What we could found in Macedonian? We’re talking about foods and beverages. We could see laden with sweet peppers, vine leaves and chopska, all piled high in great bowls as ad lib accompaniments to the main courses which were always in the plural. It is mostly sheep country and lamb cuts of every sort abound along with sheep’s cheese and sheep’s yogurt.

A speciality is Ohrid trout which come out of this 15-mile lake at 10 lbs and over and taste like the most delicious fresh salmon. Chatting to some locals one morning in a pub in Prilep, I was told that I must eat some sheeden for lunch. The Macedonia House Restaurant produced some within a half-hour and special it was. Made in a sheep’s stomach, whereas haggis has offal and oatmeal, sheeden has real meat – chopped lamb, pork, beef and chicken – with rice. “Puts hair on the chest” suggested Slobodan, our driver.
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For the adventure travelers out there, Macedonia offers a treasure trove of little-visited destinations to discover all on your own. Guidebooks barely cover Macedonia, the land-locked country in Eastern Europe, so even visiting the main cities might feel like an off-road adventure. Here are a few ideas to really get out and see the country when you visit. It might just seem like you have the whole place to yourself.

Any part of the country outside Skopje and Ohrid. These two cities are about all that is covered by guidebooks or articles on what to do and see in Macedonia. There is the whole rest of the country ready to be discovered. Albeit, it is one of the smaller countries in the region. Hotels, bed and breakfasts, historical sites and others catering to tourists are eagerly investing in the tourist business, bringing new enthusiasm to little-visited towns and cities.
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