Sunny Hill, Slovenia
September 20- October 20th 2021 It was fig season when we arrived to Hrvoji. A few years ago, I couldn’t have found Slovenia on a map, and definitely not this village of 15 people. As a country, it is tiny, and can be found tucked between Italy, Croatia, Austria, and Hungary. It is smaller than the state of Vermont, and is still 60% forest– a tiny piece of the Mediterranean Sea on one side and the Julian Alps on the other. To me, it is right at the cultural and environmental
