by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 27, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Cat lover, Gardening bore
Gawd, I’m still cringing about that Oscar screw-up this morning. How awkward was that? One of the benefits of getting up so early in the morning (yes, we’re still doing that) is being awake for the last few awards of the night, the big ones. But I really wish I hadn’t...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 20, 2017 | Bulgarian life
1. Your head nodding and shaking has got all messed up Bulgarians nod for no and shake for yes. Of course they do! They couldn’t possibly do it the same way as the rest of the human world. We started doing things the Bulgarian way early on, in an effort to fit in,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 13, 2017 | Bulgarian life
The spring tease really was just a tease. It snowed again (obviously) and has been snowing lightly for several days. The only colours around are white and grey. Beautiful though it is, I’m starting to feel like I live in an old photograph. Or a bleak Danish drama. Or...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 6, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Hello and a very happy February to you. How is it for you so far? As is often the way here, the weather has changed with the flip of a coin, and we’ve just had several days of warm (as in, above zero), sunny weather. This coupled with a little bit of weekend rain...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 30, 2017 | Bulgarian life
I realised with dismay last week that I’d only left the village twice since 5th January: once when we got the bus down to Sofia for a night of drinking cocktails, eating Italian food and generally blowing our Christmas money on frivolities; and the second time when...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 23, 2017 | Bulgarian life
We are not at this point yet. I always remember something that Esther Walker (of Recipe Rifle, The Spike, and wife-of-Giles-Coren fame) once wrote about relationships. She said something like keeping a (mental) list of all the little things your partner does to make...
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