The biggest cross in the world is on the top of a mountain overlooking Skopje. That's 60m of religious symbolism goading you wherever you are in the city. Now I'm not one for getting goaded, especially not my religious symbolism, so I climbed that there mountain to give it a piece of my mind. Nearly killed Chappers in the process. Innocent casualty caught in the crossfire. One of the perils of goadability.
We'e been pootling around Skopje or a couple of days now. It's a great city. I genuinely can't understand how it had slipped under my radar or so long.
We visited Mother Theresa's house. She wasn't in. Booo.
Another booo is that it's last day of the holidays, so what have we learned:
1. That bimbling around a city generally means you take about 18,000 steps a day, which is a lot. Surprisingly it doesn't make a at lot of difference if you actively try and walk to somewhere. Even yesterday's mountain scramble didn't change the totals all that much.
2. If you're asked at customs 'what are you doing in this country?' 'Wearing a hat.' is
the wrong answer, even if it is true.
3. There's a gap in the market for both Mother Theresa and Alexander the Great action figures. Can't find them anywhere.
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