by Auntie Bulgaria | May 5, 2012 | Bulgarian life, Cat lover
Last year we stole a cat. Not really a cat, a kitten. One of our neighbour’s kittens. Whaaaat? *innocent face* They had a litter of six. We didn’t think they’d notice mind us stealing adopting one of them. Oh, shut up. Anyway, Moona (as we named her) has lived with us...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 17, 2012 | Bulgarian life
A few mornings a week we go round to our neighbours’ house for coffee. There’s a GMTV-style programme on from 9.30am called Predi Obed, which we all watch together with interest, Svilen and Penka explaining in great depth what each story is about (like...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 4, 2012 | Bulgarian life
This is a story of survival. Of pushing the human mind and body to its limits. It’s a story of triumph. And Scrabble. This is a story I like to call ‘Epic Snow and a Really, Really Big Power Cut’. To be fair, the forecast did say ‘Heavy snow’. So it’s not like it...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 5, 2012 | Bulgarian life
What is it about snow that makes me behave like an idiot? It starts with me screaming “It’s snowing, IT’S SNOWING!” while jumping up and down (and clapping). That humiliating display is followed by me taking photos of everyday things covered in snow –...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Dec 13, 2011 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Being in a village (as opposed to the middle of a field) we have actual neighbours. Obviously this is marvellous, especially when they are as lovely and helpful as Svilen and Penka. They are in their sixties and, as their sons no longer live at home, they have...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 8, 2011 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Okay, so we had a freak snowstorm in October. Yes, October. Thankfully it happened a few days after we got our heating fitted so we stayed nice and warm. Apparently it’s pretty unusual for the temperature to drop so much in October. Although, saying that, we were...
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