by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 10, 2022 | Bulgarian life, Secondhand & fashion
After so many years here, it’s always fun to find a new Bulgarian thing that confuses me. I mean, it’s not always fun at the time but it generally makes for good blog fodder. And so we found ourselves wandering around Sofia’s Lyulin 5 neighbourhood – a nice, leafy...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 7, 2021 | Bulgarian life, Secondhand & fashion
I just don’t want to write about COVID-19 and the misery of UK lockdown. For one thing, we’re only semi-locked down here in Bulgaria and life, at least in the village, continues pretty much as normal. So I can’t even begin to relate to the struggle back home, and I...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Dec 4, 2020 | Bulgarian life, Secondhand & fashion
Yes, it’s no longer autumn. In fact, it’s very snowy and festive here in Bulgaria. But because I took a two-month break from blogging while the site was being redesigned (which actually only took the designer a matter of days. The rest was me fannying around), I...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 21, 2019 | Bulgarian life, Secondhand & fashion
One of my favourite things to do in Sofia (besides all the eating and drinking) is go to the big Magazin Mania second-hand clothes shop, located in the basement of the covered market (Central Market Hall). It’s even better when we take family and friends from England...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 18, 2010 | Bulgarian life, Secondhand & fashion
Clothing in Bulgaria is a funny thing. Something really rather special. For women, there are two main styles of dressing: village style (crocs, sweats or skirt, jumper, maybe a headscarf) or Russian footballer’s wife. The former is simple and makes perfect sense. I...
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