You are an angel

Last night in Ohrid there was a Tose concert. Who is Tose, you might ask. Well- he is just the most gosh-darn famous pop musician in the whole of Macedonia! You can visit this link to his site to listen to some of his music or watch a video. http://www.toseproeski-music.com/main_eng.html

Tose holds a sweet spot in my heart because during training I took an optional 'song' language class. This class was 2 hours of 5 American volunteers and 1 Macedonian language teacher singing 'Angal ti ci' (you are an angel) over and over. This being the only Macedonian song that I have given this much attention, and therefore the only one that I can sing all the way through, I like to find opportunities to show off my knowledge.

Unfortunately, while 'my' song was played last night, the concert was otherwise kind of lame. The crowd was very sedate, Tose was not very entertaining, and the theater was completely over sold. Good thing the tickets were cheap!

Toshe on stage.

Sarah and I at the Toshe concert.

There are probably very few offices in the world with a view as nice this...

So I have managed not to get of a pet of my own these two years, but I do get to take care of friends animals! This is Mona who was rescued by my Macedonian counter-part in Skopje.

Action shot of Mona playing fetch with a ball of yarn.

close up of the frescos.

I went to one of the Ohrid Summer Festival Concerts in this church. Normally, you have to pay 100 denars ($2) to get into this church- but with a 100 denar concert ticket to a German wind quintet I got into the church for free!