Or, the perils of buying things in supermarkets when you don’t speak the language. Looking for frozen chicken in the freezer and I found something called “трътки пилешки”. Пилешки means chicken, and it looked like pieces, so I bought them. Turned out to be a whole packet of parson’s noses. Yummm, chicken arseholes boiled with…
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Day-to-day diary entries
Goodbye to the storks
I’ve never seen so many storks in a flock before. We think they are gathering, preparing for their migration south for winter. We wish them all the best, and hope to see them again next year!
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Three weeks in
We’ve been in our new house for three weeks now, and in Palamartsa for five. We think we’ve done really well getting the house sorted out and liveable, especially with the hectic social life we’ve had since we moved into our new home! We’ve met most of our immediate neighbours, been to four evening meals,…
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Unexpected visitors
We have always said we don’t want any animals until next year, so imagine our surprise when we ended up playing host to a volunteer, two goats, two horses and a dog! A friend we had met earlier in Bulgaria needed help with temporarily housing some animals she was looking after. It’s a long and complicated…
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Wood delivery
On only our second day in our house we met a friendly bloke called Ivan (nearly all the men are called Ivan, apparently. They have nicknames so people can tell them apart!), who offered to organise our wood for us. It duly arrived the next day and was dropped off in our driveway. The price…
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We’ve got a house!
After hunting for weeks, and looking at loads of properties in the area, we’ve finally found our dream house! It’s an old, but not too old, house on the outskirts of the village. It used to belong to a doctor, and has obviously been well kept, compared to a lot of other buildings we’ve seen….
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Arriving in Bulgaria
After the ordeal of our journey through Europe, a short stay with friends near to Veliko Turnovo was very welcome. We relaxed, helped to feed the pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits, and asked lots of questions about keeping livestock. Feeling much refreshed, we set off to Palamartsa to find our rented accommodation. From the description…
Read moreDriving to Bulgaria
Having spent weeks paring down our belongings, our load consisted of a 750kg, 8ft x 5ft trailer, a full estate car and a bike on the back. This restricted our speeds to 55mph. This was actually quite enjoyable, as we were able to sit at a steady speed, without having to worry about all that…
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