Daily report "Day 5"

So here is the day everyone expected: The day of the trip to Ohrid and of course the Greek – Turkish international night.  The day started early comparing to other days (09:00) but everyone was on time. Every previously assembled team was assigned some non obligatory tasks about visiting important places in Ohrid.

After some discussions 3 groups assembled: the first and the biggest team went sightseeing around town, The Town Castle of Samuel , the Bulgarian Emperor was the main attraction, settled on the hill offered panoramic views of the town and the lake. The Ancient amphitheatric Theatre was the next stop . Everyone tried the seats and had an imaginary travel to the ancient plays. Finally everyone was impressed by the beauty of Saint Sofia , an Byzantine from the 11 century. A second group preferred to take full advantage of the sun and lake combination and went straight to the beach for suntan and beach games. A third smaller team embarked on the boat took the boat and visited Saint Naum Monastery (one of the biggest attractions around).

At 19.00 we went back to the hotel for dinner and afterwards the Turkish Greek cultural night. The cultural night started at 22.00.First the videos of the two countries were presented. After traditional dances from both countries and of course traditional cuisine. Greek traditional cuisine included pastitsio, Kretan dakos, traditional sweets called pastelia, greek salad, melomakarona, kretan diples and some other delights, also some drinks like raki wih honey, oyzo and tsipouro. Turkish traditional cuisine included baklava, cigkofte, and different kinds of sweet appetizers and for drinking raki and beers and traditional wine. Moreover the Turkish team talked about a weeding tradition they have(when someone is getting married they put henna in their hands) The night continued with a game from the Greek team. The game was called ‘’explosion of the past ‘’ included information from Greek mythology, ancient Greek myths and ancient Greek theatre plays.12 people were chosen and transformed into the Greek ancient gods of Olymbos. Then questions were asked and the gods who knew the answer had to stand up from the chairs. The one who stand up first had to shout the answer, if the answer was incorrect he/she had to leave the game, if the answer was correct he/she had to choose someone else from the other gods to leave. The one who stayed last was the winner. After the game one more party began. One more night in beautiful Struga finished and the sun rised for one more time.