Category: Balkans

  • A Winter Wonderland

    A Winter Wonderland

    We woke up early and looked outside at the forest around us. It was so beautiful we thought we would stay all day in the peace and quiet and get a few jobs done around the house But by 10am James had already fixed the front door and battery isolator and we weren’t sure what…

  • Three Snowmen and an Ice Queen

    Three Snowmen and an Ice Queen

    We woke up on our remote plain without a single other person in sight. It was bitterly cold as I did my training and I had been worried that the snow would come early, stranding us out there. But a couple of spots of rain were the only things coming down from the dark clouds.…

  • A Mog with a View

    A Mog with a View

    Just in case my last post left you in any doubt, we had fallen in love with Bosnia from the moment we crossed the border. The people were kind and friendly, the country oozed a sense of calm and we were surrounded by nature. We sank into an atmosphere of rest and relaxation that we…

  • The Great Escape

    The Great Escape

    Sometimes you just know, and when our ferry from Italy landed in Dubrovnik and we drove out into the streets of Croatia we knew. We knew that the chaos, the noise and the demands of Italy were behind us at last. It was 7:30pm when we arrived – far later than we would normally be…