I awoke at 3.30 am, as I often do, and noticed on my phone that there had been a terrible bomb attack in Manchester. Our eldest son and his girlfriend live in Manchester and so I was immediately worried and…

After we had wandered into the local village of Dragizhevo we finished yesterday on the terrace of Camping Veliko Tarnova’s restaurant. My first draft beer since the ferry from Italy to Greece two months ago went down very well, followed…

Bulgaria’s weather has been very kind to sun lovers in the last 24 hours. We had barely finished our pea and potato curry outside, when lightning filled the horizon and by the time we had gone to bed it was…

We went out in Koprivshtitsa last night for a bite to eat and again randomly tried some Bulgarian dishes. The starter of beans with tomato, red pepper and other bits was a big hit with both of us. The aubergine…