- and I went to a small unique coffee shop here called “new age café” the place is pretty cool as it has a literal pond, which is pretty dirty, but still they have a nice outside area that even allows you to sit on top of the water in some nice seating areas. The leaves are dropping now also so it adds another aspect to the place. The funny thing was though that there are 2 geese that seem to live there and they were hungry. They started hissing at me and flapping their wings, Sonja gave them some cookies but instead of throwing them a safe distance away she put them pretty near to us and this made the geese know we would give them food again. So after a bit they came back and started getting closer and closer, there were a table and some small stools to keep them back but that did not mean they would not hiss and quack at us. It was a little unnerving seeing them do this and continue to get angrier and angrier. Finally I had to get up and grab the bill so they started nipping at me but after a quick move of my foot they took off.
- I went to Bitola on Saturday to meet up with Patrice and see the sights. Sat night I ended up going to a peace corps party and meeting many members who are here in MK and they gave me tons of advice. It was an enjoyable experience. Also I was able to see Hera Claya. This is not the proper spelling but it is the place where Phillip the II built and he is the father of Alexander the Great. It was really interesting to see such a historical sight and Patrice was good friends with the guide working there and allowed me to come in for free and see a lot of the place. O and I just remembered that Patrice captured a Finnish guy who was about my age.
- Lastly the thing that just happened tonight. I bought some groceries at the local Vero and was walking back with Sonja. I had one bag and she was carrying the other. As we were coming out of the mall I started to get swarmed by a bunch of gypsy children. These are not nice kids that I met in Bitola. These kids tried to steal stuff from my pockets which later I found out they were able to relieve me of 20 denars so not much. While they were yelling at me Sonja kept laughing because I was being so nice while I was still pulling their hands out of my pockets. One would try and grab my wallet and while I was yanking his hand out of my back pocket the other would reach into my front right pocket and try and grab some cash. Eventually one even grabbed my entire arm and tried to hold me in place while the others were working my pockets. I kept yelling NO at them but of course this did nothing. I would never mind giving these kids money but I know they are the same kids that are huffing paint every day. It is a sad state that they live in, but stealing from me is something that I do not enjoy.
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