Right at the end of April I went to Lake Ohrid with friends. We had a four day weekend and figured that we should go exploring. I'd been to Ohrid before but this is a place that never seems to disappoint. It's also rarely crawling with American tourists unlike say the Croatian coast so it seems relatively unexplored.
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The lake is on the Macedonian-Albanian boarder and on our last day we drove to see the church <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_Naum" target="_blank">Sveti Naum</a>.  It's a beautiful church on the lakeside maybe 10 minutes by car from the boarder and probably 25 minutes from Ohrid. Even though it's not super close I think it's totally worth going to see.
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Today the church is surrounded by a wall and a hotel. The hotel looks beautiful but I assume that in the past the whole space was a monastery. Leading up to the church you park in a parking lot about a 10 minute walk from the church. Then you can walk along the lake to the church. It's an easy walk lined with outdoor grills and haphazardly put out tables and chairs as well as a couple of real restaurants.

In April there were people there but it by in large everyone and everything felt very relaxed. No one was in a hurry. No one was rushing around. We stopped for salads and beer before going to see Sveti Naum.
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Once at Sveti Naum I have to say, the whole place feels awfully magical given the peacocks who roam the grounds. I'd read about them in our guide book but I found them totally unexpected nonetheless and a wonderful addition to the experience.
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I didn't expect them to be quite so big or so blue-green. Peacocks are really incredible animals. In the spirit of full disclosure, I posed with one for a long time and I kind of had to chase it around a little bit to get some good pictures. I hope that doesn't make me a horrible person.
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In addition to the peacocks, when we visited the church seemed to be glowing. It was late afternoon and the light poured onto the church making the bricks yellow-orange. Late afternoon is such a wonderful time of day.
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The inside of the church it was pretty standard for orthodox churches with frescoes and an alter. The only difference was that in this church it's rumored that if you put your ear to Sveti Naum's tomb you'll hear his muffled heart beat. I tried it out but I suspect for those of us not used to these things it's pretty hard to hear a muffled heartbeat while a tour group of old French men and women is in the other room. Nevertheless, it was a lovely church. They were also selling their own rakiya and wine. I didn't buy either but I appreciate the gesture.