One of the many delights of living in an ex-communist country, apart from the architecture and the availability of Tito 2012 wall calendars has to be State controlled heating.
This morning, our heating was turned on. We had not made a conscious decision that this was necessary and if we were in the UK in control of this and the temperatures were the same, we would be putting another jumper on, before giving into autumn!
However, here, in our ex-Yugoslavian style flat, someone within the depths of the state electricity department has deemed it an appropriate time for us to have heating again. Rumour has it, that for this to happen, the temperature has to drop below a certain level for three consecutive days. The last two days have been grotty, but today for the foreseeable future; it is going to be around 25 degrees!
So, the summer clothes are not being packed away quite yet and we will have to go against everything we have learnt about saving energy and throw the balcony doors open for a bit longer yet!
