can see the hard work you put into editing and even choosing just the right music.
FYI: Most of present day Macedonians claim that they have not anything in common with Bulgaria (and Bulgarians). That rejection is so absurd and is equivalent as present day Canadians to start continuously and repeatedly speak that they haven't got anything in common with British (Empire) and French (Empire) and madly repeat that 2-3 centuries ago they were suppressed and have been conquered by British Empire and French Empire. To repeat actively that they speak Canadian which has not anything in common with English (or French). And even - to tell everybody that British and French soldiers had stolen their language and then brought back and introduced it in British and French empires. And present day population of Britain and France in fact speak some language which came from Canadian. Do you get the irony? 200 years ago in North Macedonia was full of Bulgarians. They were majority there. But after "some" two World Wars, after 2-3 local (Balkan) wars, after almost a century foreign regime over them - now they claim that they exist before Adam and Eve, before dinosaurs, too. But if we can separate ourselves from that sad fact - most of population of North Macedonia, are good people as population in every Balkan country, too. Balkan people are in general: good people. :)
Hoi, Alina, simply superb. Been to Skopje also, definitely far from any tourist beaten track, but really interesting. The food market looks like amazing, remember these also. Now I hope for Ohrid and the lakes!.
You said that Skopie was Serbian capital for some years but as the Jugonostalgic politic history propaganda omits it was Bulgarian capital too for some years. It was part of Bulgaria for hundreds of years. It is ridiculous to say that is was "seized" by Bulgaria when in the Bulgarian army there were around 30000 volunteers from Macedonia. Macedonian "ëthnicity" became popular concept during the communist regime. Autonomous and independent Macedonia was older idea for which so many Bulgarians born in Macedonia and in Bulgaria fought, died and spend their lives. I know you get the local sources but more objective can make a bigger picture.
Check Britannica my friend. Skopje was a capital of Serbia. Macedonia was a part of Srbia form 12th to 14th century until Ottomans occupation of the Balkan. That is the fact not propaganda.
@@vid8899 do not know what history you have read. This is official in wikipedia: At the end of the 12th century, some northern parts of Macedonia were temporarily conquered by Stefan Nemanja of Serbia. In the 13th century, following the Fourth Crusade, Macedonia was disputed among Byzantine Greeks, Latin crusaders of the short-lived Kingdom of Thessalonica, and the revived Bulgarian state. Most of southern Macedonia was secured by the Despotate of Epirus and then by the Empire of Nicaea, while the north was ruled by Bulgaria. After 1261 however, all of Macedonia returned to Byzantine rule, where it largely remained until the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347. Taking advantage of this conflict, the Serb ruler Stefan Dushan expanded his realm and founded the Serbian Empire, which included all of Macedonia, northern and central Greece - excluding Thessaloniki, Athens and the Peloponnese. Dushan's empire however broke up shortly after his death in 1355. After his death local rulers in the regions of Macedonia were despot Jovan Uglješa in eastern Macedonia, and kings Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his son Marko Mrnjavčević in western regions of Macedonia. So it was part of Bulgaria much longer. Only in the 12-14 century it was with Serbian rule temporarily. And later after the Second Balkan war.
@@vid8899 In the 9th century most of the region fell under the sway of the first Bulgarian empire. The Bulgarians were Christianized during this period by disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius, whose adaptation of Greek characters to a Slavonic dialect spoken in southern Macedonia eventually became the Cyrillic alphabet. For the rest of the Middle Ages, parts of the region were variously ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the second Bulgarian empire, and the Serbian empire. And this is from Britannica.
Oh dear, Alina, "to decimate" means "to kill or destroy one in ten". So an earthquake can only decimate 10% of a city. The earthquake that destroyed 70% of Skopje has to have been much worse than a "decimation". But never mind me being pedantic, I just love your beautiful videos.
@@ciarandoyle4349It's possible that she just misspoke, but the more probable thing is that she used it without really paying attention that it's not correct saying it or maybe she thinks decimate is a synonyme of devastate, because decimate is often used to portray some sort of destruction. For example to decimate a city's population as revenge because of an uprising against someone's ruling, means lining all the people on the central square and killing every 10th person on this line. I'm giving it as example because it's already been done in history. It's devastating for the city because every familly will be more or less affected and the event will be remembered for generations.
@Joe Bloggs we never called ourselfs tatars, you can find this only in fakedonian books propaganda. if we are tatars you are tatars too cuz you are bulgarian, sry to bust your bubble
@Bill O'Coy who are "we"?! also tatars are descends from bulgars, not the other way around. first are bulgars they create 2 countries volga bulgaria and bulgaria with slavs. one became muslim the other christian. be pround to be bulgarian, for sure I am
Hi Alina i love the opening. I can't get over that apt and the price. That's just crazy! How long did you stay there for? Ireally like how you present the videos and the mix you have of historical and cultural content. Also how you split up the time between scenery, historical facts and you on camera
Hi Alina I enjoyed watching your holiday programme and please may I have the address of the castle where you stayed. I am thinking of travelling to Macedonia this year after watching your video. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 😊
By the way the skopje is somehow connected to baghdad in cultural and sales person manner. Mood of those taxis and all resembles actually to mod east towns
Thank you so much for visiting our country,thank you for your nice words and for putting up our history,and teaching people about our country name.We don't have much American tourists here in Macedonia because nobody really talks about our country,and no-one tries to appreciate the hard work that is put on those statues and the restaurants,apartments...Your kind words made me happy,and again thank you for visiting our country,i hope you enjoyed the time you spend here,i hope that you are staying safe trough the pandemic,and that's all i have to say..
I've learned in History that Macedonia was controlled by Greece and Athens but were very much outsiders until Alexander's father and himself conquered Greece in order to take control of Athens and the whole country. Then went on to create Alexander's empire. I think that's the reason in this day Greece is reluctant to let Macedonia be itself or a powerhouse. It's basically landlocked like Mongolia. That's what HIstory classes taught me lol.
@Bill O'Coy Of course there wasn't a Greece in the past. But the city states were connected like a country and they spoke the same language, though some city states had some different accents and some different words. They were still more connected than not. The same for Sparta. And it's said that Athens was the big boss in the region, until Macedonia took over it. I'm guessing after Alexander's empire, Athens took back control of the region again. So to this day they're still worried about Macedonia seeking independence and control of the area again. Unlike Sparta, who didn't really control Athens and the whole area like Macedonia did.
We drink mainly lager. I've tasted IPA for the first time not that long ago. And I don't like it that much because I'm not used to it. Like most people here. Maybe Czechia/Germany is to blame here. They are master brewers and they have mainly lager. Ale is from the Island, and Brits didn't have that much influence in Eastern Europe. Still there are many places where you can drink IPA in Sofia.
Alina, the macedonian history dispute is a large topic which affects many countries. Although I like Ohrid lake and I will support you in every video. Good luck!
That Dolly castle blew my mind, and to think that it's an AirBnB with rental suites. Wow! I want to experience that! "Alice fell into an AirBnB hole!" lol The costs there are very reasonable (I could actually live in that castle for that price) so Skopje is definitely being added to my travel itinerary. BTW: I wanted to check out your drone so clicked the link below to the Drone: DJI Spark - the site tells me that it's "Not available in your country/region". Thought you should know. Not sure if they mean Canada, Ontario or my town. Thanks again for this.
Alina the drone footage at 5:21 and 13:19 is amazing - thank you! As for that ice-cream crepe at 8:41- I just hope you weren't counting the calories.......
Very nice Alina but you have forgeten one very importent thing , the house of Gonxha Bojaxhiu - Mather Teresa who was born in the center of the sity Skopje -Shkupi .
I just hope that one day Bulgaria and North Macedonia will clear all the issues and have a friendly relationship both in terms of history and politics. I am a Bulgarian, living in The Netherlands and I can totally agree that the people from both countries get on pretty well :) I think that the people that live in Macedonia are very warm and kind. I just wish we could find a consensus in terms of history/politics. Because unfortunately in the end only the regular people pay the price for such conflicts. Peace abd love, guys. We proved that the people on the Balkans can be friendly to each other. Let's hope that we won't let all these propaganda and populism ruin the normal human connections. Cheers :)
That apartment. Yikes, looks like the set for a Halloween movie - complete with creaky door. Keep that sword handy. Very good ad placement and personal use tie-in.
They have to promote their fake and stolen history with statues. Really sad people. You seem very nice and intelligent for the american stereotype :D And your videos are great. Greetings from Plovdiv!
@@northmacedonia3982 great argument you little brainwashed barbarian. Macedonia was and will forever be part of Greece. Alexander the Great wasnt Greek, he was ULTRAGreek. I wont even talk about the ancestry of Macedonians and the ancestry of Alexander (Hercules and Achilles) because it would be an insult. Saying Macedonians are Greek is like saying that Spartans arent. Keep trying though little troll.
We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language! Even the names of our cities were made Slavic!!!!!
Very funny video! A very interesting eclectic room to stay in, and $30 a night, wow. Probably the first hour or two there you had fun just exploring your room and discovering all the details. Love the sword; never saw a room where they offer you your own weaponry. Talk about PPE!
Its called the old Market place in the old town. It has few churches turned in to mosques thats what reminds you on Turkey. Old guesthouses, baths, clock tower the citadel which was city walls etc are topical antique and medieval style. And there were Kings Queens Princes and Princesses for real. The city within the city walls was turned down unfortunately. The minorities are as much as the same as the migrants that are not integrated in Canada. It's very simple and you shouldn't even mention it concidernig you are Canadian and you grew up with that its very common over there. That's the best way not getting in to politics as you mentioned that you don't want to.
Alina, new subscriber here from the UK. Just been binge watching your videos. Might I say they are fantastic, particularly the Canadian ones. Have promised myself and my wife a trip driving across Canada to visit all the family out there one day when everything settles down. Should have done Rte 66 this year but that was cancelled.
Great video, thanks. Even though I already visited Skopje earlier this month, I still learned from your info. (...signed up to Skillshare also) Safe travels :-)
1:56 - This is just a pure copy-paste of Gaudi and Barcelona. It's still nice, but doesn't really fit to the surroundings. 13:24 - Reviving a city after a devastating earthquake is absolutely fine, the same goes for the statues. The issue here is the excess use of statues as some kind of an actorly grandeur. The second thing is that the statues themselves are quite random. I personally think that spending up to half a billion euros in statues is literally madness where this money can be given to hospitals or schools. The bazaar for example is quite authentic with a historic look and feel. I am pretty sure all the rest of cities in the country are much prettier than Skopje e.g. Ohrid.
Hi Alina, Look like a devil princess of Alexader the Great in the 21st century. Lol You also have been doing your works as a” Go to Travel Campaign ” all around the World, battling numerous obstacles caused by COVID-19. Best of luck!
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Hmmmmmm might be a good time to get back into learning to draw... Thanks for the free trial!
Like this video, definitely will check skillshare)
Never heard about it before. Looks like a very interesting and promising learning platform. Thank You! 👍🏻
You mentioned that 35 percent people in North Mecedonia are Turkish and 24 percent are Albanian, so what about the rest of 41 percent?
@@TAVideos786 bulgarians
Ancient Roman buildings from 2014?!? What were the people in North Macedonia thinking?! To fool the world maybe that they are ancient and have something in common with the Hellenic/ Roman world? A total kitsch and so out of place. I would never visit this ridiculous city.
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the statues were meant for the politicians to make money
@@mattbanks3517 - Yes, but this is only one side of the story. The idea was to show to world that the "Macedonian" nation is ancient and unique. What kind of tourist would appreciate to see fake statues and "historic" buildings from 2014?! These poor people have identity crisis and their capital is a fine example of it.
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Macedonia (the region) is part of 3 countries - Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greece. As for the conflicts - North Macedonia is just a new state, a newly found nation - which we are all fine with . What Bulgarians and Greeks dislike is the fact that North Macedonian politicians are writing their own version of historical events, hijacking Bulgarians and Greek heros and twisting history in an inaccurate way. F.e. they claim Alexander the Great is a North Macedonian, they also claim that they are not Slavs ethnically, despite speaking a Slavic language. North Macedonia also claim Tsar Samuil (and other historical Bulgarians figures) was Macedonian, when the rest of the World undoubtedly takes him a Bulgarian king. Oh, yeah, and the Macedonian language is based and built on the Bulgarian language, the oldest in the Slavic speaking world.
Very insightful. Not a part of the world we in North America hear much about! So many place, so little time!
You forgot to add The ALBANIANS! North Macedonia is Albanian country since ancient time. Even right now Albanians dominate Ilirida (aka North Macedonia). Our land was gifted to Yugoslavia (Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia) after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire by the superpowers in the early 20th century. That's how more than half of Albania ended up under foreign occupation. We want North Macedonia under our (Albanian) control & we will get it.
@@occasionalwind albanians ? Jugoslavia ?
CREP .
Only Bulgarian and Greek heroes on these statues.
And Serbian also Emperor Dušan and Marko Kraljević amongst them
@@redflower2827 and Albanian in the central even a walk full of Albanian heroes next to the bredge
@Martin M. I don't know who they have stolen from ya and if it is like that your country must talk to them,but when your cities have foreigners statues allover it's just madness my friend
@Martin M. I am confused, where are you from?
@Martin M. there are hundreds of Albanian noble and general houses and even palaces in north macedonia been left to die without any modernization project ,they stopped the project of the Skopje fortress in half because they found illyrian script (from dardania) because they claim that this fortress was a macedonian fortress
their former president actually migrated to Bulgaria and so many did when they found out the true
You visited a different part of Bulgaria. You are wrong to say macedonia was seized by Bulgaria. We fought to gain our people and land back together
Go back to kazakhstan, because that's where the real mongol Bulgarians come from, not from Europe.
@@danielm3670 Bulgarians were always living on this land. Asparuh and the Bulgarians who followed returned to the homeland. Thracians is same as Bulgarians.
@@IYI1rk0_Cr0C0p NO, Thracians are not Bulgars, that's like an oxymoron. Thracians were white European people, Bulgarians were Mongol/Tatars. The Bulgarian government even officially declares Bulgarians today as descendants of the Tatar/Mongols. You have a lot to learn about history.
@@danielm3670 mongol tatar were Bulgarians. This is a bad joke. Everyone called Bulgarians scythians for a reason. The one who needs to read more about history is definitely you. On old maps of the region our lands are always named Bulgaria. Many old texts say Thrace equals Bulgaria. Our first civilizations can be traced back to 5000 BC. I suggest you to read more about the Odrysian kingdom and roman times on our lands. After that you'll know that Asparuh returned to his lands.
@@bobantheighty6141 You are obviously on medication, even since your giving wikipedia as proof.
Alina, the one who told you the history of North Macedonia cut off the biggest part (before the serbian rule) of the history and that is that it was part of Bulgarian state for centuries. After that bulgarian rule came short serbian and then long ottoman rule. Around 100 years ago people of NM were mixture of Bulgarians, Albanians, Turks and Gypsies.
@@bobantheighty6141 God bless you for this elaborate and exact explenation!
@@sparksk9607 MAKEDONIJA 25 VEKA vo JUZ'NA EVROPA.
ti.. y Crno more.
Macedonia is actually western Bulgaria. Area called Macedonia was part of Bulgarian Empire for centuries and more than that the capital of Bulgaria moved to Ohrid -Macedonia with Tzar Samuil.
Byzantium Emperor Vasilii called him self proudly "Killer of Bulgarian" when he won over Tzar Samuil war.
The language is western dialect of Bulgarian language.
Tataristan shut up...You are desperate 🤣
You are so poor in your soul..sad😭
@RUclipsOriginal hahah you are desperates..You have no history,and try to steal from Macedonia.Very sad..so sorry for you😢
@RUclipsOriginal No comment for you,don't deserves attention from me.
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 Yeah man, you preserved the purity of your people while all your neighbors come from a different planet. You hid with the chickens to preserve your identity inside the chicken coop
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 само татар татар татар знаете,тъпи безмозъчни глави
Let's forget about politics and talk history. The Bulgarian Empire in the Middle Ages was a country extending from the Black Sea to Lake Ohrid. The kingdom disintegrated in 1396 and fell under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries. As a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, the Eastern part of the former Bulgarian Empire was liberated from the Turks and was proclaimed the independent Bulgaria. The Western part of the former Bulgarian Empire was left outside the new nation's borders and remained part of the Ottoman administration until the First Balkan War of 1912-1913, when the Ottomans lost most of their European lands. The Treaty of London (1913) decided (of course without consulting the local population) to assign the territory to Serbia. Several local wars took place around this territory between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia in 1915, with the result that it was finally divided in 1918 between warring parties. The Eastern part joined Bulgaria (around the city of Blagoevgrad), the Southern part went to Greece under the name of Macedonia and the Northern part around Skopje was given to Serbia. The Serbian part was proclaimed in 1946 the People's Republic of Macedonia as a federal component of the newly proclaimed Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. With the collapse of Yugoslavia, the territory proclaimed itself the Republic of Macedonia in September 1991, a name that outraged Greece. With the intervention of the European Union in 2018, the country accepted the conciliatory change of its name to the present Republic of Northern Macedonia. I visited the country several times and I was charmed by the ancient monasteries, Lake Ohrid and splendid landscape. The population seemed to me a little confused about their identity. For sure, they are neither Greek nor related to the ancient kingdom of Alexander Macedon the Great. Historically they were part of the medieval nation of the Bulgarian Empire, with which they used to share ethnicity, language, religion and culture. Now they consider themselves a separate nation, which is their right and should be accepted as such without objection. It would not be the first nation in Europe that split into two or more nations (Romania and the Republic of Moldova, for example). Bulgarians consider the language spoken by Macedonians as a Bulgarian dialect. The Macedonians consider their speech an independent language, and they are right. There is no clear distinction between a language and a dialect. The community of speakers decides if what they speak is a dialect or a distinct language, based on political borders, culture and the use of the dialect as a literary language of a country.
You should watch my video I was in Bulgaria last week
The fake Gaudi replica castle makes so much sense in this city and country!
Replica Gaudi castle, replica old neoclassical buildings, replica ancient statues, replica history, welcome to the Republic of North Replica!
Alina Macedonia is a wonderful place .. Macedonians are very hospitable people, like a proud Balkan people .. Do not pay attention to the political turmoil .. just enjoy another new country .. With love from Bulgaria!
Thank you. I appreciate that 🙂 makes me sad when people can’t look past certain disagreements. No matter where we came from or what happened in the past, we are all just human.
@@AlinaMcleod Here in the Balkans we are very stubborn .. but do not pay attention to political comments .. I am from Bulgaria and I have very good friends from Macedonia, and we have never commented on politics .. we drink together and enjoy life. There are many nice places to visit in Macedonia. But I leave the recommendations to the Macedonians. You are a citizen of the world and you understand that we are all children on this earth and there is no need to share .. but apparently there are still people living in the 19th century .. I hope this changes :) Be healthy, enjoy are in every new place and do not think about policies. With a lot of love from Bulgaria :)
I am a digital nomad too. I run my business online. In 2017 i needed to move out from Schengen area and i chose by chance go to Skopje...I end up staying 3 months there. I found a 100 sq mt 3 bedroom apt all for me, 5 min walking from Central Square for 350 euros a month. Made lot of friends, enjoyed the amazing food and felt that Macedonia is my home. Being Venezuelan i found there a mix between the order i look for it and the craziness and "no rules mindset" i used to and i miss sometimes in other countries, that is why i returned for 2 months more the next year. I will only change a thing the next time, rent that castle for at least a week! :D
That's wonderful to hear!
Welcome to Western Bulgaria!
na istok od MAKEDONIJA E PIRINSKA MAKEDONIJA ! ! !
Алина, будь осторожна с суждениями на балканские темы. Там слишком много противоречий и нюансов, которые жителям других стран (и других континентов - тем более) просто не понять. Важно стараться никого не обидеть.
Fun fact, you are still in Bulgaria :D:D
That will trigger a lot of people I bet, it's a joke....Nooot
Thanks for the video.
Absolutely, Alina you are still in Bulgaria
No she is not. The fact that you think about Macedonia as part of Bulgaria is stupid. She had passed the international border and now she is in other country. The fact that you want Macedonia to be part of BG at least for now is impossible so just accept it as a different country
@@espanalove3777 Believe me, no one in Bulgaria wants brain washed commies as part of their homeland. Bulgarians have paid for its socialistic slavery with the blood of thousands, Macedonian Bulgarians also, but apparently they are okay living in their circus Macedonicus.
@@espanalove3777 Well said. The sentiment is not too different than the existence of Spain and Gibraltar...a difficult reality for the fanatics to accept. History everywhere is always re-written by the victors, and the miserable need somebody to blame for their misery, while the rest of the world honestly doesn't give a f***. We are all One-human beings inhabiting the planet Earth. Can't the dear girl just explore it in peace?
@@bobantheighty6141 Вари го, печи го, боб си е боб!
Welcome back in Bulgaria!
This is not Tataristan sorry 😂
@RUclipsOriginal What kind of drogs you use..or you smell your socks 😅
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 I suggest you make a good use of your english and google what international sources say about Gotse Delchev, Tsar Samuil and Alexander the Great. There is no excuse of being that ignorant when Yugoslavian propaganda is over and we live in times of free, uncensored information. Here's a good start: www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-tsar-of-western-Bulgaria
If you wanna dig deeper - I also suggest you google results from different DNA Companies such as MyHeritage to see how much of Tatars we are. I will sup it up for you - whatever an average Bulgarian is, an average non-albanian Macedonian is. No difference. You are welcome for the free lesson. Next lesson will be in modern Bulgarian language. Not the ali-express (serb) version you are using.
@twenty twenty My grand grandfather is from Stip. All my ancestors from my mother side are from Macedonia. Some of them from Aegean, other from North Macedonia. And that's is also true for most of Bulgarians. There were more than 700000 people who left their homes in Macedonia because of Serbs and Greeks around a century ago. Sofia was populated mainly with refugees from Macedonia. And by mainly, I mean more than half of the population of Sofia. And not only.
In 3 million people Bulgaria at that time. I even have a cousins in Skopje, descendants of the brother of my grand grandfather. Now they are Macedonian and we are Bulgarian. For me and my family Macedonian and Bulgarian will always be the same. And no Bulgarian hate the people from North Macedonia. Just the politics and their makeshift history. Here you are:
bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2
Пейо Яворов, Bulgarian poet born in Chirpan, far from Macedonia, who fought for Macedonia independence. Like thousands of Bulgarians.
@@i.m.mitrovski1861 SE" NAJUBAVO ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA
Siesed by bulgarians??????? Sorry Alina but i have to dislike this madness. Its not normal what they support this. We have joined Germany in both world wars because of our ethical borders Dobrugea and Macedonia regions. Many people from both sides lost theyr lives in those wars in battles against serbians and greeks. We have many pictures of how bulgarian army has been welcomed as a liberator in macedonia. And there are also local merriages that has been registrated. This is not normal because when the governament in Sofia decided to recall the soldigers and leave the macedonian front there was a rebellion wich leaded to enstablishment of independent state - Republic of Radomir wich is my hometown and those soldigers decided to conquer Sofia but before they get to the capital they have faced the army that was in Sofia wich was from bulgarians and german soldigers. 400 people were shooted. My ancestors have died in macedonia to free the people from serbians who have killing, torturing, raping and murduring the locals in macedonia. Many great people wich were respected by bulgarians and "macedonians" have died in serbian concentration camps. The leading movement Ilinden for liberating of macedonian region Ilinden was enstablished in Bulgaria. And they have convinced that they are ancestors of Alexander the Great without any prove. No text no churches no coins no wars. Nothing. And this is why many people have lost theyr lives for? Brainwashing is so deep in macedonia but I didnt think its so bad. People from my family have died there for the freedom of the people and now they spit on them and hugging the serbians who have tortured them. Sorry but for me this is not normal. Its nothing good. And now they think that we are the enemy. Divide and conquer
@Blue Wind ruclips.net/video/Wlx8ctquK68/видео.html
@Blue Wind ruclips.net/video/B6-GErvSc5E/видео.html
@Blue Wind first two gedmatch macedonian results. Better read real documents before you speek or get ready to defend yourself. And those two links show how serbian they are. Thank you for the stupid coment. If you think we have no documents that shows that ethnicly they are bulgarians you are in big mistake. Go in turkey and ask them to show you documents of what people have payed the taxes when balkans were ottoman. You are bad at History
@Blue Wind Interesting how when people from macedonia make those tests and they are bulgarians and you decide to believe to those sites that are not protected by any scientific institute? That says a lot abou you.
@Blue Wind Again no any genetic tests. Just some propaganda. So why ВМРО wich is the main movement for fighting first against ottomans in macedonia has been welcomed by the locals like a liberation movement? Interesting why it starts in bulgaria and it was so good welcomed in macedonia and even macedonians have fight against ottomans in this organisation. Why was the hero of macedonia Goce Delchev born in Bulgaria? Why he was speaking Bulgarian? Why in his documents he is bulgarian? And you wanna talk about early history. Ok so what was the army that Emperor Flavius Zeno hired in the fights again ostrogoths 474-484? And what John of Antioch writes abot Ohrid regions? What was the main ethnic group of people that have populated that land? What is written in Manasseh chronicles about where was the first settlement of bulgarians? Of course it was Ohrid. You are blessed to be stupid. And even more on the grave of Tzar Samuil family why it says that they are bulgarians?
Wow! You can't make this up ... a Castle apartment B & B! If there is anywhere for a Statuesque Beauty to visit and vlog from, then it is Skopje! Thanks for the great video, Alina!
Thanks! :)
You can call it Bulgaria...
Правилно😉
Or Greece both are accepted
@@angelg7096......................... glupaci .
Македонија вечна од исконот до бескрајот ❤🙏❤
You can call Kosovo as part of Serbia, because it is, but N. Macedonia is not part of Bulgaria, we ' re independent countries, with different cultures and stuff, but Kosovo is illegally occupied by Albanian teror mafias and it' s western allies, like the U.S. and E.U.. Bye 🇲🇰💞🇷🇸
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Насколько я понял из видео, жители Македонии - очень интересный и творческий народ, который не прочь вкусненько покушать! Ну и повезло же тебе Алина - всё время оказываешься в очень интересных и красивых местах!
Alina, your understanding of Macedonian and Bulgarian history is totally wrong.
@@marionikolov7934 odi leci se
Hey Alina, this was again a beautifull and interesting video ! I'am going to follow you during your trip around North Macedonia. This country was already on my bucket-list.
The castle you stayed is super cool. And We really like the way you introduced the countries :)
Thank you very much :)
Skopje is also known as the capital of kitsch with all these copies of Greek and Roman statues, architecture etc. I'm sorry to say that your Airbnp apartment is a fine sample of kitsch as well. As for the purpose of all this extravaganza, the real reason of its existence is to promote the notion that the people of Skopje are descendants of Alexander the Great, Philippe of Macedon etc.; I'm sure you have, by now, noticed that there isn't much of a difference with Bulgaria in language, culture etc.
-As for the beer I thought you were longing for a Moose Head or a Golson Molden....
Cheers.
The language and culture in North Macedonia is indeed similar to neighbouring Slavic countries such as Bulgaria and Serbia (because that's how Slavic cultures work), but the majority of people are indeed genetic descendants of ancient Macedonians that mixed with Slavs, just like the people who live in contemporary Greek Macedonia. Also, I do agree that there is a bit of a kitsch element such as the downtown boats in the river and some modern abstract art sculptures throughout the city (trust me, most of us don't like those random things either - I was born in Skopje), but as far as Greco-Roman architecture and statues are concerned, I think we have every right to make our city better looking with the style of our ancestors. We were occupied by the Ottomans for a long time after all, then it was Yugoslavia, so we didn't really have much of an opportunity to build in our own historical style.
@@Bookworm35753 Sure...
M A K E D O N C I 25 VEKA GOVORAT MAKEDONSKI JAZIK ! ! !
I am really sorry, but total dislike on this video.. You cannot seize something that is part of you etc., Bulgaria never seized Macedonia.. Also, you mention Skopie was serbian capital, but never heard from you that it was bulgarian and part of our state for almost 500 years before even the serb state existed... Really poorly researched..
You can say what ever you like but Macedonian history belongs to the Macedonians and she knows our history very well and I can see you know nothing about Macedonian history because you're Bulgarian so shut up and who am I am a macedonian
@@filipkufalo8961 you know nothing.. Your grandfather and mother were bulgarians by heart and mind, so shame on you for not knowing your blood!
@@Ivan_p Браво, добре му го рече на майкопродавеца👍🇧🇬👍🇧🇬👍!!!
@@filipkufalo8961 POZDRAV ! ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA
Superb attractive castle?Never imagined an apartment to be decorated as a castle 😊😊😊
Thanks for sharing Alina! Some very good pointers about what to say and what not to say. The apartment you stayed in goes beyond anything I ever imagined you to stay in and on these trips, unbelievable pricing for that too. I expected you to start swinging that sword at me anyway when you first turned around that part was fun. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip there looking forward to more
haha yeah I've definitely never stayed in anything quite like that before!
Hello Alina..Good morning...Amazing...wow...ha..ha.....tank you Information...God bless you...👍👍🙏🙏
Comment #2: 15:40 I love the way you roll, Alina! When I go to Europe, I look for places that have IPAs as well. A couple of years ago in Bavaria, I ordered one in my hotel just to tease the restaurant staff, I knew they didn't have it. 16:03 Don't take it for granted Alina. Most people have no idea what an IPA is and we shouldn't be surprised. I'm sure we Westerners don't know many things about Eastern culture either (or at least people like me. I know that you're Ukrainian and know much more than I do).
Cool Video. Thank you.
Thank you so much Alina for all of your great videos. ❤️
You are so welcome!
Hallo Alina!!
Dali Apartments looks pretty darn cool. I am sorry if I sound like a broken record but another wonderful video in my opinion. It allows some of us a glimpse into a city and country we probably would never think about from a travel destination yet after seeing this, I would consider this area in future travels and darn it, make more IPA!! Lol awesome Alina!!! Cheers! Prost! Slainte!
Nice tour around Balkans Alina, Enjoy the landscapes,sites and history and hospitality of this continent. Stay out of the political turmoils that exists in the Region.The running through the stairs was like Alice in wonderland!
Alina is trying to be polite :D Say it for what it is - everything looks fake in Skopje
Alina, it’s so good to see that you are still exploring and enjoying Bulgaria 🙂🙂...This place is full with history. Are you going to see the famous lake there? Can not wait to see more videos from you ❤️
Понравился изкусственный скопский Диснейленд? Я болгарин, семья моего дедушки сбежали с северной Македонии в Болгарию 100 лет назад, когда Болгария потеряла северную Македонию. И не только они, но и еще тысьчи болгар, потому что в то время все жители северной Македонии, которые там жили и не являлись албанцами, знали что они болгары. Северная Македония под диктатуры Тито придумала себе новую историю и идентичность и нынешнее правительство северной Македонии продолжает поддерживать эту параною. Бедные души.
Интересно ми е това за руснаците ли си го написал, аз разбирам горе-долу руския.
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Great job, Alina!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
You're Welcome!
Again: beautiful pictures and useful info on this countries. Looking forward to yr next video
SKOPJE CITY NORTH MACEDONIA BEAUTIFUL
It's easy to see how happy you're in Slavic countries. You're one of us! We love you Alina!
This is a Balkan country..not Slavic
Hope this will not make anyone upset but once I was told by a friend of mine who is originally from what today is northern Greece called by Albanians "Cameria" where letter C has a little tail at the bottom and is pronounced in English as "tch" that the word Macedonia is a unification of three Albanian words spoken in ancient times as "Ma ke dhene" which basically means "you have given me" and where letters "dh" is pronounced in English as "the."
Hilarious Alina. You live a richer life than 99.9 percent of the folks on this planet. Love seeing the incredibly rich depth of the entire world through your visits. In America we are constantly fed what's going on in NY SF LA and Wash DC (violence & shootings in Chicago) when there is an entire yummy world of much more pleasant experiences out there to be had. Thank you for reminding us of the joys of life.
I also love the way Alina says 'tour'. Has a nice Canadian? spin on it :-)
haha I'm glad I'm disseminating some new info :)
Alina, I am always impressed how you put so much effort and care into your videos as your share some historical info about the places you visit.
Thank you very much :)
Ask someone there what language they speak
They surely won't say Bulgarian.
They speak Macedonian. The proto Bulgarians were a turkic tribe. In Bulgaria you speak Macedonian dialect.
@@sciencepower5552 That Turkic theory has been rejected long ago. It will be strange to talk different than Turkic language, if our country is established by a Turkic tribe. Or there was indigenous population that used that language in today Bulgaria and today North Macedonia. In that case we aren't that different. And my grand grandfather is born in Stip. I have cousins in Skopje. Like at least 1/3 of Bulgarians with roots in North Macedonia, that fled their land and home because of Serbs. So we cannot hate the people of North Macedonia, but someone taught you to hate us. Greetings and respect from me! For me, and for my late grand grandfather from Stip, Macedonia and Bulgaria is the same. Don't blame me and don't hate me for that.
There is also theory that Bulgars were on Balkans before the Roman Empire conquered their land, and some people fled northeast and later come back.
@@jordan9339 you need to understand that the proto Bulgarians adopted the language of the local balkan people. The local people in Bulgaria before bulgars were Macedonians and Thracians. You speak a Macedonian-Thracian dialect in Bulgaria. You can find the real bulgar language in Russia, in Chuvasia (Former Volga Bulgaria).
@@sciencepower5552 we are thracians
I never would have thought about going to Eastern Europe if it weren't for Alina Mcleod's and Bald and Bankrupt's videos. I still haven't been there, but at least now I think about it.
i live in skopje and didn't know this building even existed
Great video! I have lived in Skopje for the last two years. We love it here! Didn't know about the "castle", though. I think will consider renting it when family comes to visit.
Another great video. I can relate to your style of solo traveling and particularly enjoyed your insight on this one, mixed with some adventure. The quality of video is exceptional, and one can see the hard work you put into editing and even choosing just the right music.
Just earned a sub girl!!!!! I watched your videos in Greece first and now I’m watching all the others. I wish you the best! Your videos are great
Thank you so much!
FYI: Most of present day Macedonians claim that they have not anything in common with Bulgaria (and Bulgarians). That rejection is so absurd and is equivalent as present day Canadians to start continuously and repeatedly speak that they haven't got anything in common with British (Empire) and French (Empire) and madly repeat that 2-3 centuries ago they were suppressed and have been conquered by British Empire and French Empire. To repeat actively that they speak Canadian which has not anything in common with English (or French). And even - to tell everybody that British and French soldiers had stolen their language and then brought back and introduced it in British and French empires. And present day population of Britain and France in fact speak some language which came from Canadian. Do you get the irony? 200 years ago in North Macedonia was full of Bulgarians. They were majority there. But after "some" two World Wars, after 2-3 local (Balkan) wars, after almost a century foreign regime over them - now they claim that they exist before Adam and Eve, before dinosaurs, too. But if we can separate ourselves from that sad fact - most of population of North Macedonia, are good people as population in every Balkan country, too. Balkan people are in general: good people. :)
do 1880 godina Balkanski e so ime MAKEDONSKI POLUOSTROV ! ! !
Absolutely lovely video of Skopje as well as your castle , live it up and post more vlog. Love from India. Swastik
Great video, thanks..
Yes you are right about the statues in Skopje,, too many..
We call it ,, money laundering,, in Macedonia..
Fraud and corruption. Поздрав от България.
Hoi, Alina, simply superb. Been to Skopje also, definitely far from any tourist beaten track, but really interesting. The food market looks like amazing, remember these also. Now I hope for Ohrid and the lakes!.
It is a cool city! I'll be heading to Ohrid and Bitola this next week!
You said that Skopie was Serbian capital for some years but as the Jugonostalgic politic history propaganda omits it was Bulgarian capital too for some years. It was part of Bulgaria for hundreds of years. It is ridiculous to say that is was "seized" by Bulgaria when in the Bulgarian army there were around 30000 volunteers from Macedonia. Macedonian "ëthnicity" became popular concept during the communist regime. Autonomous and independent Macedonia was older idea for which so many Bulgarians born in Macedonia and in Bulgaria fought, died and spend their lives. I know you get the local sources but more objective can make a bigger picture.
Check Britannica my friend. Skopje was a capital of Serbia. Macedonia was a part of Srbia form 12th to 14th century until Ottomans occupation of the Balkan. That is the fact not propaganda.
@@vid8899 do not know what history you have read. This is official in wikipedia:
At the end of the 12th century, some northern parts of Macedonia were temporarily conquered by Stefan Nemanja of Serbia. In the 13th century, following the Fourth Crusade, Macedonia was disputed among Byzantine Greeks, Latin crusaders of the short-lived Kingdom of Thessalonica, and the revived Bulgarian state. Most of southern Macedonia was secured by the Despotate of Epirus and then by the Empire of Nicaea, while the north was ruled by Bulgaria. After 1261 however, all of Macedonia returned to Byzantine rule, where it largely remained until the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347. Taking advantage of this conflict, the Serb ruler Stefan Dushan expanded his realm and founded the Serbian Empire, which included all of Macedonia, northern and central Greece - excluding Thessaloniki, Athens and the Peloponnese. Dushan's empire however broke up shortly after his death in 1355. After his death local rulers in the regions of Macedonia were despot Jovan Uglješa in eastern Macedonia, and kings Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his son Marko Mrnjavčević in western regions of Macedonia.
So it was part of Bulgaria much longer. Only in the 12-14 century it was with Serbian rule temporarily. And later after the Second Balkan war.
@@vid8899 In the 9th century most of the region fell under the sway of the first Bulgarian empire. The Bulgarians were Christianized during this period by disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius, whose adaptation of Greek characters to a Slavonic dialect spoken in southern Macedonia eventually became the Cyrillic alphabet. For the rest of the Middle Ages, parts of the region were variously ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the second Bulgarian empire, and the Serbian empire.
And this is from Britannica.
pred 12 veka KIRIL i METODIJ AVTORI NA MAKEDONSKA AZBUKA ! ! !
Oh dear, Alina, "to decimate" means "to kill or destroy one in ten". So an earthquake can only decimate 10% of a city. The earthquake that destroyed 70% of Skopje has to have been much worse than a "decimation". But never mind me being pedantic, I just love your beautiful videos.
For those wondering for the exact word, it's not "septimate" either. 😁 70% is a little more than two "tertiate" of the city. 😜
@@ryeburlow1176 Perhaps the verb Alina meant to use was "to devastate".
@@ciarandoyle4349It's possible that she just misspoke, but the more probable thing is that she used it without really paying attention that it's not correct saying it or maybe she thinks decimate is a synonyme of devastate, because decimate is often used to portray some sort of destruction. For example to decimate a city's population as revenge because of an uprising against someone's ruling, means lining all the people on the central square and killing every 10th person on this line. I'm giving it as example because it's already been done in history. It's devastating for the city because every familly will be more or less affected and the event will be remembered for generations.
Looks very interesting, hope you have fun exploring it! Thx for taking us along
we like to call them fakedonia, for a good reason
@Joe Bloggs we never called ourselfs tatars, you can find this only in fakedonian books propaganda. if we are tatars you are tatars too cuz you are bulgarian, sry to bust your bubble
@Bill O'Coy who are "we"?! also tatars are descends from bulgars, not the other way around. first are bulgars they create 2 countries volga bulgaria and bulgaria with slavs. one became muslim the other christian. be pround to be bulgarian, for sure I am
@@PifchoBG................................ gnjuri .
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Kich and kich
@Bill O'Coy Bulgar and Bulgar
The female Bald and Bankrupt
I wonder what BB's narrative of North Macedonia will be as he strolls through Skopje.
@@casper-z9rkls6gl look a jugoslavian sink
Alina....the castle suits you😊🌸😊🌸 It Looks that you had a great time there, cool!🌸
Thank you 🤗
you missed vt in Bulgaria alina nice vid
At first i thought it is the pirate ship hotel, which is in the river Vardar
Hi Alina i love the opening. I can't get over that apt and the price. That's just crazy! How long did you stay there for? Ireally like how you present the videos and the mix you have of historical and cultural content. Also how you split up the time between scenery, historical facts and you on camera
Hi Alina
I enjoyed watching your holiday programme and please may I have the address of the castle where you stayed. I am thinking of travelling to Macedonia this year after watching your video.
I look forward to hearing from you soon. 😊
This is the place: www.airbnb.com/rooms/45324095 have fun!
By the way the skopje is somehow connected to baghdad in cultural and sales person manner. Mood of those taxis and all resembles actually to mod east towns
Poor knowlegde of history and you only show the city center and a very small part of the old bazaar.
Fake fyrom history?
@@pollog9328.......... jedi c'varke .
Welcome to the land of Kitsch! :)
Exactly right !
And i will add "The land of history Theifs !!!"
@@robertdar6276 A fake country with fake history, fake language, fake alphabet and probably fake material for those thousands of statues! :D
srbi ukrali Vardarska Makedonija. dogovor 1913 :
Srbija na MAKEDONIJA vrak'a Vardarska Makedonija .
Hi Alina may I please ask you why your playlist is not categorized by countries? That would have made it so much easier to watch. TY
Thank you so much for visiting our country,thank you for your nice words and for putting up our history,and teaching people about our country name.We don't have much American tourists here in Macedonia because nobody really talks about our country,and no-one tries to appreciate the hard work that is put on those statues and the restaurants,apartments...Your kind words made me happy,and again thank you for visiting our country,i hope you enjoyed the time you spend here,i hope that you are staying safe trough the pandemic,and that's all i have to say..
Thank you and you are most welcome!
I've learned in History that Macedonia was controlled by Greece and Athens but were very much outsiders until Alexander's father and himself conquered Greece in order to take control of Athens and the whole country. Then went on to create Alexander's empire. I think that's the reason in this day Greece is reluctant to let Macedonia be itself or a powerhouse. It's basically landlocked like Mongolia. That's what HIstory classes taught me lol.
@Bill O'Coy Of course there wasn't a Greece in the past. But the city states were connected like a country and they spoke the same language, though some city states had some different accents and some different words. They were still more connected than not. The same for Sparta. And it's said that Athens was the big boss in the region, until Macedonia took over it.
I'm guessing after Alexander's empire, Athens took back control of the region again. So to this day they're still worried about Macedonia seeking independence and control of the area again. Unlike Sparta, who didn't really control Athens and the whole area like Macedonia did.
It looks amazing ...
Local here
*Noone is offended about calling him Macedonian, because we are born like that.
*Percentages about nationalities are not right.
Well done Alina. I hope whilst you are in North Macedonia you will also go to Ohrid (amazing place) and Bitola.
Thank you! That is next on my list :)
That was one of your best vídeos. Thanks
Thank you!
We drink mainly lager. I've tasted IPA for the first time not that long ago. And I don't like it that much because I'm not used to it. Like most people here. Maybe Czechia/Germany is to blame here. They are master brewers and they have mainly lager. Ale is from the Island, and Brits didn't have that much influence in Eastern Europe. Still there are many places where you can drink IPA in Sofia.
Alina, the macedonian history dispute is a large topic which affects many countries. Although I like Ohrid lake and I will support you in every video.
Good luck!
"Seized by Bulgaria" hahahahha hahahaha hahaah better delete that part of the video.
Please understand your roots :/ it's actually getting cringe
ye. how can you "seiz" your own terittory
Well, it is obvious that some Anciant North Macedonian was telling her the history.
If it wasn't for bulgaria europe would have been islamic
@@sparksk9607 MACEDONIANS ARE MACEDONIANS ! ! !
.....@.
That Dolly castle blew my mind, and to think that it's an AirBnB with rental suites. Wow! I want to experience that! "Alice fell into an AirBnB hole!" lol The costs there are very reasonable (I could actually live in that castle for that price) so Skopje is definitely being added to my travel itinerary. BTW: I wanted to check out your drone so clicked the link below to the Drone: DJI Spark - the site tells me that it's "Not available in your country/region". Thought you should know. Not sure if they mean Canada, Ontario or my town. Thanks again for this.
Alina the drone footage at 5:21 and 13:19 is amazing - thank you! As for that ice-cream crepe at 8:41- I just hope you weren't counting the calories.......
Very nice Alina but you have forgeten one very importent thing , the house of Gonxha Bojaxhiu - Mather Teresa who was born in the center of the sity Skopje -Shkupi .
The elusive IPA! Here in San Diego most breweries produce or have on tap at least a few types IPAs and Hazy IPAs
Nice video as usual👍🎆!
I just hope that one day Bulgaria and North Macedonia will clear all the issues and have a friendly relationship both in terms of history and politics. I am a Bulgarian, living in The Netherlands and I can totally agree that the people from both countries get on pretty well :) I think that the people that live in Macedonia are very warm and kind. I just wish we could find a consensus in terms of history/politics. Because unfortunately in the end only the regular people pay the price for such conflicts. Peace abd love, guys. We proved that the people on the Balkans can be friendly to each other. Let's hope that we won't let all these propaganda and populism ruin the normal human connections. Cheers :)
Yes, very true
That apartment. Yikes, looks like the set for a Halloween movie - complete with creaky door. Keep that sword handy. Very good ad placement and personal use tie-in.
I will, trying to learn Russian!
They have to promote their fake and stolen history with statues. Really sad people. You seem very nice and intelligent for the american stereotype :D And your videos are great. Greetings from Plovdiv!
congratulations on another great vlog,where did you find the music it gave a feel of the place
Epidemic Sound! I have a link in the description
Macedonia is only situated in Greece. The name of this country is Vardaska and it is situated in the greek land of Paionia. Macedonia is Greece.
@Joe Bloggs nice argument, poor little stealing barbarian
@Joe Bloggs hahaha yeah yeah we know your lies and propaganda barbarian. Lower your head.
@@Ikaros1994 Macedonia isn’t Greece. Alexander the Great was Macedonian and we ruled a huge part of the world
@@Ikaros1994 Greece = Macedonia
@@northmacedonia3982 great argument you little brainwashed barbarian. Macedonia was and will forever be part of Greece. Alexander the Great wasnt Greek, he was ULTRAGreek. I wont even talk about the ancestry of Macedonians and the ancestry of Alexander (Hercules and Achilles) because it would be an insult. Saying Macedonians are Greek is like saying that Spartans arent. Keep trying though little troll.
Hey Alina, I really enjoyed your videos and I'm hoping you'll come by to check Belgrade, Serbia since you're so near :) Cheers
YOU ARE THE QUEEN IN NORTH MACEDONIA
Alina, are you serious? Sized by Bulgarians?? North Macedonia history is after 1991 all the rest is Bulgarian history! Unsub from me
Skopje looks amazing to me. I love the new classical architecture. Must visit this place. I have been to mysterious Montenegro, and Croatia.
We are not Slavs.
We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great.
The Slavs conquered our homeland.
They destroyed our history, our language!
Even the names of our cities were made Slavic!!!!!
Alina rock in roll jacket 🤘,! Nice place !tks for beaultifull work
Very funny video! A very interesting eclectic room to stay in, and $30 a night, wow. Probably the first hour or two there you had fun just exploring your room and discovering all the details. Love the sword; never saw a room where they offer you your own weaponry. Talk about PPE!
It's great to see an episode about Macedonia, to understand more about this country.
you can call it Bulgaria
North....
@@Anticommunism99 No
@@Dz0ka don't argue boy
Stop disrespecting my country
Its called the old Market place in the old town. It has few churches turned in to mosques thats what reminds you on Turkey. Old guesthouses, baths, clock tower the citadel which was city walls etc are topical antique and medieval style. And there were Kings Queens Princes and Princesses for real. The city within the city walls was turned down unfortunately. The minorities are as much as the same as the migrants that are not integrated in Canada. It's very simple and you shouldn't even mention it concidernig you are Canadian and you grew up with that its very common over there. That's the best way not getting in to politics as you mentioned that you don't want to.
Try a royal dress, then its gonna really look like a princess in a castle
Alina, new subscriber here from the UK. Just been binge watching your videos. Might I say they are fantastic, particularly the Canadian ones. Have promised myself and my wife a trip driving across Canada to visit all the family out there one day when everything settles down. Should have done Rte 66 this year but that was cancelled.
Aw thank you very much! Hope you get to do it!
Great video, thanks. Even though I already visited Skopje earlier this month, I still learned from your info. (...signed up to Skillshare also) Safe travels :-)
I'm so glad! :D Let me know how you like it!
Wow... that;s awesome!
1:56 - This is just a pure copy-paste of Gaudi and Barcelona. It's still nice, but doesn't really fit to the surroundings.
13:24 - Reviving a city after a devastating earthquake is absolutely fine, the same goes for the statues. The issue here is the excess use of statues as some kind of an actorly grandeur. The second thing is that the statues themselves are quite random. I personally think that spending up to half a billion euros in statues is literally madness where this money can be given to hospitals or schools. The bazaar for example is quite authentic with a historic look and feel. I am pretty sure all the rest of cities in the country are much prettier than Skopje e.g. Ohrid.
Did they asked for PCR test when you went there?
Hi Alina, Look like a devil princess of Alexader the Great in the 21st century. Lol
You also have been doing your works as a” Go to Travel Campaign ” all around the World, battling numerous obstacles caused by COVID-19. Best of luck!