Saturday, February 27, 2021

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - Stage 92 of the "Tour de Rellies" - Pristina to Skopje

Once again, I've had to select walking routes as bicycle routes appear to be unavailable in Kosovo and North Macedonia.  Street View did not work for my ride today until I reached Skopje. Images were sought through Google Searches and in Google Maps. 

100 km - 87 km = 13 km (banked)


1.  Xhamia e Lloshkobares



2.  The first bit of the route on Street View!  Jадранска Магистрала


3.  Boulevard 8-mi Septemvri



4.  Path in City Park, Skopje



6.  Tomče Sofka, Jordan Hadzikonstantinov - Dzinot 14, Skopje, my virtual stay in Skopje.


7.  Skopje Fortress



8.  View from Skopje Fortress



9.  Mustapha Pasha Mosque, Skopje


10.  Museum of Macedonia, Skopje



11.  The Old Bazaar, Skopje


12.  Inside the Daut Pasha Hamam



13.  Stone Bridge, Skopje


14.  Art Bridge, Skopje


15.  Museum of the city of Skopje


16.  Inside the Museum of the City of Skopje


17.  Museum House Mother Theresa Memorial


18.  Capitol Mall, Skopje


19.  Stobi, Roman ruins in Skopje


20.  Museum of the Macedonian Struggle


21,  Alexander the Great Monument, Skopje


21.  Macedonia Square


22,  Cathedral Church of St. Clement of Ohrid, Skopje


23.  Inside the Cathedral Church



Monday, February 22, 2021

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - Stage 91 of the "Tour de Rellies" - Peja to Pristina

Once again, I've had to select walking routes as bicycle routes appear to be unavailable in Montenegro and Kosovo.  Street View did not work at all for this segment of my ride. Images were sought through Google Searches and in Google Maps. 

97.5 km (banked) - 82.5 km =  15 km (banked)


1. St. Abraham Church in Lapushnik - built on the side of war crimes from Kosovo War.


2.  Home-made tank in Komoran



3.  War damaged building in Komoran



4.  Hotel Sara, my virtual stay in Pristina



5.  The Ethnographic Museum, Pristina



6.  Inside the Ethnographic Museum



7.  Xhamia e Madhe, Pristina



8.  The Kosovo Museum, Pristina



9.  Mother Theresa Cathedral, Pristina



10.  Bill Clinton Statue, Pristina



11. Skanderbeg Statue, Pristina



12.  Field of  Blackbirds monument, outside Pristina



13.  Graves from the Kosovo War, Pristina




15.  Serbian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina



16.  The National Library of Kosovo, Pristina



17. NEWBORN (Never Ending Wars Bring Oppression Rape and Neglect) Monument, Pristina




Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The (Virtual) Peripatetic Pensioner - Stage 90 of the "Tour de Rellies" - Berane, Montenegro to Peja, Kosovo

 Once again, I've had to select walking routes as bicycle routes appear to be unavailable in Montenegro and Kosovo.  Street View works for some roads in Montenegro and Kosovo, so some screen captures are available again,  but not all.  Maps from Google Maps and all images from Street View or images in Google Maps.

83.8 km  -  62.2 km  =  21,5 km (banked)

1.  The E65 outside Berane



2.  Ski centar Lokve, where I leave the road for a trail.



3.  Source of the River Ibar



4.  Back on a road again, the P8



5.  Džamija Dacići Mosque on the P8



6.  Hotel Dukagjini, my virtual stay in Peja



7.  Peja Bazaar



8.  Xhamia e Pejës, Peja Mosque