One of the reasons we chose to live in Bulgaria was the wildlife. We haven’t had much time to see much of it yet but I look forward to when we can go out and hopefully see some of the animals we have around us. We had otters where we lived in the UK and…
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We have a shower!
After two and a half months without a functioning bathroom, our new bathroom is finally open for business! The shower has been put back in, and we have the hot water boiler renovated and working. Most of the tiling and the majority of the painting and plastering is done. The trencher idea didn’t work out as…
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Christmas in Bulgaria, 2014
We weren’t quite sure what to expect from a Christmas in Bulgaria. We’d researched about the traditions observed here and got a lot of different information, but still couldn’t find out what happened locally. Most of our Bulgarian neighbours went to stay with their families in Popovo, so our neighbourhood felt quite deserted on Christmas…
Read moreMerry Christmas!
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas, and all the best for the New Year. Lots of love from Julie and Joe.
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December in the garden
We’ve had some lovely warm weather in December, after what has seemed like weeks of rain and clag, so Julie and I have taken the opportunity to get some work done in the garden while it’s been warm enough to get outdoors. One of our Bulgarian neighbours came round and swapped my recipe for bread…
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New arrivals!
We got chickens!!! Some friends of ours have had to return to the UK and asked us if we wanted their chickens. Naturally we said yes, so we now have five hens, all still laying and they are lovely birds. They’re very used to being handled, interested in everything we do, and they seem to…
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A bit of repurposing
The weather took a turn for the worse at the end of November / beginning of December, too cold to carry on with the building work in the bathroom and too wet to do anything in the garden, but there was still work that could be completed ahead of when it was needed. One of these…
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Making Sauerkraut
One of the things I’ve fancied having a go at making is sauerkraut. All that lacto-fermentation stuff sounds really interesting, so now, when the market in Popovo is laden with humongous cabbages, seems like a good time to try it out. I found a decent sounding recipe, and bought a cabbage. Because it was my…
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