EUROPEAN ROAD TRIP | Day 1 - Traveling from Skopje to Kruševo, Macedonia 🇲🇰

Day one of our epic European Road Trip, two months traveling across 8 countries in the Balkans!
Starting our road trip in North Macedonia, this was an intense day, heading south from Skopje, to Matka Canyon, through beautiful Mavrovo National Park to Macedonia's highest village and one of the highest in the Balkans - Krusevo! 🇲🇰
We are so excited for this new challenge across some of the most diverse and interesting regions of Europe!
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[@hanaaksamija4733]

one of the most beautiful cities in Macedonia, and a home to their/our beloved singer Tose Proeski. This has made me so so happy and even more excited to visit there again!

[@satheeshnarayanan8088]

This is Satheesh, again here, following your European road trip...love your videos. How beautiful Macedonia is...

[@MattandJulia]

Hey Satheesh! Thank you so much can't wait to bring you along 😊

[@carolgoergens9275]

I love Julia’s voice and accent love from east coast of u.s.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Carol, really appreciate it 😊❤️

[@dark698701]

My beautiful country 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@explore_macedonia]

Glad you enjoy in Macedonia - Regards

[@MattandJulia]

thank you so much! 🤗

[@EllisWR]

Hey guys the meatballs are actually a special aromanian dish which is a small ethnic group native to the surrounding areas in the balkans, we visited a couple months ago and the owner was telling us about his people! I agree it was one of the tastiest dishes ever 🇲🇰

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Ellis! Thank you so much for letting us know! You would’ve believe it, we were actually talking about those meatballs today haha! Will have to come back for them one day 😁

[@EllisWR]

@@MattandJulia hahah I can believe you! They were absolutely phenomenal mmm, have a great day

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Macedonia another gem. I woud love the recipe for the meatballs. Love you guys.

[@MattandJulia]

It is beautiful 😊 we would too, if only they gave their secret away 😀

[@snowysnowflake7937]

Magical Krusevo , beautiful small town especially in winter , my favorite place for visit together with Berovo another small town in eastern Macedonia..❤️❤️❤️🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@MattandJulia]

We would absolutely love to see it during the winter! 😍

[@mogyi1839]

Near Mavrovo is one of the most popular and wonderful village in Macedonia-(Galicnik) especially this week is organize the most popular traditional wedding known as ''Galicka Svadba,, and i suggest to visit.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much ! We've heard so much about it, sounds very interesting!

[@fanatiek1]

The drive through Mavrovo national park and plaines is a reward on itself ;-)

[@ediit452]

You guys are sooo cute together. Joy to watch :) Keep on driving and bring us more of N. Maceodnia! Yes :)

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 😊❤️

[@jennh7040]

Must be awesome to have the freedom of a car for the next two months! Thanks for showing us around the Balkans.

[@leilagomulka5690]

How cool are the two of you. The perfect pair. ♥️

[@NiKi-ij2ln]

Love the Spirit of both of you.

[@digadzeva]

Guys, you have no idea how happy this video made me, you went to my favourite places, miss my beautiful country 🙏😇❤🇲🇰

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much! So happy you enjoyed the videos 🥰❤️💋

[@markist76]

This place looks amazing. I'm so excited to follow your Balkans trip. I'm sure you will find some beautiful places. Loving Meatball Matt's new nickname haha.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Mark! Can't wait to share ☺️❤️

[@activity1]

Serene 🤸‍♂️

[@MattandJulia]

❤️

[@kv3361]

Loved this video! Great views. 😂 at your comment about Matt being your meatball lol

[@MattandJulia]

Hahaha, it is a term of endearment 😀

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

That mall looks exactly like Tbilisi mall parking and entrance. Same colours too.

[@MattandJulia]

Interesting, it actually does! Didn't even think about it 😮

[@sorfina]

Everytime Julia strike a pose I laugh she is soo cute and cheeky. 😀 good luck and be safe... 🥰

[@MattandJulia]

😂😂😂🤷🏼‍♀️ Thank you so much Sorfina! 😊❤️

[@sorfina]

@MattandJulia... You welcome love!🥰😚 please insert some of that pose again in some of your coming videos 😀. Situation is pretty stressful here in Asia as Covid cases are up again. Watching your travelog videos keeps my sanity in check and gives alittle bit of sunhine and laughter. 🥰😀

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Look at that subscriber count shooting up! Highly deserved. Great video and those drone shots 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 And amazing work keeping those white t-shirts clean 😊

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Mark! Really appreciate your support from the start ❤️ Haha, we were very proud of ourselves to be fair 😂

[@austinkonjira1161]

Beautifully done

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much 😊❤️

[@lessisreeshu1255]

It's beautiful place.This is a dream come true for me.love from kerala 😍

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much ☺️❤️

[@dejanstankovikj4812]

And i am from Skopje, my dream is to visit India haha let's swap 😅

[@lessisreeshu1255]

@@dejanstankovikj4812 welcome to my country ❤️

[@jorgevan44]

Drone shots rock guys!!!

[@2012aster]

Hi Matt and Julia! I just found you guys yesterday after searching for vlogs about N. Macedonia and KZbin recommended your channel. I dream to visit this country one day. It is so beautiful! And I also found out that you actually have visited The Philippines, my country. 😁 I hope you guys will come back and explore other islands. Anyways, be safe and be happy in all your journey. 😊

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Good to see you driving bro ☺️👍👍👍

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you ☺️

[@susanharris5331]

Love the drone shots you guys! It looks so beautiful! Best line : 'Are you comparing me to a meatball?!' 😆. For a chef I'd say that's the equivalent of a diamond... Can't wait for the next video!

[@MattandJulia]

Ahahahaah, thank you so much Susan 🥰 really glad you enjoyed the video, means the world to us ❤️

[@danielcargill8019]

That is a lot of food!

[@aimeecosson9473]

I love Michael as much as some foods, too so I get it. 😂 But for real, that meal looked amazing! I love that you guys rented a car!! You can really experience the Balkans so much more!

[@MattandJulia]

Hahaha, I wish I could have those meatballs again 😂 Thank you so much 🥰🤗❤️☺️

[@ThePandabear04]

You two are my meatballs 🤣💓

[@MattandJulia]

😂 That is the best compliment we could have had 😃❤️

[@ashikislam8370]

julia when you told. we are hungry😂 this sound listened like as shakchunni🤣 dont mind. we call shakchunni to bogy🤣

[@joannmcgowan9394]

What a beautiful city/village - a wonderful video! Just love traveling with you guys❤️

[@MattandJulia]

We absolutely love having you along with us Jo Ann 😊❤️

[@jentalbert5305]

So impressed with Matt's driving on the other side🤣.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much haha 😁❤️

[@TsarEventsDMC]

Thank you for wonderful video! It is really interesting and motivating! Cannot wait when all of us start travel again! Thank you for helping to promote tourism!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much ☺️

[@patf.3776]

The drone footage always adds a great perspective of the area. Can't wait to see where you end up next.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Pat! Really glad that you enjoyed it 🥰❤️ can't wait to share! 🤗💋

[@activity1]

Car color 👌

[@MattandJulia]

😁 Glad you like it 😀

[@dm9675]

🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰❤️❤️❤️

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Pohonrindang_chanel]

Very solid

[@MattandJulia]

As a rock?

[@Jensie50]

I share your excitement to have a car and being able to explore more freely. I also know that feeling of looking for the gearshift on the wrong side...🙈😁 Beautiful countryside, beautiful "village" and lovely food (including the Mattballs!)

[@MattandJulia]

I mean... You just created my new favourite word hahaha 😀 Thank you so much 🥰 so happy you enjoyed the video 🤗❤️💋

[@stephenholt4670]

0:42 - they have London buses there?!

[@THEJAATRAM]

Again 1st comment 💪 keep growing guys🥳, god bless you 😇

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🤗❤️

[@DikWhite]

Another enjoyable video. You two sure know how to eat well. Well done with the driving, Matt. I used to happily drive my right-hand drive car in Europe, but in Italy I failed to manoeuvre a left-hand drive car. Failed! 😟

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Dik, really glad you enjoyed the video ☺️ And sorry to hear about your car experience 😔❤️

[@DikWhite]

@@MattandJulia I laugh about it now, all these years later, but I've still never tried driving a left-hand drive car.

[@barry-cq4xg]

Nice video. What are the grocery and fuel prices in Macedonia relative to other places you have visited. Thanks and best wishes to you both.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much Barry ☺️ A lot more expensive than the Caucasus and Russia unfortunately

[@Andre-cz3mr]

Special meatball!)

[@MattandJulia]

😁😁😁

[@NiKi-ij2ln]

I am Macedonian. I understand also a little Russian but its tricky...If maybe more slowly spoken I could get it more.

[@taniaognenovski1158]

Hey gorgeous couple how much for the cost to rent the vehicle for two months and what is the price of gas/petrol?

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Tania 🤗 The car cost cost us about £1000 for 2 months. Price of petrol is depending on the country really 😊

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

🥰🥰😍😍👍👍☺️

[@MattandJulia]

🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@megazenn22]

theres still some camera judder (non-linear motion) in some of your shots, did you check that all of your cameras are on 30fps or 60fps and not 50 or 48. if that doesnt fix it try to turn off any kind of image stabilisation in your camera setting or in your editing software. thanks 👍 💌 edit: and anything called interpolation or re-sampling in your editor should be off too

[@MattandJulia]

Tried literally all of it. Searched online in both languages how to fix it - nothing. It's really frustrating to be honest. It's nothing to do with the editing, we can see it happening whilst filming, the image actually jigs, even when the camera is standing still.

[@megazenn22]

@@MattandJulia so it must be the framerate? have you tried filming at 60?

[@MattandJulia]

The camera can only go up to 50fps. We tried filming in 30, didn't change anything

[@megazenn22]

@@MattandJulia 30 would fix it for sure

[@PeedyJ]

Yo, Meatball Matt, what’s up?

[@MattandJulia]

Yo JP, it's all gravy baby!

[@nadukas]

Do you have any plans to go to the Baltic countries?

[@MattandJulia]

Of course we do ☺️

[@taniaognenovski1158]

And how are you travelling whilst COVID-19? Which Nationality passport?

[@MattandJulia]

There are many countries open if you follow the rules ☺️ we are British

[@petarjoshev6138]

Kruševo is not a Village it’s a Town

[@MattandJulia]

Slip of the tounge. Not really that important though is it, Petar.

[@petarjoshev6138]

@@MattandJulia wasn’t being rude Just a little strange that all these You Tube Travellers never been to The Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰 let alone the Balkans all of a sudden Some sort of George Soros funding brings all you First time Balkan Travellers to Macedonia and you people have no idea how Brutally Macedonia is being destroyed and the illegal name change of corrupt government of Illegal premier leader Zoran Zaev and the most criminal party SDSM ever in the history of the Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰 it might not be a big deal for you but for us Macedonians it’s our IDENTITY So please have a little Respect Thank you

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

People doesn't like if I post more comments 😕

[@MattandJulia]

We do! Do whatever you like Muhammad, not others ❤️ Don't feel like you have to comment a lot, do whatever makes you comfortable 😘❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

@@MattandJulia thanks bro After all long time friends n following you guys I should have right to send comments as many I want

[@rossfun9840]

The countrys name is NORTH Macedonia , Macedonia is a province in Greece

[@user-ry7gw9yd8i]

NORTH MACEDONIA WAKE UP

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@.... go ... in .... north Antartik. prespa dogovor -- krivic'no delo. sds programa 2016 nema menuvanje IME na MAKEDONIJA. dogovor - y wc.