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36. Village Life, Part 1
A day or so after arriving, we had our first exchange with a real life villager – in Bulgarian. We’d been out and returned to the house to find an old man letting himself out of our gate. “Er, hello. This my house.” I say in broken Bulgarian. “Ah” the man says...
35. Camping out at our house
For all you naysayers who thought I’d only make it a night or two without my creature comforts: I am delighted to inform you we did the full 8 nights at our house. In your face, naysayers! That’s right, 8 days and nights peeing in a bucket, washing in a bucket...
34. Making a list, and checking it twice
Very excited to be heading off to Bulgaria next week. We’ll be there for 10 nights, mostly staying at our house, and I can’t wait to see it again. Currently, the temperature is about the same as the UK, maybe a couple of degrees cooler. But I’m...
33. Comparing notes!
Our basic 'kitchen'. Last weekend we met up with some friends who also have a house in Bulgaria. With us still being in the UK, working and saving, sometimes the Bulgarian dream seems a long way off. So it was lovely to swap photos and stories with...
32. Spirit of Burgas Festival – an update
We are now the proud owners of two tickets to this music festival! I’m very much looking forward to some big-time Bulgarian festivalling. As well as The Great Bald One Moby who is headlining, they’ve announced Skunk Anansie are playing. I know them,...
31. Booked a trip to Bulgaria
We’re heading back to BG for 10 days in mid-May. The plan is to clear out some of the furniture/junk that we don’t want and make some room for work to start. We also want to spend some time with Max and the builder to discuss plans and get a proper...
30. Spirit of Burgas Festival 2011
Rob and I are planning to go to this festival in Bulgaria. It’s on the 12th, 13th and 14th of August, which just so happens to be my birthday weekend. We really loved the city of Burgas – it’s right on the Black Sea coast and has a lovely laid-back,...
29. Don’t fear the taxman
Picture the scene: it’s 8.30 on a Friday morning. I have just arrived at work and am checking my emails. I have a friendly email from Costa offering me a free coffee – hurrah, what a lovely start to the day. But what’s this next email? Our Bulgarian tax...
28. Ken Lee
I had a dream last night that we unearthed an ancient burial ground littered with clay pots next to our house. And the house was very, very damp. Cheery! I Googled it and apparently clay pots in dreams are a sign of healing. But folks, don’t EVER put ‘damp’...
27. January: The month in a nutshell
I know, I know. I didn’t write anything for the whole of January. Bad blogger! I blame January sloth, pure and simple. It is a month where I can barely muster the energy to go to work. There just isn’t anything left in the brain tank when I get home....
26. Heathrow, snow, woe
This, but for breakfast. It’s so sad to see people’s Christmas travel plans disrupted by the weather. We had our share of stresses when we went to Bulgaria at the beginning of December, right in the middle of the first heavy lot of snow. But at least we...
25. What a bunch of bankers
Life as a homeowner goes on much the same as before. We can’t afford to do any work on the house for a few months and won’t be going back to Bulgaria until April at the earliest. So, for now, it’s back to business as usual: working, saving, working, saving,...