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January Traditions
Well hello everyone and welcome to 2013, and our first Blog of the year. Luckily it seems as though the Mayans prediction that the world would end last month has failed to materialise. Or maybe it has,...
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Top Of The World Ma, Top Of The World
Thinking back to round about September/October time last year and there were reports about how harsh this winter was going to be. I think that we can safely say that they managed to get that wrong. So...
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Why Bulgaria?
People are still leaving the UK and heading for a new life in Bulgaria, quite a lot are retirees looking for a better quality of life. There are still plenty with a pioneering spirit who feel that they...
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Честита Баба мартa
Friday marks the end of February and the start of March, it is also one of my favourite Bulgarian celebrations. It is a celebration to welcome the coming of Spring and the waning of Winter. It is...
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National Liberation Day - March 3rd
Today is a very important day in the Bulgarian calendar. This year marks 135 years of Bulgaria's Liberation from under the Ottoman yoke, where they had been held for five centuries. The actual...
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Google Street View comes to Bulgaria
As of today people from across the globe can now virtually explore the majority of Bulgaria. This is thanks to the release of Google Street View from Bulgaria. The country is now the 48th one to have...
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Thar She Blows!
As I write this blog the Bulgarian National Weather Service has placed 22 districts under code yellow due to gusty wind conditions. These regions are Vidin, Vratsa, Montana, Lovech, Pleven, Gabrovo,...
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The Boss Is Away
As I write this Net is in the hospital in Razgrad, no don't panic everything is alright. A friend of ours has had to go in and have an operation on her ankle. Unfortunately her Mother is also in...
View ArticleOur Drive Out :- Day One Part One
It has just occured to me that many will not have had a chance to read this travel blog of our journey out, so I have just dug it out Day One: Part One The previous night we had had a text message from...
View ArticleOur Drive Out :- Day One Part Two
Day One: Part Two So with a wave and a toot of the horn we were finally off to our new life. Competing with the Saturday afternoon traffic going into Poole we finally made it onto the main road out,...
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Day Two Once we woke up and sorted out the pets a command decision was made, we would follow the sign posts for Aachen, as we knew that was in Germany, and for the time being we would ignore the Sat...
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Day Three The cold grey fingers of dawn on Monday crept up on us, but it wasn’t that that had woken me. It was the Austrian clean up crew, their wagon was parked behind us and the radio was blaring out...
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Day Four We woke up cold and stiff, well before the birds were up. The joys of Chisineu Cris had long since evaporated, we were hungry and in need of coffee, maybe there would be something in Arad, on...
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It Is Officially Spring In Bulgaria
Forsythia budsOn Wednesday the 20th March Spring officially arrived in Bulgaria. This was the date of the Vernal, or Spring Equinox. On this day the length of both day and night are approximately the...
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Todorovden
Meeting in the square of IvanchaOn the first Saturday of Lent, five weeks before Easter, Bulgaria celebrates Todorovden. This is also known as Horse Easter. We were told that the village of Ivancha was...
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An English Easter In Bulgaria
Looking towards PaisiiLike many English living in Bulgaria, this weekend has been spent celebrating the normal English Easter. The Eastern Orthodox is not until the beginning of May, so we have to wait...
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It's A Village Life
It is said that a picture paints a thousand words. You will have read some things about village life here in rural Bulgaria, but until you have seen it, it can be difficult to fully appreciate it. As I...
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Down But Not Out
RIP AlbertToday I am feeling a bit down and flat, as yesterday we had to say goodbye to one of our cats. He was a special kind of lad, very demanding and very vocal if you didn't pay him the attention...
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Spring Is Definitely Here
Outside in need of a trimWe can definitely report that Spring is well and truely here. Even though the trees have still got that winter twiggy look to them, they are either covered in blossom or leaf...
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Those Crafty Ladies
Every week a group of ladies, from the local ExPat community, meet up and enjoy an afternoon of arts and crafts. It might be something that they enjoy doing individually, but it is always nice to enjoy...
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