Spring in the Balkans
For a while, we were wondering if winter would ever end. Finally, however, near the end of March the weather started warming up. Unfortunately, this first Spring only lasted a couple of weeks and the cold, rainy weather returned. Over the past couple of weeks, however, we have had beautiful weather with sunshine and temperatures in the 70’s. It still gets a little chilly when the sun goes down, but we like that. We hope this second Spring lasts until summer… There are a lot of ice cream shops in Korçë, but all but 2 have been closed since we arrived because most people here don’t eat ice cream when it’s cold. They think it will make them sick. A couple of weeks ago that all changed. We’re not sure what the magic day was, but all of a sudden, all of the ice cream shops opened and everywhere we go people are walking around with ice cream cones! Most soft-serve cones cost just 50 cents, and even the nice gelato cones only cost $1.00, so we have indulged several times ourselves 😊 Ne