by Auntie Bulgaria | May 21, 2012 | Bulgarian life
Rush hour in the village! We’ve been planning to replace our ropey old concrete path with a stone one. Imagine our delight when Rob started pulling up the concrete this week and discovered an old stone path already there underneath. It was quite uneven and...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 14, 2012 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
On a break from gardening… Our neighbour’s garden is entirely devoted either to raising animals or growing food. Every inch is maximised and, in a garden the same size as ours, he has sheep, a donkey, chickens, turkeys, and enough vegetables to feed two...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 5, 2012 | Bulgarian life, Cat lover
Last year we stole a cat. Not really a cat, a kitten. One of our neighbour’s kittens. Whaaaat? *innocent face* They had a litter of six. We didn’t think they’d notice mind us stealing adopting one of them. Oh, shut up. Anyway, Moona (as we named her) has lived with us...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Apr 11, 2012 | Gardening bore, House & renovations
We’ve emerged victorious from our first winter – with no fingers or toes lost to frostbite, no running out of food, and barely a word of complaint on my part (ahem). I am a Very Brave Soldier. Too long has passed to create a cohesive version of recent events so this...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 17, 2012 | Bulgarian life
A few mornings a week we go round to our neighbours’ house for coffee. There’s a GMTV-style programme on from 9.30am called Predi Obed, which we all watch together with interest, Svilen and Penka explaining in great depth what each story is about (like...
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