Life in the garden & Walks in the hills.
Oleanders & Icons I’ve written a few blog posts about our garden and our ongoing search for plants and flowers that can handle this climate — and that are happy being watered three times a day by our sprinkler system, which is thankfully working again. Lately, we’ve been enjoying a lot of fruit from the…
Strumica Fortress – Czar’s Towers
I mentioned in my last blog about Strumica that after visiting the waterfalls we planned to head up to Strumica Fortress, also known as Czar’s Tower. You can see it from town, perched proudly on the mountain above, but for a number of reasons, we never actually made it. The reasons being: And to be…
Building shade, Battling bugs.
We’ve built ourselves a summerhouse where we can finally sit in the shade during the day and admire the mountain views. In the evenings we just close the doors and—voilà—we still feel as if we’re outdoors, only without being eaten alive by the “wonderful” mosquitoes. A real win–win. It took us ages to decide whether…
Discovering Strumica
This summer we had a rare treat: celebrating my husband’s milestone birthday here in Macedonia with just his brothers and sister. No kids, no grandchildren—just the core family together. His colleagues had given him a new BBQ, so we made the most of it over the long bank holiday weekend with plenty of food, walks,…
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Wanderings in North Macedonia 