Yes, it's another blog post in which I'd like to emphasize that Macedonia has much to offer and is a safe place to visit. I hope you don't get bored with it. :) It seems to me that this country isn't sufficiently appreciated by foreigners.
As some of you know, I really love hiking and spending time in the mountains enjoying the scenery. That's why I was captivated by this place.
The pictures present an Ancient Observatory which is located near the Kokino village. It's a hill that could be used as a perfect place for observing the
movement of the Sun and the Moon. Moreover, there were found some objects from the Middle Bronze Age.
Even if it takes about 10 minutes to go to the top of the hill (it's more a walk than climbing), the landscape is stunnig! I liked also the shape of all these rocks. ;)
While talking about rocks, there is another quite unusual place - a stone town, located about 55 km from Kokino. These rocks are naturally formed and at the first sight, there is nothing speciaI about them. During our visit in this ''town'', we had an opportunity to hear the legend, which has totally changed our perception of this place.
There are different versions of the story, but I want to tell you only one of them. Once upon a time, there was a man who was undecided. It was hard for him to choose between two women. He didn't know which of two women he should marry. For this reason, he decided to marry each woman on the same day, but at different times. When the first wedding was taking places, another woman wanted to see this ceremony and a young couple. As she saw her future husband with another woman, she turned them into stone.
These stone blocks are called ''dolls'', because according to the story, they are reminiscent of human figures - wedding guests. Of course, the scientits have their own explanation of this phenomenon, but I think that this one is more pleasurable. ;)
This looks like a very isolated place. I don't think I would like to be there at night ;-)
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