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Rain Stopped Play
I have a sneaking feeling that many of you will have noticed but we have had a little bit of rain this past 24hours. I don't wish to worry people but I have heard the sound of sawing and hammering from...
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When Sirens Sound
Well, so much for 'flaming June', it seems to be more of a damp squib so far. There has been so much rain just recently that rivers have swollen, and in places they have burst their banks. Roads have...
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Mud On The Road
It seemed like only two weeks ago we were looking forward to the end of the rain. Then the sun came out and everything looked to be heading towards summer again. The day time temperatures were going up...
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Bulgarian Bank Notes
The other day there was a report on the national news saying that foreign tourists, mainly on the Black Sea coast, were being targeted by scammers. These dishonest people are loitering near to sign...
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Music To My Ears
Well another Glastonbury has been and gone, so it seems like quite a good idea to take a look at music over here in Bulgaria. It seems to be all round us at times. Even in this quiet little village you...
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A Slight Cock-Up On The Weather Front
You could be excused for thinking that July is a Summer month. In the course of normal events it is, however this year there seems to have been a bit of a cock up on the weather front. Normally you...
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When Suddenly Not A Lot Happened
Just in case anyone thought that I had fallen off of the face of the Earth, here is a new blog. I had hoped that something interesting might have happened, which could have been incorporated into a...
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A Great Bulgarian
When people are asked about famous, or great, Â Bulgarians, their answers are often quite varied. Certainly many will mention the likes of Vasil Leski or Hristo Botev. There are some who might even...
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It's Almost Like A Water Sport
Many people will tell you that you are often confronted with a string of related problems with a house. They can be structural, electrical or like us it can involve water. We have had water where we...
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There And Back Again
Yesterday started much the same as many other mornings, only it was early and I was awake. It was still dark outside, and even the birds were sensibly still tucked up inside their nests. We were rudely...
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Picture Postcards From Gorna Oryahovitsa
In Bulgaria there are 28 regional Administrative Districts, up here in the centre of Northern Bulgaria, we are under the umbrella of Veliko Tarnovo. Residents of this district are easy to spot as their...
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Mindya Rock Fest VI
I always look forward to this time of year ever since we moved here. Just in case you are wondering why, it is because I enjoy the Rock Fest held at the village of Mindya. This year was the 6th time...
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Bulgarian Unification 6th September 1885
September 6th is an important date for Bulgarians, and not just because it is a National holiday. On this date 129 years ago the Unification of Bulgaria began. Many will point out that on March 3rd the...
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Is It Another Brick In The Wall?
Monday dawned in the village, much the same as any other Monday, but something felt different. I could hear birds singing in the trees, and I could hear tractors and machinery working in fields. There...
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Logging On For Winter
So September is drawing to a close, the nights are getting longer and the days are getting shorter. The temperatures during the night plummet from where they sit during the day, but at least it has...
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Winter Preps Continue
We were working out the other day, that we have now lived here in Paisii for just over six years. In all of that time the only things to stay the same each winter, have been our preparations for it. No...
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Hibernation Starts
We woke up this morning and on looking out of the window we were confronted with a grey, gloomy looking sky. Turning the radio on proved that we were still in Bulgaria, and had not been mysteriously...
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An Old Question Answered
Every so often we get asked the question, "Why did you move to Bulgaria"? Some of you may well have heard this answer before, but I'm guessing that the majority haven't, until now.For those of you who...
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That Time Of Year Again
It has reached that time of year when the weather is predictably unpredictable. As is often the case we have had our first snow, although I am glad to report that it didn't hang round for too long. It...
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Enough To Drive You Crazy
I was speaking to a friend back in the UK the other day, when the conversation got round to the state of the roads. Both over there in the UK, and here in Bulgaria. It was also mentioned that...
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