by Auntie Bulgaria | May 21, 2016 | Bulgarian life
Despite my somewhat sarcastic tone (one reader kindly referred to it as ‘whining’), I like to think I paint a positive picture of Bulgaria. I hope it comes across how much I love, love, love it here. I really hope so. But nowhere is perfect, right? Like anywhere,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 20, 2016 | Bulgarian life
For five years we’ve had morning coffee with the neighbours almost every day. At first I was a bit reluctant because I’m a lazy moo and sometimes I like a lie-in. But then I started to look forward to morning coffee. Now I get outraged when they can’t make it,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 18, 2016 | Bulgarian life
I have a set routine whenever I travel from England to Bulgaria. I am (most of time) too tight to cough up for a taxi to the airport, and I am (always) too tight to pay for a hotel room. So, for a 6am Easyjet flight, I have to get a late train up to Gatwick the...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 17, 2016 | Bulgarian life
This cat pic couldn’t be a better metaphor for my life. What is this Invictus Games that everyone keeps going on about? What did Jay Z do to Beyoncé? What’s going on in Brazil this summer, the Olympics or the World Cup? I have no clue anymore. I am...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 16, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
‘Oh, you live in Bulgaria?’ says a random stranger. You can guarantee the next thing they say is, ‘Anywhere near Sunny Beach?’ ‘Er, no.’ I’m allowed to slag off Sunny Beach because, unlike most Sun journalists, I’ve actually been there. When we were thinking of buying...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 7, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
I have been driven mad by rain. Too mad to pull stuff together into a cohesive post. Instead, I give you the imaginatively titled, ‘Stuff that’s been happening lately’. If you need me, I’ll be under my duvet. Isn’t the weather just awful? I shouldn’t have complained...
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