We both slept beautifully which was probably in large part due to having a proper mattress for the first time in ages. Again we abandoned breakfast for an extra hour in bed. It may sound like are being lazy but we really are ever so tired. Also breakfasts are utterly disappointing in most hostels and not worth the effort we expend getting to them. We dressed and just as we were about to leave I saw the weather out of an upstairs window. SNOW!!! I donned by gloves, scarf, hat and brolly and Rob turned up the collar of his fleece [View Full Entry]

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The alarm went off at twelve and we both woke up rather reluctantly. We packed our things and tried our best to separate the clothes which stank of smoke from last night. After leaving our room we walked over to the main hostel and chatted to people whilst stealing all their music to put on our pda. We struggled to find an available hostel for Sofia. So many people have told us to stay at Hostel Mostel but they are closed for the upcoming future so we got the address of a place called Be My Guest Hostel which has an [View Full Entry]

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We were woken suddenly by the lights being turned on inside the bus. It was five thirty so an hour earlier than we were supposed to arrive in Plovdiv. We asked the steward if this was our stop and she nodded so we jumped off. We just got our bags and the coach drove off leaving us at a station without a name. My instructions from Hikers hostel said to get bus no. 7,20 from the right of the station which we did. We paid the driver and settled down to look out for our stop. It didn't come. After consulting [View Full Entry]

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Well now guess have a new tutor and today was reasonably productive.Builders going on OK but am glad that I have till Fri to assimilate new vocab.More egs of akward way text is set out.About 4 classes ago learnt left was' lyavo'(phonics),turn left otlyavo - no - today I found to go/turn left is nalyavo!! Very confusing and unsettling.Really could do with a text written from an English- speaking perception!! Long term goal ?!Ok just an addendum. Off to get milk make food and wrap presents.Bye [View Full Entry]

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On way home wind got up to storm force rocking van, then joined by snow/sleet.So much for getting home before the men left However on way to Krumevo after negotiating awful traffic jams I was being flagged down by van in front with hazards on.Katastroph was all he was saying and though he didn't recognise me I reckonised him as deputy foreman and realised that van was worker's on way to pick up at the house!!It was apparent that a power line though still attached was lying low across the road and they needed to do guard duty till officials came [View Full Entry]

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Well bath was delivered as planned and lesson went ok despite lack of managing to revise the verbs in the vocab.Then found that tutor would be away for 8 days but hopefully ring today and check if he was in. Went to office to let them know and he and staff agreed that rather than wait I should go on Weds and fri for tutor with stand-in.Reluctantly agreed having thought I would have all the time to revise and manage work started on upstairs.(Mon only brought materials and start was set for tues.) Weds came and work was progressing well so [View Full Entry]

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....and one still won't eat his veggies! Woohoo! Third Intrepid tour in a row! I'm quite the adventurer now aren't I? This last tour was through Eastern Europe, crossing four countries and only on one continent this time. I tell you what though, Budapest was a bit of a shock after six weeks in the Middle East. It's definitely Eastern Europe - it's more industrial, a bit less colourful and a bit cooler. Those judgements made we picked up the airport shuttle direct to the hotel (it seemed a bit of a pain to try and do it by public transport [View Full Entry]

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Hey lieve kinders, Wederom een aflevering van pieter in Bulgarije. Allereerst, ik heb voor de eerste keer onderwijs gehad! Ik ben dus nu officieel student in bulgarije. Onderwijs bestaat blijkbaar uit een praatje met je professor in haar bureautje met nog 2 andere erasmus studenten erbij; het lijkt op een soort privé les. De courses die ik volg zijn speciaal voor ons ontworpen en mijn examen bestaat uit het schrijven van een essay van 3 kantjes die over 'my perspectives on Bulgarian history' moet gaan: kortom ik prijs de bulgaren even de hemel in aangaande hun roemrijke geschiedenis en ploef... daar [View Full Entry]

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Anne and I are back from our trip to Bulgaria. In fact we have been back for a while now, and as some of you know, I have been somewhat lax in updating the Blog. Bulgaria is a great country, and I would highly recommend anyone passing by to stop for a while. Ideally you should 'stop by' via aircraft. Under all circumstances avoid our route - across the Turkey/Bulgaria border. Whether by train or bus, it's a nightmare. The bureaucracy adds an additional 3 hours to an otherwise 6 hour trip. The conditions of both transports are woeful. Whilst there [View Full Entry]

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Whilst I took a break from revising I wanted to write this in Boyana .Wouldn't accept password so went into my supergran addres.Never read blogs once on the net but couldn't resist a look over them. Fascinating what you forget!!Nice to have permanent reminder - but in reading them I discovered that i was talking about finishing outstanding building work in Aug.Now late oct and motivated by the need to complete alterations by 23/11 (when I start return journey, Valisar hopes to finish roof of 24 and alterations in structure of 2 upstairs rooms(at least sufficiently for me to move new [View Full Entry]

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