On a teachers' excursion - it was my counterpart's birthday. We stayed in a town of 6 houses and enjoyed all that Troyan had to offer. Enjoy the pictures. [View Full Entry]

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Re car: Having left it with them for repair I got back at 6 to find that they did not know yet what was wrong but to bring it back in on Mon when they would try to diagnose again and fit the windscreen (tues am)which had arrived on Thurs. As a result I had to find a way round no car Mon nite to get home in. Georgies neice agreed to put me up for the night and Mater was going to come in with me to spend time with her.Over the weekend the light did not come on and [View Full Entry]

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Since my last blog I have had the pleasure of J+J staying over to try and buy a house in the countryside.I am pleased to report that this was accomplished along with another for Clinotherm.We also had time to visit Balchik and this time saw a snake in the walls and lizards and butterflies and frogs the next day at Yunets. So a great time was had by all. Subsequently the car threw another problem yesterday when the 'water in diesel' warning light came on necessitating another visit to Nissan!!!Having found no water yesterday I have left it with them today [View Full Entry]

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I wouldn't make a good hobo. I'm not addicted to crack, I haven't got a beard, and I have trouble enough sleeping in hostel beds, especially if the pillows are too big. So managing to get an hour's shut-eye on the floor of a Bulgarian railway station with prostitutes and other undesirable characters roaming around nearby surprised me. It had been none of our intentions to spend the night on the hard marble floor of Ruse station, believe it or not. Mildly hungover, we had set off from Brasov at 2pm and spent a couple of hours at Bucharest before catching [View Full Entry]

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Well this is the first day I feel sane and in control of my destiny! The weather has been superb(if anything too hot) so all visitors ' sunny holidays satisfied. Also Mata and georgie can not stop telling people about my delightful family.You all made a great hit in this camp!! However having done its duty the weather has now turned to sporadic rain and overcast but is still too hot to be genuinely autumnal.Have got round at last to organising my 'firm's work and looking forward to 2nd visit from Jan and John who hope to purchase a 'country' property [View Full Entry]

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Well, we had 3 weeks in the resort of Sunny Beach staying in a gorgeous studio apartment (which cost us less per night than camping in Bohinj!) about 15 mins drive from the mayhem of Sunny Beach resort. We had it all... glorious weather (up to 37 degrees one day), more swimming pools than we could ever hope to swim in (including the wave pool that our studio overlooked), a balcony with a fabulous sea view where we spent our nights reading and playing chess (while drinking v cheap beer & wine) and a fully fitted kitchen where we cooked gorgeous [View Full Entry]

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Just re read last blog. Sorry that it has been so long since my last update but despite the fact that i'd a lovely visit in Plymouth,enjoyable visit to Koln zoo and still arrived at Romanian border in two days - yet again disaster struck in Romania.Originally my fault when after a tortous time in the dark negotiating road repairs to E70 and numerous traffic light controlled stops, I guess I relaxed too much once on flat ground allowing rear tyre to clip a high parapet. As a result the blow out caused the rear end to swing out and as [View Full Entry]

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It's been three months since I've arrived in Bulgaria. Now, in the comfort of my apartment overlooking the Black Sea and the ever so glorious Helios Bay, I write about the journey I have traveled up until this point. I am coming to grips with the Cyrillic tongue faster than I ever imagined, sometimes finding Bulgarian at the tip of my tongue before even breeding an English thought. Such is novel to me as it has been awhile since I have been forced to twinkle my synapses. There is much to say about this country. Ridden with mountains that reach around [View Full Entry]

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The 28th of June, 2008 8:44 AM Somewhere over Bulgarıa I´ve gıt fırty fıve mınutes tıll the plane´s expected arrıval ın Istanbul, so I´d thought I´d copy out some Turkısh words and phrases I'll be usıng İyi günler- Good dayHello Adimiz he- What´s your name? Benım Adım- My name Merhaba-hello Nasılısmız-How are you Teşekür ederim- Thank you Bende Ben- I Memnun Oldum- Pleased to meet you Nerden geliyorsunuz-where do you come from? Amerıcádan gellyorum- I come from Amerıca Bukın-Who &# [View Full Entry]

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Once again sitting at the top of the village to get signal! Leaving for england on Sat. Car went through yet another clutch repair although this time I got relayed to varna and hopefully I think I found the right garage at last.Not counting chickens again but if it survives to Eng then I might be able to relax.Put 4 new summer tyres on ,got brakes checked.All OK and handbrake tightened up.So should have a pleasant journey tho past experiences don't make me optimistic.Melons planted and coming up.No sign of corn leaves yet.Orchids out all time now and the remaining ones [View Full Entry]

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