by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 11, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Last Friday was International Women’s Day (simply ‘osmi mart’ or ‘8th March’ in Bulgarian). It’s a BIG deal here – easily as big as Mother’s Day in the UK, except it celebrates all women, not just the reproductive ones. Women receive gifts from their loved ones...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 5, 2019 | Bulgarian life
Enjoying the locals’ artwork in Etropole… I suspect I might be tight with money. I mean, the list of things I refuse to spend money on is growing longer all the time: new clothes, a better car, furniture, the latest phone (or gadgets in general),...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 21, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
We’ve had our afternoon coffee out on the back terrace for the past three days, and it’s been heavenly. Sat on the bench, against the sunny back wall of our house, it was baking. I can’t remember ever having coffee breaks outside in short sleeves in...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 13, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Kaufland didn’t have any avocados the other day. Just typing that sentence makes me realise how much Bulgaria has changed since we first came here in 2011. I don’t think I saw an avocado in a local shop until … maybe 2014? 2015, even? I mean, you’d see them on...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 5, 2019 | Bulgarian life
Well, now, that wasn’t too bad, was it? January, I mean. Not too snowy. Not too cold. We managed to go swimming at the Pravets hotel a few times (our winter treat). Did lots of yoga (om). Ate lots of veggies (if only to offset the entire pack of butter we ate...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 28, 2019 | Bulgarian life
I’ve always suffered from Sunday Blues. Even as a child, I remember feeling this little nugget of anxiety on Sundays, coupled with a demented compulsion to try and enjoy myself, to make the last moments of the weekend count. (As anyone who’s ever felt anxious will...
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