hot hot hot

what a beautiful warm weekend we had here in south bohemia! between celebrating our “minus one anniversary” with spanish food eaten outside on the adorable street behind me (above) and seeing electric light orchestra in the middle of the budvar brewery’s loading dock…. to the fabulous annual slavnosti piva české budějovice (beer festival) and hanging out in the shade beside the river, it’s been a rrrreal good one.

i’m enjoying a surplus of bergamot (lemon mint) and finally figured out that the thing to do with it is make MINT ICED TEA– the ultimate cooling summer beverage! and as it’s going to hit 32C (90F) today and for much of this week, i’m brainstorming the best hot weather foods. so far, i’m thinkin’ vietnamese fresh/spring rolls.

what do you like to eat and drink with temperatures like these? as a northwester through and through, i’m not equipped to handle these extremely hot days (or the cold ones, for that matter). it’s a learning experience… and i’ve still got many summer days ahead of me of figuring it all out!

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