Once again a trip to Notary in Varna today, and it will probably not be the last time. We used the opportunity to go to ‘Praktiker’ to buy more storage boxes, a mop, as well as a ‘Techno – Pilot’ vacuum cleaner. We were recommended this in fluent Bulgarian, we think anyway 🙂 But she was good at explaining with her hands. 🙂
We are stressed back home for meeting Maya who runs ‘Bulgarian Homecare’, ie the company that has all maintenance, rental, airport transportation etc. A talented and busy lady who has many tasks to take care of.

Yesterday we learned that the car that was ordered and was to be delivered in September cannot be delivered anyway. Incredibly boring message to get on the tamp, so the deal was canceled. We can pick up the thread next spring, or drive down Roar’s ‘Santa Fe’ and register it here in Bulgaria.
Last night …… no ….. we won’t travel ??. We are doing very well here and since we are in the process of building houses in Solnik for future housing, we feel already belonged here.
We took an evening bath in the pool as we are alone on this side of the complex. Refreshing ?‍♂️?‍♀️?

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 bottles of unopened wine of some kind, and I couldn’t wait. The smell was indescribably good, cherry. The smell was fresh and good, tasted like port wine. It must be old. Maybe 30-40 years? I have to remember to ask Vanja.

We got real thunder & lightning with subsequent splashing rain so we got wet to the skin. But what does that mean when the temperature is just as good.
Then we got the sign from the local hardware store. With ‘private property’, It turned out that the boy had grown tomatoes in Solnik next to a job at the bank in Byala, to get enough income. But then he started the hardware business, which looks very good. Always many customers in the store. We think the parents work there too, but today we learned that it is actually the boy himself who is the owner. He has appreciated the value of good service, which we have said we really appreciate.
Another fantastic evening in the garden and we enjoy lots of.

After the intake of Rakia, Roar was surprisingly early up this morning. I have to have my 7-8 hours of sleep, so we didn’t drive to Solnik before for 12 am.
On the way to Solnik we saw a fatal accident. Front collision between passenger car and a tanker. Dead people were on the road so the accident had just happened. Police and fire department were on site, but no ambulance and doctors. No life-saving rescue unfortunately, there was no doubt that the girl lying on the road was dead. Incredibly sad and strong experience?? Our thoughts go to the family who have lost someone today.
 In Solnik Roar got the fence arranged so that it can withstand a winter storm, and I spray painted ‘private property’ which we were recommended by Tsvetan. We also ordered a sign on the local hardware store with the inscription ‘private property, access prohibited’ so that everyone knows that they cannot take shelter in the house, as they sometimes do in abandoned houses.
It was a nice day, but our thoughts goes back to the accident. The road was redirected for many hours afterwards, so we were directed around the road via Obzor back.

We were sitting in the garden in the evenings at night listening to music that we very often do, and not surprisingly it became Robert Plant’s ‘Fate of Nations’ which is our ultimate favorite music.

After a tip from Vanja, I realized that my previous attempt to find the place with the waterfall and the water, which supposedly should be very salty, was not right anyway. I used google maps / earth to try to locate where this could be. And this time I found a place marked ‘Водопад Солник Park’, which means Solnik waterfall, if my translation is correct. Roy and the family are sporty people and they really liked to join the trip. And it was a bit of a walk, with some fumbling on which direction we should choose. In open loins it is very easy, but when we enter the forest with several gorges, it quickly becomes much more difficult. But with a little confusing google maps on the phone we managed to regain control and find the direction. Roy had ‘traced’ the tour and it was comical to see how we had gone. 3.5 hours we spent on the trip which could have been much shorter had there been a marked path or knowledge of the shortest route. But we will have a time to find out later. Impressive of the girls of Roy and Riikka who they managed without complaining one second. But the end of the show was that we had followed google maps location to the top of the waterfall and it was dangerous to start going down to the bottom from there. It was already getting late, so we decided to go back. But next time it will be easier to find the right path to the bottom. Anyway, it didn’t seem like there was running water from the top, but there may be other waterfalls on the spot that we didn’t see where we stood.

Today all of us went on to the beach in Obzor. There aren’t many beach days we’ve had here, so it was lovely. Not easy to find parking in Obzor, as it is a popular place. Especially because of the long beach and that it is easily accessible. We found a parking place we were a little unsure of, but took the chance. We shouldn’t have done that. When Roar went to check, there was set wheel lock on one of the car deck. Kr 100.- in fine. Not exactly the biggest fine, but we just had to look for new parking place before eating at Hotel Dukov.

Then we got a brand new washing machine in the complex anyway :-).

Today we had a nice morning at the pool before all of us went to Solnik, where we had an appointment with those who run the poultry farm in Solnik.
We wanted to show the nice birds to our guests. Took a stop on the road to take pictures by the sunflower meadow. We had a great time there in the yard where we bought coffee, soda and water. It resulted in some toilet visits before returning. Riikka was unlucky when the door lock wouldn’t open again. There we were without an interpreter, but we manage to guide the owner to the place and the problem gradually became self-explanatory. The owner took a phone to call for some help, but the door was and remained locked. Luckily there was a small window on the toilet, and since Riikka is a slim lady, we got her out through the window. Roy and Roar lifted her out. What a vision. I just had to take some pictures of the session. Riikka took it all in a good mood and we were allowed to post a picture on the blog.

Afterwards we went Solnik Garden so that they could see how it looks. There they were harvesting the grain with large machines. There is activity in the area and it is good we think.
The evening was spent in a cozy restaurant, before strolling home and taking the night. You get sleepy after a long day in Bulgaria. Both the sea air and the early dark evenings have some significance.

We met Vanja and Galin in Solnik when they had arranged workmen to help us remove all the trees we have pulled out. As well as tearing the old shed. We agreed to start the next morning at 8:00.
Due to deaths in the village, the festival was canceled, so Vanja suggested that we stop by a cafe when we first were there. And what a place! Behind the fences it hid a fantastic world, with ostriches, turkeys, pheasants, chickens, and
roosters of various kinds. Fantastic!! We were welcomed by an elderly lovely 84-year-old lady and her daughter (we believe). Small quails lay eggs while we are there and we bring with us 4 small eggs, as well as two chicken eggs that are light blue in the shell.
We will bring visitors from Norway here. That is for sure.
The talk goes and Galin gets a great job of translating everything. What should we do without him? Galin and his brother Plamen are important people for us, as they speak English. That make it possible for us talk to Vanja and Gergio. Great youth!
But as Galin says, I didn’t know that. He gets first-hand knowledge of the history and family he didn’t know before. Very good he something back from all the work of translation. It gives us a little better conscience 🙂

After that we went to the apartment and waited for Roy to come with family.

Today I had to get my work clothes out from the washing machine that stopped working yesterday afternoon. There are many who wants to wash their clothes and bags of clothes is standing in line. I thought the fuse had gone, but the service man called my doorbell this morning and wanted me to take out the clothes from the machine. I tried to ask on my “Bulnorsk” language if there will be a new one? But no, here was the answer Kaputt, Service. A little different mentality here than at home in Norway, although I thought it could have been replaced with a new. But we should be better at repairing things, as it was in the past. So I just had to get on with washing the clothes by hand.

Not surprisingly, we spent most of the day in Solnik. We must take advantage of the weather when it’s not too hot. In the next week, it is reported considerably warmer, and we also get a visit and then there will probably be less work.
By the way, we found out who is in the house as well. It’s a weasel. Got a good glimpse of it with a pear in his mouth. I thought for a while there was a small fox because of the stool. But now we know who is rummaging in there. It is part of the house that is separated so we hear it when we are there.
Exhausted but satisfied we spent the evening in the garden in Byala. Life is by no means the worst here in Bulgaria??

Today, there was a meeting with lawyer Tsvetan (left) and architect Evgueni (right). We lacked Zdravka in the picture, she will do all the detailed drawings and get the plans approved with the municipality and necessary agencies. We do not want any problems in retrospect.

Our interpreter Eve follows closely and translates everything that is said in Bulgarian into English. It was a very productive meeting that resulted in some important changes that could be very good for the final solution. Two steps forward and one back. But we realize that the time we spend now is very important for the end product.

After the meeting we met Roger at Happy in Varna. Always nice to meet Roger for a good chat. Then we got a decent lunch at Happy at the same time.

But very good for the plants that are drying out 🙂
And I can work a little with the blog, including posting English text in addition to Norwegian. As this…