Bulgaria with Noodles

After I put AJ on the coach to Sofia, I went back to Daveri. It was good to see my wife and our naughty little dog. Then Irena decided that she also wanted some time in Veliko Tarnovo, so we stayed in VT for a few days.  We finally, finally paid the deposit for the loft insulation. I do not like the idea of unwrapping rolls of that horrible stuff called fibreglass, but that was the cheapest option. I am just hoping that I can get the rolls through the loft hatch. Just before we left for VT, I looked in our letterbox and lo and behold! There was a nice card from Peter and a CD of photos. Every year, he always sends me lots of photos that he has taken during his holiday in Bulgaria. He really has taken some good photos. Well, now we are back again in Daveri, having made no less than TWO visits to Kaufland. Tina is very happy to be running around the garden once again.  As for my blog, it has now notched up more than 100,000 "hits". Wow! The big question for me is why I hardly e

Maybe some  people in the UK can remember J.R. Ewing and O.J. Simpson, so this just shows that the most reputable individuals in America always go by their initials. AJ is an old friend from our days in Shenzhen. He says that things have got a lot tougher for expats since our departure, with the Chinese government tightening the screws and making life harder for foreigners living in China. Well, AJ did not find life too tough in Bulgaria. I collected him from the airport in Sofia and then we had five or six days in and around Daveri, doing all the fairly obvious things, such as a wander around Elena, a walk around the lake in Palitsi and a trip to the Ruhovtsi waterfall, as well as playing badminton and croquet.  No, I did not bother with another touristy visit to Tsaravets, as I have already seen it so many times, but of course AJ had to see it. We did, however, manage to fit in a walk with the VT Walkers and it was good to see some familiar faces.  If you have not already guessed,