Bulgaria with Noodles

Lawrence of Arabia would not appreciate the title of this post. Well, hard luck, T. E.  Now, just in case you had not noticed, our country house in Daveri has five wooden pillars or columns on the terrace, next to the kitchen. These pillars support the wooden balcony above and that, in turn, supports part of the roof. In other words, if there is a problem with these pillars, then the knock-on effects for the rest of the house are going to be pretty blooming awful. Well, in case you had not guessed, there really are some serious problems with these pillars. Allan, the previous owner of the house, had built concrete “boxes” around the bottom of each pillar. Vincent warned us about them when we first arrived in Daveri, but things seemed to be okay. Les, a former builder, said that there wasn’t a problem. He recommended linseed oil for preserving the wood and so I duly bought some and applied it to the columns, but of course I could not apply it to the bottom part of them because the...

I think that my old friend Peter enjoyed his holiday in Bulgaria. This year, we did not find lots of electrical problems for him to fix, so he actually had a real holiday for once. Tina was very pleased to see her Uncle Peter again.  I am sure that all of my Chinese readers will appreciate some photos of FOOD. As well as eating lots of delicious food that was cooked by my dear wife, we also went to a restaurant in Elena that was quite good, but a bit more upmarket (and more expensive) than the mehana we usually go to.  "Tikiya Kit" seems to be the name of the restaurant and no, I do not know what that means, but the food was yummy. We also had some rather good scoffing in Veliko Tarnovo.  The bad news is that my dear wife keeps making comments about my need for exercise and a diet!