Watermelon season

So happy that we are going back to Macedonia, but it's even better knowing that watermelon will be in season.  In my old life, I wasn't a huge fan of watermelon, but after being given big plates of cut up watermelon at the end of a meal in restaurants this time of year, I discovered how good it is there.  One of my first food purchases will be watermelon when I get "home". 

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