by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 7, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
I love Bulgarian pottery in an almost unhealthy way. I mean, it’s not like I want to cover myself in Vaseline and roll around on a set of plates while listening to Sade. But … almost. The in-laws came to stay recently, so we took them on a day trip to Troyan...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 21, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Lordy, it’s been a while since I last wrote. Now, what have we been up to… Claire 1 – 0 Goats A herd of goats broke through our fence and trampled around our garden. ‘Help me,’ cried Rob, as he struggled to round them up (and I just stood there taking photos). ‘Er,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 4, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Isn’t autumn the best? I love the change in temperature, clothes and food. I get strangely excited by getting out my favourite jumpers, wearing woolly hats again, the first lighting of the woodburner, harvesting squash, making toad-in-the-hole. It’s like living in a...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 14, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Writerly stuff
God, I hate the term ‘bucket list’. In terms of annoying things people say, ‘bucket list’ is right up there with the likes of ‘nom’ and ‘cheer up love, it might never happen’. But I fully embrace the idea of a bucket list. Something about this time of year always gets...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 9, 2016 | Bulgarian life
Party essentials, apparently. Every now and then Bulgaria rises up and slaps me in the face (figuratively speaking) with a reminder of just how different life is here. Like whenever I see our neighbour riding his donkey past our window. Or that time a dear...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 30, 2016 | Bulgarian life
Crumbs, it’s the end of August. Where did that go? It’s been a lean month in terms of exciting Auntie Bulgaria news, as I will now demonstrate: Birthday Weekend (because one day isn’t enough). Oh, how I love Birthday Weekend. I’m not much of a diva in terms of...
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