As the days fly by. Last full day in Bulgaria. We had the last meeting with Advokat Tsvetan where he received all authorizations to represent Roar for further work / collaboration with the Architect and client. There was an interpreter who read through all the documents in English so that there is no doubt what…

Eggs and bacon for brunch, a trip to Solnik to feed the kitten and visit the cemetery to see if we could find the graves of Vanja’s grandparents. We found Ivan’s but not his grandmother. Home to work on the blog. 

New meeting with Architect and engineer Petrov, where also Georgi, who had given a good offer, also came to go through in more detail what the offer contained. A good meeting. Afterwards, Georgi and Tsvetan went on an inspection of the property. All current brick buildings must be dismantled by hand so that bricks, as…

In Varna I had seen a winter coat at the Grand mall, so then there was a trip there after breakfast. Since Roar did not bring food and water to the cats in Solnik yesterday, we drove past the farm on the way home from Varna to feed the cats. Only two of them were…

On Monday 6 September, Roar went on a trip to Solnik while I stayed in the apartment to wash clothes and read my book. Roar called to be able to tell that three small, almost blind kittens came staggering and meowing out of the bush, clearly seeking contact. They were so small that they should…

Saturday 4 September At 10.00 we were in Phelnik where Vanja and the family live. They had planned a weekend trip with accommodation to show us different attractions. We drove approx. 4 hours to Etera in Gabrovo. A place more like a village museum that shows Bulgarian traditions. Buildings and crafts. Furthermore, we went to…

Another day off that we used to explore a gem that Evgueni told us about. Surf school extreme. A beautiful little beach with straw umbrellas where you have to go through a serviced ‘barrier’ to pass. We would never have found this place without local knowledge from Evgueni. A beautiful gem. No mass tourism to…

We picked up Lawyer Tsvetan outside his office in Varna and drove together to meet engineer Petrov and architect Dean in their office, also in Varna. Review of technical drawings, planning and discussion. Another constructive meeting with mr. Dean. We have managed to build up good cooperation via Skype meetings where we have worked our…

Wednesday the first of September was a heavy day you could say. At least for the one of us who drank rakia until 05.00 in the morning. It was a trip to the beach then too, pizza at the restaurant and early evening zzzzzzzz …… …

After breakfast with eggs and bacon we took a walk down to the beach in Byala to swim. Since the apartment is located on the plateau at the top of the city, there will be steep slopes down and long slopes up again. But it was refreshing with a bath. It is not what we…