How I know Fall has come to Bulgaria:
* School has started yet again.
* I need my flashlight to see my way to the bus stop every morning.
* Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins
* Halloween (which almost killed me this year)
* The idea of leaving my house after 5 pm makes me shiver and put on another pair of socks.
* Daylight Savings Time ( for 2 weeks I'm only 7 hours ahead of home)
* Na gostis have moved indoors around the wood stove. Talk has turned philosophical.
* Lytenitsa (pepper chutney) is cooking continuously outside in big black kettles.
* The sound of wood being chopped all over town.
* Burning leaves
* Lots of chili
* Store bought veggies
* Daily scarf wearing (or blankets as one Bulgarian friend calls them)
* Men coming out of the woodwork asking to be my boyfriend (I think they just want to keep warm for the winter).
* Snow in the mountains
* Playing cards indoors with the girls.
* My tan is fading fast!
*** And lastly..... I've turned pensive as I always do this time of year. Thinking of home........
Happy Autumnal Equinox everybody!
