A Weekend in Kalotina, Part 1


The weather forecast said that it was going to be warm and sunny. The Nissan garage had finally (finally!) fixed the problem with the powered steering, so we decided to have a weekend away from Sofia and go to Kalotina. There was an extra reason for going: Ira needed her old passports in order to apply for her Russian visa.


We left at a reasonable hour on Saturday morning, so the traffic on the ring road was not a problem. It was sunny and pleasant spring weather as we drove to our villa in Kalotina. Yes, the house was still there and the dogs in the village were pleased to see us. When I went up into the loft to check, there was no sound of buzzing and nothing flying about, so perhaps the fumigation smoke did its business.

Although we had the central heating system going full blast all day, it was slow to get going and make a difference to the temperature inside the house. I suppose that the whole house was so cold, after nearly three months of standing empty.  


The birds were chorusing and we could hear a few woodpeckers bashing away at an old tree somewhere. We were a bit miffed to discover four or five holes in the large wooden beam above the top balcony. Obviously this was the work of a woodpecker, but does it mean that there are insects inside the beam? Or was he just practising?   

Comments

  1. Unknown30 March 2019 at 07:05

    Will you plant flowers in your garden?

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  2. the hippopotamus30 March 2019 at 11:59

    My dear wife has already planted some tulips. Perhaps some more would be good.

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