Life in Sofia, Bulgaria (More or Less)
Posted in Food, Living Life on Jan 24th, 2013
I’ve been in a bit of a rut in the new year. It’s funny because it started off with a bang. I rang in the New Year in Sofia, then flew to Budapest for a wedding and to see a friend. Then I spent an extra week in my cast all the while falling further [...]
Posted in Culture, Food, Living Life on Dec 3rd, 2012
I think that grocery stores in Bulgaria kick of the holiday season with pomegranates and mandarin oranges. Well that and chocolate and various Christmas breads like German stollen and Italian panettone. Maybe I’ve made up the pomegranates and mandarin oranges thing but I think it’s magical to have pomegranates and mandarin oranges and out in the grocery store at the same time. [...]
Posted in Food, Living Life on Dec 2nd, 2012
After a day of Parent-Teacher Conferences, I didn’t feel like doing much. Teaching is hard work. Talking to parents about their students is a different kind of hard work. The worst part about the whole day was that there was no coffee to be found on campus–both Onda and the school cafe were closed. Who [...]
Any good road trip has snacks. On Sunday morning in Belogradchik when we were looking for coffee and something to eat for breakfast A. spotted these Bulgarian chocolates in a little neighborhood shop–Rodopa and another similar chocolate with white vanilla-like filling. I can’t remember the name of the other chocolate. Ops. So we bought chocolates, [...]
Posted in Food, Having Fun, Restaurants on Nov 12th, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, A. and I went to Art Kitchen a new Greek restaurant in Sofia. We liked it. I thought that A. read about the restaurant in Programata but when I look at Programata there doesn’t seem to be a review of the restaurant nor would one know that Art Kitchen serves Greek food as the [...]
Posted in Culture, Food, Having Fun, Living Life, Notes from Sofia on Nov 11th, 2012
A. picked me up yesterday late morning. We went for coffee and to wander through the city. The weather has turned in Sofia. This past week when I’ve gotten up in the mornings the temperature has been hoovering around 2 celsius. Burr. Luckily it’s been warming up in the day but it hasn’t been warm [...]
Posted in Food, Living Life, Restaurants on Oct 20th, 2012
After my Bulgarian lesson last week, A. picked me up and we went to check out a new restaurant he’d heard about called Alegre because they rumored to have Latin American food on the menu. On the way, I asked A. how he heard about Alegre. He told me: reading the internet. Oh. Thanks, internet, for [...]
Posted in Food, Living Life on Oct 17th, 2012
I’ve walked by this shop a few times already on Vitosha. Why can’t they go ahead and open already?! It’s beginning to feel like they are taunting me. Last week there were some guys in the shop standing around looking out the window. I gave them a thumbs up. I meant it as encouragement. A, sort [...]
Posted in Food, Living Life on Oct 10th, 2012
And it was delicious. A. brought over some homemade yogurt on Monday night. Tuesday morning I forgot that I had it until I grabbed my lunch out of the fridge. When I realized this I was really angry with myself. I love homemade yogurt. Don’t worry, this morning I ate yogurt. It was thick and [...]
Posted in Food, Having Fun on Oct 2nd, 2012
This past weekend I was a busy cook. I made nachos on Friday night. Saturday morning I realized that I needed muffins to go with my coffee. On Sunday afternoon I made quinoa salad and on Sunday evening I made granola. I also did a lot of dishes this past weekend. Go figure. I’ve had [...]
Dinner in the shadow of the acropolis? Yes, please. - posted on 25/05/2013 23:00:01Things in Athens are pretty wonderful. Wine at lunch!! http://t.co/9ngn6sLn9W - posted on 25/05/2013 16:45:11Two pairs of shoes and a visit to the acropolis later, I'm having a great time in !! - posted on 24/05/2013 20:59:04Old things in Athens!! http://t.co/Y7lAyn2KsN - posted on 24/05/2013 14:23:45Athens holiday!! - posted on 23/05/2013 23:16:22
