Tomorrow school starts. I spent the day cleaning, doing laundry, baking an apple pie, and keeping my mind occupied. Yesterday, two friends and I hiked Korabi mountain. Perhaps, the productivity of that nine and a half hour hike is making me feel restless today, like I want to want to immediately climb another trail. One of my friends GPS'ed the hike, so check out our trail if you're interested.
Today's title comes from a song that's been chosen simply based on how unreasonably often I've been listening to it lately: "A Lady of a Certain Age" by The Divine Comedy.
Playing with shepherd dog puppies. Perhaps, they're called Sarplaniacs. In this area, the shepherds have herds of around 300 sheep, and these dogs help fend off wolves that wander the Macedonian-Albanian border.
On the hike.
At the top.
Compadres before the hike (8:30 AM).
After the hike (9 and a half hours later)
Korabi villagers making a dish called Kukurec (I believe it was called). Almost like a giant kabab, meat from a sheep was skewered on this stick with a lot of the internal organs (liver, heart, lungs, etc.) and wrapped together with the cleaned intestines. Then, the meat was seasoned with salt, pepper, and parsley and slowly cooked over an open fire.
Hike sign
Cheese from the village near Korabi, called Radomire.
A view of Peshkopi from a nearby village called Arras.
