Well we've been out today to stock up on much needed supplies, the kids had started complaining about being made to eat my "When the snow's here" winter stock piles of food from the freezer and we were almost out of dog food too (and vodka!).
Once winter has truly arrived we make the decision to stay at home with the log burner on and a good book rather than risk our lives and make unnecessary trips anywhere. It may seem boring to some but it's quite nice to be honest. Being able to slop around in your pj's all day is great too - although I do put on over trousers for going to feed and check the animals!
So our trip out today made a change although the roads were far from ideal and the temperatures dropped to -10 degrees C the closer to town we got. The closest large town to us is 22km's away and usually the drive takes no longer than 25 minutes. Today it was double that as the other half was going steady to avoid slipping and sliding on the snowy roads. We were amazed that the roads had been gritted though as in past years they haven't been - is Bulgaria moving forwards? I'm not so sure about that.
I do love to see the beautiful Bulgarian countryside all covered in snow, the trees looking sparkly and the fantastic icicles hanging everywhere. Hubby's not so keen and could quite happily never see snow again in his life. The kids aren't interested in sledging or snowball fights this year and the 2 spaniels come in from the garden looking like Yeti's. Although Yantra the latest dog has decided that her place is right in front of the fire and she's not moving for anybody.
All in all we're still happy in our little world, Bulgaria has, and continues to be full of new experiences and things we'll remember for a long time. Each year has been different and encouraged us to try harder. There were no new years resolutions made here but I'm hopeful that 2011 will be a good one. We'll just have to wait and see. Another few weeks and the snow will be disappearing, then we know it's only a matter of time before the summer sun will be back.
Happy new year Suzy. I think I would rather have the snow, rather than this dark, wet and miserable weather we have been having. We hope to be visiting Bulgaria in March with a view to settling out there as soon as our house is sold.
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Hi Jak and a happy new year to you also. Must admit we don't get much truly miserable weather here and even during winter we can have some fantastic sunny days - not today though, it's foggy lol.
ReplyDeleteWhereabouts in Bulgaria are you planning on looking? There are loads of properties available everywhere and some good bargains. All depends on what you're looking for I guess.
Took us quite a few trips to find what were looking for as most houses don't have this much land. I really hope your trip goes well and you find Bulgaria as beautiful as we do.
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever run out of vodka.
ReplyDeleteMy God, woman, what kind of house are you running there?