IMG_8042 - Back past the crooked Sirius Lighting building as we left Sofia, Bulgaria for Skopje, North Macedonia
IMG_8043 - An electric tram on our way out of Sofia
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IMG_8050 - Kyustendil, Bulgaria is a half-hour from the Gyueshevo border entrance to North Macedonia, the main crossing.
IMG_8052 - Kyustendil, Bulgaria
IMG_8053 - From Kyustendil we entered the Osogovo Mountain range of western Bulgaria and eastern N. Macedonia.
IMG_8060 - The Osogovo mountains
IMG_8063 - "Macedonia" is also used in Greece, so on joining the EU they were required to use "North" Macedonia.
IMG_8076 - At this border the time changed from the EET, Eastern European Time, to the earlier CET, Central European Time.
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IMG_8107 - Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia, and the Kriva River (Kriva Reka, Curved River)
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