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te amo!! te juro!! como atreves??! 27 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
Since I’ve gotten to Macedonia I’ve interviewed about 45 people. I’ve probably read the applications of about 200 more. A pretty weak showing if I was still a Consular officer, but I’m not. I run Educ...
surprise driver 22 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
Today I had to go out of town for work to a lake town 3 hours away. When I got in the car, I introduced myself to the driver. He said his first name, which I now forget because, then he said, “but cal...
Underground Albanian Nightclub 18 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
We were out Friday walking through the old town here in Skopje and I pass a poster for a concert featuring Nora Istrefi, who is an Albanian singer of the song I was obsessed with and made everyone lis...
At least no red ants.. 15 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
Whenever I am feeling horribly sick, I just think, it could be worse, I could be horribly sick in an 100 degree humid house with red ants crawling all over the toilet seat I need to occupy. That happ...
Hike of horrors 12 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Macedonia is very mountainous and it has a million hiking opportunities. In fact, we are right at the base of a mountain here in Skopje which you can climb up pretty easily. There are also cable cars ...
Shume mire 7 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
So, did I get a random phone call in the office from an Albanian speaker today wanting to talk about a random topic? Yes I did. In fact, I ROCKED it. Ok, I probably promised a $500,000 grant or someth...
Biking Fail 5 Aug 2013 | 03:42 pm
Last week was really exciting because I started riding my bike to work. I have never ridden a bike to work in my life. Last time I had a bike, I’m pretty sure it was my childhood bike that was your ba...
Get some change. Seriously. 4 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
The exchange rate in Macedonia is about 45 denars to the US dollar. When you get money from the ATM it only gives out 1000 Denar bills. Which is fine, because that’s just about $25. Only..it’s not ac...
Flood 1 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
Friday I got my shipment of stuff from Mexico. That was pretty sweet. You know what was not pretty sweet? The fact that my house also flooded on Friday. So Friday morning I am getting ready for the m...
And then there was Turbo Folk 21 Jul 2013 | 10:45 pm
So me and three friends from work decide to head to Prilep for their annual Beer Fest this weekend. It’s pretty awesome how nothing is too far away here. Prilep is about two hours of winding mountain...