Saturday, December 15, 2001

Return to the Iron Curtain

Hello all,

I was writing to apologize in case I failed to respond to a recent e-mail or phone call -- in something of a sudden departure I've ended up in Spokje, Macedonia, en route to Albania. I should be back before Christmas, however.

Best to everyone,
Daniel

ps. Today was our first day in Macedonia and relatively uneventful so far. Sasha and I spent much of the morning searching for a place where our ATM cards could generate the cash necessary to purchase breakfast, as well as Internet time at this local cafe. Our on-hand funds had taken a severe hit last night when a linguistic misunderstanding resulted in an order-of-magnitude mistake in the price charged us by a taxi man driving us from Skopje International Airport to the city proper (in a surprisingly nice Mercedes.) Sasha looks bored in the seat next to mine so I will send a lengthier update from somewhere else. Take care.