So after having found out that my life would change 360° within the next few months, my stay in Macedonia happened to be a bit different than I had initially planned. Luckily I have the best and caring friends in the world there, so I got pampered from head to toe. We went on road trips, spent most of the time eating, singing or talking and for the first time on a trip I've made, photography was pretty much not the main thing to worry about. Besides the stressful journey back via Istanbul with a few hours delay, arriving at 4am at Schönefeld, it couldn't have been a better first week of being aware, in a far away country that feels so much like home. Thank you, especially to Bojana and Ana.





















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We rented a car, went to Berovo and Kratovo. Had the best time ever.












All Photos: Carolin Weinkopf

After getting some serious sleep we had coffee and cookies for breakfast and got some work done. I later decided the sun outside was pretty attractive and went out. The snow is melting and the whole city seems to be a big puddle of mud. I walked from Bojana's apartment west of the center all the way to eastern Skopje, took some photos, did some Macedonian tea shopping and sat on a few benches watching the city's pace pass by. It feels right to be here. I need to come more often.










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I realized my last trip to Macedonia in December was not really posted to the blog. As running around Skopje and driving around in the rented yellow panda just didn't give me much time to do many updates. This a small selection from my Macedonian photography project about:blank. I traveled there in fall 2009, summer 2010 and winter 2010. My next trip is already planned.

We are currently talking to several people and places to have exhibitions of about:blank happen this year.

Last night I went to see >>Skopje - city of change<<, a photo exhibition held by the Goethe Institute Office in Skopje and the German-Macedonian Society. I met half of Macedonia there, including director and photographer Milcho Manchevski and the Macedonian embassador in Berlin, Kornelija Utevska-Gligorovska. What a great night!

Skopje, November 2010


Skopje (Kisela Voda), December 2010


Kruševo, October 2009


Kruševo, June 2010


Kruševo, October 2009


Zrze, October 2009


Kruševo, December 2010


Kruševo, October 2009


Ramni Gaber, July 2010


Berovo, July 2010


Raduša, December 2010


Skopje (Kisela Voda), December 2010


Kruševo, October 2009


Skopje (Kisela Voda), December 2010


Dojran, November 2009


Skopje, October 2009

All photos: Carolin Weinkopf (2009 - 2010)

Catching up on some sleep here. Will be posting more soon.


Photo: Carolin Weinkopf

Studied Macedonian all day today and rembered my wonderful trip to Kruševo on sunday. We saw Stobi and crazy birds heading south, visited a car cemetary in Kavadarci, had lunch in Prilep, drove through flooded fields merging with mountains and sky all over Pelegonija, crashed Kruševo, the Makedonium, Toše's shrine, met my wonderful fiancé from last year at the church Sveti Nikole and had a breathtaking view over one third of Macedonia. Then had Tarator and Rakija, got lost on the road and finally made it back to Skopje. What a day.














All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

Look who I met today.


Photo: Carolin Weinkopf

22° and sun. Wishing there was rain and fog...










All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

Summer is almost over now. While I was traveling for two months straight, time knocked me out, grinded me through the mill, took me some of my dearest things in life and spit me out again.

For the next few weeks I promised myself not to get on a plane, to concentrate on the important and to find myself again. Because somewhere, during this summer, I lost my mind on the road.








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Being back in Berlin is quiet and nice, it even got cooler now, but I have the blues. I miss Macedonia. I'm not taking pictures, I'm unsettled and nervous. I wish I could turn back time. And am already looking for flights back to Skopje.
























All photos: Carolin Weinkopf