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It's Not The New Ice Age Is It
As the weather forecasters promised winter has returned these last couple of days. They did get the depth of snow wrong, well so far they have. Some of them were saying that we were due to get a couple...
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Ice Station Zebra Reporting In
Hopefully everyone has noticed that January 2014 is now a thing of the past, and that we are now into February. As any football fan will tell you, January is also when the winter transfer market is...
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The Big Melt Has Started.
It seems as though the big melt is going ahead today. As I stand out in the garden there is not just a drip every now and then, but it is running out of the gutters. The icicle of doom is no more, as...
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Trifon Zarezan Den
St Valentine's DayNot only is February 14th the normal St Valentine's Day, but here in Bulgaria there are a couple of other things that I have to remember. One thing that I always have to avoid...
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A Bulgarian Day Trip
Cherven Medieval Citadel and VillageDespite it still being only February we had made plans last week to have a bit of an awayday this week, weather permitting. Yesterday was our target day as Wednesday...
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Baba Marta Has Arrived
Baba MartaToday is one of my favourite Bulgarian celebrations. It is the celebration to welcome the coming of Spring and the waning of Winter. It is depicted by a cranky old lady called Baba Marta, or...
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A Lighter Look At Bulgaria
For those who don't know today marks the day when the San Stefano peace treaty was signed 136 years ago. In short this meant the liberation of Bulgaria from beneath the 500 year rule of the Ottoman...
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A Full Afternoon, Despite Feeling Rough
Today has been one of those days when you have to try and motivate yourself to do stuff that needs doing. There seems to be a bug or a virus going round at the moment, and both of us have been feeling...
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Baba Marta Is Having One Of Those Days
Do Not DisturbToday is one of those days when Baba Marta is busy talking to herself. One moment she agrees with what she is saying, and the next she is arguing herself. So in other words one moment...
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Spring Bounces Back
Spring Has ReturnedMany of you might have noticed that the other day it was the Vernal Equinox. This is one of two occasions when the length of day is equal to the length of night. Many also view this...
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We're Back To Normal, Whatever That Is
To Var or Not To Var that is the questionHopefully people will be pleased to know that whatever the bug was we have now managed to completely shake it off. It has meant that we are still trying to...
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Meeting Friends In Popovo
In The Square Of PopovoToday we had planned on meeting up with friends in Popovo, having a wander round the shops and maybe a coffee or two. We had been looking forward to this ever since we recovered...
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Donating Blood
Just A DropThose of you who know me through various groups on Facebook will hopefully be aware about this English gentleman up in Ruse who is undergoing a series of operations. It seems as though a...
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My Thoughts On Easter
One of the biggest celebrations is approaching out here in Bulgaria, and that is Easter. Many say that Easter is an even bigger celebration than Christmas. It is certainly a time for large family...
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Doing The Tourist Bit (part1)
DirectionsOnce the Easter break was over we had decided that it was about time we saw some more of what this country has to offer. It is a bit of a bugbear with me, but there is so much to see and do...
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Doing The Tourist Bit (part2)
Directions From The CavesDirections To And From Polski TrambeshSo having finished our teas and coffees, and also having made use of the facilities we left the Devetashka caves (Деветашката пещера) and...
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Божур Фест 2014
As many will know this weekend is a long one, as it is the May Day weekend. So what have you done to celebrate the occasion? Possibly not what some local people, who live abroad, have done. They wanted...
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Preparing For Summer
Here Comes The SummerI don't want to get people too excited unnecessarily, but in the words of Feargal Sharkey and The Undertones, "Here Comes The Summer". The temperatures have been slowly creeping...
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Ringing The Changes
The other day I was busy looking for some music CDs to take over to the barn. I knew which CDs they were, and Net knew which CDs they were, as we had made them last year. As often happens they were...
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The Story Of An Alphabet
May 24th sees a popular celebration here in Bulgaria, it celebrates Bulgarian Education and Culture, and also Slavonic Literature Day. It was first celebrated at a school in Plovdiv, on May 11th in...
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