 1 8am Wizz Air flight, so I stayed in Luton
|  2 at the Comfort Hotel; slept 11 hours because I was sick
|  3 walking from the bus/train station to my hotel in Skopje
|  4 my hotel, nicer on the inside
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 5 helpful maps everywhere, but I was the only one reading them
|  6 a lot of recent government investment in statues
|  7 Macedonian Parliament building
|  8 Mother Teresa was born in Skopje
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 9 delicious lunch of Shopska salad and piroshkas
|  10 Warrior on a Horse in Macedonia Square
|  11 Macedonia Square
|  12 Stone Bridge
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 13 on the north side of the Stone Bridge
|  14 Old Bazaar
|  15 dinner at Destan (Дестан)
|  16 typically thought to depict Alexander the Great
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 17 Porta Macedonia
|  18 breakfast at hotel - some local food including Burek and Tulumbi, which was amazing
|  19 the whole spread; unfortunately I missed it on the second morning because I left the hotel at 3:30am!
|  20 bus station
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 21 in Pristina - Ibrahim Rugova was the first President of the unrecognised Republic of Kosova
|  22 many mosques in Pristina
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|  24 local market
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 25 Newborn monument, unveiled on 17 February 2008, the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia
|  26 repainted differently every February 17th
|  27 Bill Clinton statue
|  28 Albanian donuts
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 29 the cafe I ate at, near Grand Hotel Pristina
|  30 the bus station, I needed to take a cab to and from the city centre
|  31 back in Skopje, around sunset, looking at Millennium Cross on Vodno Mountain
|  32 music festival on the Kale Fortress grounds
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 33 the Eye Bridge over the Vardar
|  34 just west is the Stone Bridge - can see the Fortress in the background
|  35 nice spot for dinner beside the river - there were many restaurants to choose from
|  36 Stone Bridge
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