If you are looking for exotic ski gates, you should put Northern Macedonia on your list. Two flight hours from Berlin to Skopje, out of the European Union, deactivate roaming function in the cell phone, change money at the airport and somehow teach the taxi driver who does not speak English where to go. He understands “Popova Šapka”, and just an hour later we drive through Tetovo at the foot of the mountains.
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