by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 8, 2011 | Bulgarian life
Rob and I are planning to go to this festival in Bulgaria. It’s on the 12th, 13th and 14th of August, which just so happens to be my birthday weekend. We really loved the city of Burgas – it’s right on the Black Sea coast and has a lovely laid-back,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 1, 2011 | Bulgarian life, House & renovations
Picture the scene: it’s 8.30 on a Friday morning. I have just arrived at work and am checking my emails. I have a friendly email from Costa offering me a free coffee – hurrah, what a lovely start to the day. But what’s this next email? Our Bulgarian tax return...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 15, 2011 | Bulgarian life
I had a dream last night that we unearthed an ancient burial ground littered with clay pots next to our house. And the house was very, very damp. Cheery! I Googled it and apparently clay pots in dreams are a sign of healing. But folks, don’t EVER put ‘damp’...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 1, 2011 | Bulgarian life, House & renovations
I know, I know. I didn’t write anything for the whole of January. Bad blogger! I blame January sloth, pure and simple. It is a month where I can barely muster the energy to go to work. There just isn’t anything left in the brain tank when I get home. And...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 18, 2010 | Bulgarian life
So we have a Teach Yourself Bulgarian book and CD comprised of 20 units. So far, we’re on unit 2. We have been on unit 2 since September. This is not exactly lightning fast progress on our part. Clearly we’re struggling, which is not helping our motivation. All...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 8, 2010 | Bulgarian life
Of course the main thing we’ll miss is our family and friends. I hope we’ll have lots of visitors. In fact I’m sure we’ll have lots of visitors – if only to satisfy people’s morbid curiosity at first! But hopefully people will continue to come back after their...
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