by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 5, 2021 | Travel & trips
Here I am, in the UK for the first time since *peers at watch*, oh yes, November 2019. That can’t be right, can it? Has the pandemic really wiped out that much time? Weirdly, though, it only feels like five minutes since I was last here. Perhaps that’s a sign I’ve... 
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 9, 2021 | Travel & trips
We had the loveliest time in Parga. We really did. We went to the beach almost every day. We swam in the most beautifully clear, calm water. (In the bay off Parga’s main beach there’s an island that you can swim out to with a dinky little church and pathways to wander... 
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 27, 2021 | Travel & trips
Not a long post from me today as I’m trying to keep the holiday feels rolling, and sitting at my laptop is seriously cramping my vibe, man. But I wanted to pop in and tell you to go to Parga, Greece, where we’ve just been on holibobs. Now. Go now. Or better still, go... 
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 11, 2021 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
I’m back! If you follow my adventures on Instagram, you’ll know that we’ve been away in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, and Sofia, the capital. After 15 months of pandemic life, I was in desperate need of some city action – and with both of us being fully vaccinated,... 
by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 26, 2021 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
I have never seen Troyan Monastery as quiet as it was last Friday. True, the main chapel is currently undergoing restoration, but I was still surprised to see the rest of the complex so empty and, well, monastic. There were more people browsing the wooden bowls and... 
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 4, 2020 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
Back in bleak old January, we booked a little something to look forward to for August – a week in a small guesthouse in Sinemorets. By March, when we went into lockdown, we were already resigning ourselves to the fact that we probably wouldn’t go. By June, much...
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