Boy o boy is time dragging it seems an eternity till we move and what's worse we have put our move back 3 weeks for family reasons. We are now planning on leaving the UK on December the 27th and weather permitting arriving in Bulgaria on the 1st January. Oh well new year new start and all that.
anyway plans are forging on Bailey the pampered pooch now has his passport. EBay is my new friend in buying all sorts from first aid kits to plant seeds off it and we are slowly selling the contents of our house on it. Our dining table and chairs went last week which was great timing as we had friends round for dinner we normally eat with trays on our laps anyway. At least they didn't come this week or they would have nowt to sit on.
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| He 's containing his excitement |
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| One for chopping logs and one for kindling |
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| I got some GB Stickers for Vladi the Caddy |
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| Some seeds for next year. |
It was Saturday the 6th October and we headed back to Bulgaria the flight was on time but we had to wait a while for our hire car at Sofia not the usual standard of service we have had but at least we got an upgrade to a clio estate, then we set off for the long drive to our house.
That night we went out for a meal but the nearby restaurant had a wedding reception on so it was a quick trip to a nearby supermarket and frozen pizza and wedges quick and easy and an early night as we were all shattered.
The following morning I was up early at 5.30am yes there are two of them in a day . It was so much colder than when we were last there in July but as the sun Rose it turned into a gorgeous day of 24 degrees centigrade.
We headed off to show Ross and Megan the big city and had a great day looking round with a lovely lunch Sat outside one of the many restaurants.
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| Me and Julie lunch at La Strada |
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| Ross chilling by the fountain in the main square |
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| Julie being a tourist |
After a look around the city we headed up for a look at the Danube and watched the world go by for a bit, then home via the supermarket for a few bits for tea.
Monday was off to Popovo for a look round a banitsa breakfast and we found a good butchers shop where the lady spoke a little english so we decided to have a BBQ for tea she was really helpful telling us what was good and what was not good we will be going back there.
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| Improvised BBQ |
We made a BBQ out of half an oil drum and sat and watched the stars in the sky before retiring to the house and trying out our petchka which soon became that hot we had to open the door to cool down.
Tuesday was a trip to nearby Cherven which has a medival castle on its hill and has some stunning views.
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| Ross on the medival castle walls |
There is a small cafe bar in cherven so we stopped for a spot of lunch and bumped into some English people who live nearby so it was good to chat and get some valuable tips about life in Bulgaria.
Back in the home front everything in the garden seems to have grown since we were last there especially the weeds. We will have a big task on our hands next year taming it but we will have the time.
We bumped into Ivan our neighbour who stopped as he drove past for a chat. Him in Bulgarian me on Google translate, God knows what he thinks in on about half the time. We were outside the house when he drove past with his rap music blaring in his car, not what middle aged men are expected to listen too but he is very friendly and remembered our horse incident from july.
The following day he stopped as I was walking up the lane and showed me his car full of vegetables he was off to some market to sell them either that or he was going to a vegetable convention somewhere I suspect though he was off to market. He is a lovely guy.
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| Overgrown gate between two of our fields |
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| Ross looking up to me in barn roof |
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| Snake city central |
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| Walnuts we have two walnut trees |
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| Don't think our grapes will win many prizes this year but wow are they sweet |
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| Found this in the house apparently Niki Lauda has had a crash |
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| Sledge in our barn roof |
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| Our local shop/bar |
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We met this lovely lady in the bar in July she greeted us like long lost friends.
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| It's a rat race here |
Sadly Wednesday came too soon and we had to leave. We had decided to break the journey back to Sofia with an overnight stop in Lovech so we didn't have a mega early start to our day.
We had a couple of drinks in Lovech and a lovely meal it was over too soon.
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| Me and Julie in Lovech. |
Well next time we are in Bulgaria it will be to live.
