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    Pelister National Park, Macedonia

Autumn trip to The Netherlands

December 1, 2022 By travellingoven Leave a Comment

Recently I spent few days in Leiden and Amsterdam in The Netherlands so here are my impressions and images from the trip…

One of the best things this October was the opportunity to explore and enjoy Leiden, one of the most enchanting cities in The Netherlands and much bigger but equally amazing Amsterdam. This post in not a guide to those places but more a visual diary of my trip and some impressions I wanted to share with you.

Leiden

I’ll first write a bit about Leiden as that’s where I spent more time and I’m so glad I did. I visited it with a friend and had plenty of time to enjoy this charming city in the province of South Holland. Leiden is easily reached by train and the journey from Amsterdam takes between 30 and 40 minutes.

Leiden, The Netherlands

Leiden, The Netherlands

Leiden, The Netherlands

Leiden detail, The Netherlands

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Autumn in Maksimir Park, Zagreb

November 13, 2022 By travellingoven Leave a Comment

How is this Autumn treating you? Between work I did manage to enjoy some beautiful moments in nature and my favourite season. I wanted to share with you this moody and beautiful early Autumn morning in Maksimir Park, Zagreb…

On another note, I know it’s been too long since my last post! I have so many things that I wanted to post but the time somehow escaped me. This year has been very busy and I didn’t have as much time as I wanted for the blog. Or for creating just for the purpose of creating. But I’m not complaining. I’m so very grateful for all the work opportunities and shooting on great projects and for amazing clients! 

Since my blog and my social media pages are so important to me as an outlet to share my photography with people who share the same passion or simply enjoy and appreciate the beauty, I will find more time for that too. It’s a promise. To myself. 

I won’t be writing much this time as I want to you to sit back and enjoy this early morning Autumn mood I captured in Maksimir Park in Zagreb, Croatia. I know that some people don’t enjoy these kind of mornings but I find them wonderfully melancholic and beautiful. Melancholy is one of the favourite moods to portray in my photography and often I am more inspired by it than by joy and happiness. Finding beauty in melancholy intrigues me. Also, expressing mood of tranquility, slowing down, ordinary moments… Those are the moments I am drawn to and I feel passionate about. I hope my photography brings something beautiful and peaceful to you too.

Autumn in Maksimir Park, Zagreb

Autumn in Maksimir Park, Zagreb

Autumn in Maksimir Park, Zagreb

Autumn in Maksimir Park, Zagreb

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Donja Lokosnica, Serbia’s paprika village

February 10, 2022 By travellingoven 6 Comments

Where is Donja Lokosnica village and why do I write a blog post about it?

Most probably you never heard about the small village of Donja Lokošnica located in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. It’s about 45-minute drive from Niš, the third largest city in Serbia. What makes this small village with the population of less than 1000 people so special you may wonder? 

Well, in the peppers harvest season the whole village turns red and you can see people in their yards preparing peppers for drying. Peppers are being put out to dry on almost every available wall and surface in the village. It really is a wonderful experience and an interesting thing to see!

Donja Lokosnica village, Serbia

Donja Lokosnica village, Serbia

Donja Lokosnica village, Serbia

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North Macedonia, people and places

January 13, 2022 By travellingoven 2 Comments

MY IMPRESSIONS AND IMAGES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE…

Few months ago I travelled to North Macedonia with a small group of photographers and spent a week doing what I like the best. Travelling, photographing, eating the most delicious food and drinking fantastic wine, all in the company of amazing people who share the same interests. To say that I had a great time would be an understatement! 

I already posted one blog post from this trip to Macedonia, more specifically about our visit to Pelister National Park so if you missed it and want to see some images of beautiful nature, forests and incredible horses in the fog, you can check it out here: http://www.travellingoven.com/2021/10/pelister-national-park-macedonia/. In that post I also highly recommend the photography tours agency that I used for several of my trips already. So if that is something you are interested, make sure to check out their website: https://www.esenkoworkshops.com and to find out why I recommend them, see my previous blog post linked above. 😀 

DOJRAN LAKE

Before saying a few words about Macedonia and about what impressed me the most on this trip, let’s start with these photos of lake Dojran. We visited it on our first morning and it was just such a beautiful sunny day, walking around lake and taking photos was a true pleasure! Dojran Lake is situated in the southeastern part of Macedonia, the summers there are hot and dry and the winters are mild and wet. The mud from Dojran Lake has healing properties and there is abundance of endemic algae species that live in the lake. Lake is known for its traditional way of fishing with the help of birds in reed fences, the so-called mandras. This is one of the few places in the world where fish are hunted with birds.

Dojran lake, Macedonia

Dojran lake, Macedonia

Dojran lake, Macedonia

Dojran lake, Macedonia

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I’m beyond grateful for all the opportunities an I’m beyond grateful for all the opportunities and wonderful people I had a pleasure to work with in 2022 so here are just few moments from different shoots.. In my private life I’m grateful for all the lessons this year gave me, even if the road was difficult and painful at times. But step by step I’m getting there or at least moving in the right direction. We can only do our best and keep trying, learning, being gentle to ourselves when it gets tough. I appreciate so much my people who are always there for me every step of the way! 🥰
I would like to wish you all a very happy new year! ✨🥂 May your dreams and wishes come true and hope that the new year will bring more love, kindness and peace to all of us! ❤️
Sending love to all of you who have been here with Sending love to all of you who have been here with me this year! And specially to those who feel lonely, hurt, sad or heartbroken during this time of the year.. ❤️ I know that holiday season can be extra hard if you’re going through something difficult. But believe that there are better days ahead, filled with more light, pleasure, wonderful new experiences and people who appreciate you and love you just the way you are.. You are enough, you are important, you are unique! ✨✨✨
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This October I got to spend few wonderful Autumn d This October I got to spend few wonderful Autumn days in The Netherlands.🍂 Me and my friend visited two cities, charming university city Leiden and much bigger but equally amazing Amsterdam. Here are some photos from the trip and if you want to see more and read my impressions have a look at the new blog post. Link to my blog Travelling oven is in my profile and I’ll put direct link in stories too… Hope you’ll like it! 😊❤️
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