OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2012
WIZZ MAGAZINE
41
and work and social life intertwine really
well here. A lot of business is done in the
city’s bars and cafés.”
After a hard morning on the streets I
feel in need of a change of scene. Cue a
trip to the country, easily done in a city the
size of Skopje. Less than half an hour in a
taxi brings me to Matka, the home village
of Biljana Stojanovska, a journalist with
New Macedonia
,
one of the country’s
oldest newspapers. “I love the hustle and
bustle of the city,” she says. “But I always
enjoy coming home to the countryside.”
Biljana suggests I go hiking around Lake
Matka, a hotspot for orchids, butterflies
and other wildlife. A narrow trail, cut
into the cliffs, winds along the lake amid
stunning scenery. I spot an eagle soaring
overhead, and it’s hard to believe the city
is so close.
TOP:
THE WATERSIDE CAFES AT LAKE MATKA
ARE GREAT FOR LAZY AFTERNOONS
ABOVE:
BOAT TRIPS ON THE LAKE OFFER THE CHANCE
TO SPOT WILDLIFE
RIGHT:
JOURNALIST
BILJANA STOJANOVSKA
COVER FEATURE
SKOP J E
“
LAKE MATKA
IS A MUST FOR
NATURE-
LOVERS.”
BILJANA
STOJANOVSKA
