THE "UN-Crete" blog!!

Zdravo, and this time it's Kathy, reporting from Macedonia. When last you read our story, we were returning from beautiful Crete, where we'd had an amazing time. Now, it's time to tell you the rest of the story!

So...We got off the bus from thessaloniki into one of the coldest spells Macedonia has ever seen...temperatures here in gevgelija in the teens and winds out of the north, from across snow covered mountains, at up to forty miles per hour. Snow has blanketed this beautiful country except for right here, where we get the weather without benefit of the snowy beauty. But Allan and I, ever resourceful, knew this was coming so planned ahead. We erased all the movies on our thumb drives so that we could fill them with new ones to snuggle up under a blanket and watch.  What we didn't plan on was that not only would we be frozen, the internet would be as well!! So no movies....and no internet...and since I'd done the same to my kindle..no books!

So what has this weekend looked like? Lovely! We celebrated Orthodox Christian Christmas eve with our family downstairs Friday night, have been doing lots of yoga (to keep warm) , cross stitching, doing laundry and hanging it out, just to watch it freeze solid, no dryers here in Macedonia! Our bedroom's temperature is 38 degrees,so we pretty much hang around the living room. Allan has been finally, after thirty years, by popular demand from our kids, been putting to paper the story of Fang, saber toothed tiger cub, I made REAL chocolate chip cookies ( no chocolate chips here in Macedonia) and drinking Starbucks coffee..chips and coffee in care packages from the kids..thank you!

Yes, it's true..we've been able to travel and experience some pretty cool things..but it's also true that there is no place like home..and this is home for now! However, if you have any to spare, please send heat!

Allan with Starbucks and chocolate chip cookies!!