26th October 2011 A lucky France beat Wales in the Rugby World Cup, and the following weekend promptly lost to New Zealand in a tight match. Meanwhile, my week was every bit as dramatic, if somewhat less dignified. We had two days of torrential rain, during which the Turks failed to turn up for work,… Continue Reading

In my first Bulgarian blog, I mentioned that I contracted a tummy bug which we suspected came from eating eggs, David felt unwell too and unlike myself, he continued to eat despite there being an unpleasant ‘movement’ through his body for around five days (I thought he might explode at any time). And then, a… Continue Reading

10th October 2011 t first, while the UK basked in a record heatwave, Ritya was a more comfortable 3–4 degrees cooler. As Britain has returned to its seasonal norm, the temperature in Bulgaria plummeted, and the rain hasn’t stopped for two days. All work on the house has shifted indoors, and our Turkish wall-builders have… Continue Reading

7th October 2011 My Saturday night WizzAir flight to Sofia from Luton went without a hitch. David was waiting in the arrivals lounge when I landed at 3.40 am, having arrived himself barely thirty minutes earlier after a three-and-a-half-hour drive. We exchanged greetings and headed for Ritya, stopping once for coffee and a pastry, standard… Continue Reading