Hello everyone, welcome back!
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| Girls in the sunflowers |
We have been hosting guests constantly since I last updated and have really been enjoying the weather and having a proper holiday! This post will mostly be holiday snaps as we've done absolutely no work on the house - although we have, of course, been keeping up work in the veg garden.
I've just looked over my previous post and the landscape has already changed so much in 3 weeks! The 'hose-pipe ban' I reported last time is still in place and has even lead to some villages being without water (thankfully not ours!) The surrounding countryside is scorched yellow and brown - and our veg patch is looking pretty similar. We have had some intermittent storms, but not enough to give the earth the proper drink it needs. (UPDATE - I wrote that yesterday and it has been raining all day today, so that is good news!)
I've also been trying to promote our site through social media too, so if you all could take a minute to follow us on Facebook and Instagram we would really appreciate it! (I also update regularly with pictures of what we've been doing here.)
Our Instagram is... @kukuvitsacamping
Okay, that's enough self promotion, on with the blog... :-D
6th - 11th Mabel and Bert
My cousin and her friend were doing a bit of travelling in their summer holidays so came to stay with us for a few days. We had such a lovely time with them. The weather was unbelievably hot for the whole time they stayed so we did lots of relaxing and swimming, as well as eating the usual amazing food and strolling lazily around the village. They were fabulous guests and we hope to have them back here again soon!
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| Cousins :-) |
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| Cheers! |
The first couple of days they were here we had a couple of things to do n the mornings. We went to Chirpan market on the Friday morning and showed them around the town. On the Saturday morning we had the monthly Car Boot Sale so we all set off early to sell bacon rolls. Unfortunately it was the quietest event yet - probably because it is festival and holiday season so people have other things going on. Still, we sold a few sandwiches and the girls picked up some bargains from the other sellers. On both of these days we spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, reading, sunbathing and swimming by the pool at home. Every day we ate cheese, salami, salad and melon for lunch under the shade of a tree before dozing off in a hammock late afternoon - it was all very idyllic! Evenings were spent taking a walk in and around the village and then cooking and eating dinner under the vines.
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| Hammocking |
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| Lunching |
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| Early evening walk - still too hot! |
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| Bacon day |
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| There's nothing else for it |
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| Pool girl! |
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| Evening meals on the patio |
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| Watermelon, onion, cirine and olive salad made by Bert - delicious |
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| Cooling off in the spring |
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| Village life |
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| Evening walk in the light of the full moon |
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| Sleepy cat :-) |
The next day we'd lazed around enough so we decided to have an adventure day and try and find a lake or river (to laze around by!) I found an area with a river about an hours drive that looked interesting so we headed there. It is always risky to explore with guests as more often that not things don't turn out how you expected. So after our van broke down (we fixed it) and then we came to a bridge with a too short height restriction for the van we thought we'd just sat melting in the van for an hour for no reason! Luckily I found another road to our destination and we got there with no problem and parked the van in the local village. The river was certainly drier than it probably usually is, but there was some water and the area was stunning. We spent the day strolling up the river, taking dips and having a picnic. We also met a young shepherd who told us there were some small waterfalls further up. We all walked up, including the shepherd, and went for a swim in the very pretty and refreshing (but frog and foam infested) waterfall! It was a fantastic day. We would love to come back to this area in the (wetter) future.
Adventure day...
The next day we were knackered from walking so much yesterday so we had a lazy morning and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the local hotel swimming pool. It was so hot Mabel burnt her toes.
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| Hotel Trendafiloff |
On the 11th we just chilled out at home for the day and then all four of us set off to get the bus to Sofia. Mabel and Bert were catching an early flight to Greece the next day and Pete and I were off to meet our friends for a night out in Sofia! The bus broke down on the way to Sofia but thankfully it was quickly replaced so we got to our hostel by about 7.30. We all quickly changed and then headed out to meet our friends - Lucy and Gib.
Lucy is another one of my oldest and bestest friends and it was her birthday today - hence the rare night out! All six of us had a drink to catch up and cool off before heading out for a massive and fantastic dinner at restaurant Manastirska Magernitsa (I highly recommend.) We then we found an outside bar in a park with a gorgeous view of a lit up church and we stayed there until the early hours of the morning. Mabel and Bert left slightly earlier to get some sleep before their flight so we said our goodbyes to them in the evening too. Thanks for coming girls, it was our pleasure! It was a gorgeous balmy evening sitting out under the stars on beanbags - a great night.
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| Big dinner! |
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| Stunning view for the evening |
I had carried on writing this post for two more weeks, but it is just going to be too long. It will leave it there for tonight and do another one in a couple of days. Leka nosht! xxx
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| Goodnight |
Great that you are getting bookings for the campsite. Must have been nice for the people who slept out under the stars. I couldn't do that, I'm a mosquito-magnet, I'd wake up with a face like a watermelon !
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