Istanbul Airport

Ottoman bridge

Tirana

Farewell dinner

Bunker

The former communist dictator, Hoxha, who closed the borders of Albania in 1967, and declared it to be an atheist country, built 400,000 of these bunkers throughout the country.  They were intended to protect Albania from being taken over by foreigners ever again.  The cost of 2 of these would have built a Soviet style apartment.  They were used only for training.

Basilica at Lin, Albania

4th-5th century mosaics.

Cathedral of St. Clement, Ohrid

Built on the site of an original Bysantine church, changed to a mosque during the Ottoman era.  Some original frescos are still visible.

Early Christian mosaics

Ohrid

Ohrid Fortress

St. Naum Monastery

Ottoman Old Town, Ohrid

Lake Ohrid

Macedonia 

Colored Mosque

Tetova, Macedonia

Orthodox Cathedral under construction

In Skopje

Han

Or caravanserai, where caravans pulled in at night for food, shelter and safety on the Silk Road.  The animals and goods were sheltered and fed on the first floor, while the second floor was for the traders . This is now a restaurant.

Turkish Old Bazaar

Skopje Earthquake, 1963

These three buildings are the only ones that survived an earthquake in 1963.

Mother Theresa

Although ethically Albanian, was born in 1910 in Skopje, when it was still under Ottoman control.

Macedonian Orthodox Church parade

Minarets and rainbow

Hiking in Sharr NP, Kosovo

Skopje, Macedonia

Prizren clock tower

Would have been in the bazaar during Ottoman times.

Orthodox Church

That was converted to a mosque during Ottoman times and back to a Serbian church during Serbian times

16th Century Hammam

Or Turkish bath

Scenes of Prizren

It was leveled by Syrian and NATO bombs in 1998-99 and rebuilt.

Mosque, Prizren, Kosovo

A Yugo

A Serbian village in Kosovo

Roman Ilyrium wine vessel and tablet referencing wine