We're Alive!!

Of everything we've learned since arriving in Macedonia, the most evident is this: We are horrible at this whole blogging thing. Since our last post - about Thanksgiving - we have much to report. We can confirm that Borat was not entirely made-up. We can tell stories about cleaning 66,000 pounds of trash from a river. And we can talk about this amazing town we now call home - Tetovo. But, you'll just have to wait, or write us an email if you want the details.

Instead, we'll just start by describing last Saturday.

Saturday we finished a week-long conference (three days of technical, work-related info, and three days of language training on the shores of beautiful lake Ohrid). Lake Ohrid itself is pretty similar to Flathead Lake; Lake Ohrid is a bit smaller, but they are roughly the same size, both enclosed by mountains. The difference - The town of Ohrid has been continuously inhabited for 8,000 years. After the conference 6 of us stayed in town with another PC Volunteer who lives in Ohrid. After exploring the city, the seven of us spent the afternoon and evening drinking wine on a cliff over the lake, directly below a 13th century church. The weather was beautiful, and we were able to spend our first visit to Ohrid with a great group of close friends, one of whom is coincidentally from Missoula.

After our evening at the church, we enjoyed a traditional Macedonian meal in a restaurant over-looking an ancient Greek and Roman amphitheater and returned to our friend's apartment for more fun and laughter.




On Sunday morning we attending a Catholic church for Easter mass (one of only three in the country) and then headed back home to Tetovo. We are back in our routines and promise not to wait another four months before posting another update!!