We knew it had to happen eventually and it did. From tee shirt weather to -15 in a matter of days and we finally got some snow. We thought we were ready for the cold spell, after all we’ve all ready done one winter so this one should be no problem. Yet again we were…
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We’re having a go-slow moment
Joe has been struggling with tennis elbow for the last few months but he has still been working, that is up until now. He has been put on sick leave by me so work hasn’t ground to a halt but it has slowed down. With Joe being out of action and me still wanting to…
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Danny goes on his holidays
It’s that time of year when the sound of a gunshot in the morning is a regular occurrence as people slaughter their animals ready for winter. We have been getting ready to do our pigs and have decided Richard will be the first to go then a week later Danny. One of my concerns was…
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We now have a kitchen
Well not a complete finished kitchen but Joe has built the casing for the sink and washing machine so we now have a sink, complete with running water and a drain. At the moment we only have cold water but that is only a detail; the fact that for nearly 9 months we’ve had to carry…
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Friends, helpers and more nuts
The last of this years volunteers, Mark and Melody, have now been and gone, they arrived at the perfect time and helped us get back on track. Along with other jobs Mark re-laid and widened the path in the chicken run that the pigs had destroyed and helped Joe get the windows fitted in the…
Read moreWhy Bulgaria?
This is the most commonly asked question both from our helpers we’ve had this year and also from enquires on our blog; why move to Bulgaria, as opposed to Portugal or France where there are many more expats. So here goes! It all started about 8 years ago when I was volunteering on an archaeology…
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How time flies
The 5th of August was our 1 year anniversary since we bought the house. It’s strange, in one way it doesn’t seem that long ago but in another it seems like we have been here for a lot longer. The house is finally starting to feel like home. I would say for the first 6…
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Staying in a Bulgarian hospital
Recently I was admitted to the local hospital as an emergency patient. I don’t want to go into the reasons but thought my experience might be of interest to some of you. Popovo is a small town so it doesn’t have a major hospital so we weren’t even sure if it had and A&E, but…
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