July 13 2019 – St. Anastasia Island and Ravadinovo Castle

Today we started out with our family from Bulgaria to an island outside Burgas called “Saint Anastasia”. This is a boat trip of about half an hour. Halfway through the trip we could see a small island that was our destination. The first thing we noticed at landing was an anchor that was turned upside…

Today, Tuesday, the day has been spent looking at different apartments in Byala. We need a place to be while the farm in Solnik is restored. Dobrinka & co has, as usual, done a very good job. Hard to decide.

Now that we have got the key to the ‘office’ we can start storing things there. So today we went to Solnik to collect the ‘treasures’, that is, old things we found in the houses. Old glass, vases, ceramics, hand-woven rugs etc. We brought it home and washed it for years of dusty conditions. Four…

On Friday 27 August we met Roger Solbakke in Varna. Always nice to have a chat with Roger. He has followed us from the first moment here in Bulgaria. Luba was at work so we did not meet her unfortunately. Furthermore, we met Maya from Bulgarian HomeCare. For practical reasons, she was authorized to pay…

Tonight we invited the Vanja family to ‘Norwegian Taco’. A little skepticism at first but eventually they become familiar with the taste and it goes away. We brought most of the raw materials from Norway except minced meat and salad, onions etc. The guys just loved the taste eventually, which we know the youth likes…

Today we started the day to arrange the climbing plant (clematis) over the pergola. We asked the gardener to remove several branches of the big trees that had grown over and shadowed the creeper plant. A little self gardening work was necessary. It was fine in the end. While Jorunn relaxed in the apartment I…