To start my photographic diary about travelling through the breathtaking country of Macedonia, I decided to introduce you to Zrze. In Southern Macedonia, at the peak of a fertile and beautiful valley surrounded by snow-peaked mountains, after driving a pretty bumpy road (bumpy underexagerates it by far, I guess) you will reach a small village, raising up against a rock cliff.

Staying here was maybe the most impressive experience in Macedonia. People in Zrze are poor in economical matters, but the richest from the heart that I have ever met. "Crawling around in the farmsteads" as the director used to call it, I found great hospitality and the most amazing and truest smiles.





























All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

I'm back in Berlin and this is just a miiiiiiiiiiniiiimal glimpse of pictures to come. Great thanks to this wonderful country and it's beatiful people (and dogs, and landscapes, and tomatoes, and rain, and fog...).







All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

The movie that took me here ("Macedonia, mon amour" by Ingo Langner) will have its premiere in August 2010 in Skopje, so watch out for more information.

Now that I'm back I don't even have time to rest. Going to Brunswick tonight for the premiere of "66/67" by Ludwig & Glaser and then spending sometime with my family in Bonn. I'll be back for jobs to come by the middle of November.