Kamila back Home

Kamila arrived at her new home and after a good nights sleep she requested that she now doesn't want to continue this daily diary as this is not what she is here for.She had decided for quite some time now to live her new life with her Bulgarian friends...

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Back to Yambol

It was a long and lonely path today as Kamila made her way to the car. She was on her way back to Yambol after some three weeks holiday on the Skalitsa Farmhouse. She had a wonderful time and fond out how different it is in the villages compared to the...

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Storks in Skalitsa

Kamila was feeling quite sad today. The reason was quite simply that tomorrow was the last day here holidaying on the Skalitsa farmhouse. She will be very sorry to go, but at the same time be happy to get back to here friends she left behind in Yambol.She...

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Why a Fence?

"Why have you put a wire fence all around you house?" Kamila asked as she surveyed the front garden once again. "If there was no stealing here and no crime wouldn't it be better to take it down, it spoils the view.""Kamila," we said. The fencing isn't...

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Three Tools for Self-Sufficiency

It was a monster knife Kamila caught site of in the summer house and getting close it dwarfed here as she to sat on the Bulgarian spade.We told here that the big knife is a Bulgarian Scythe which cuts the long grass for hay. The Bulgarian spade she sat...

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Barbecue to Come

Inside the summer house we keep out little barbecue set. Kamila was used to barbecues but she had never seen one using a kit, it was always with a couple of stones and dead wood in Egypt."Can we use this one day so I can see it work?" Was the request...

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Water on Tap In Skalitsa (sometimes)

Another spot on the farm and another interest as Kamila looks now at the watering system in the garden. She know about this from Yambol where water is on tap in the garden.We told here that there are many times when the water is cut off and we have to...

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Sausage Shaped Tomatoes

"Sausage shaped tomatoes!" Kamila called out as she took a different turn on the farm to find another field of crops that we had grown there."They're not tomatoes Kamila, they're red peppers" we called back.It was an easy mistake to make as both the...

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First it was the tomatoes now another food growing on the farm had the attention of Kamila. She just can't believed how much food is just lying around the farm. Everywhere she looks there is something growing that we will use to eat or store for winter.We...

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Hanging Tomatoes

As Kamila brushed past the garden there was something that stood out like a sore thumb. It wasn't only the sight of a bright red tomato that caught here eye but the strong smell of the tomato plants as they were touched.Kamila had of course seen tomatoes...

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Night Light for Moths

Another point of interest as Kamila walked through the grounds of the Skalitsa Farmhouse yard. "I know it's a lantern, we have them in Egypt and they use oil." she said referring the the dangling lantern. "Where do you put the oil?" she enquired.It uses...

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Too Much Farm Work

Every day in Skalitsa, Kamila learns something new. She now knows that it is totally different from the town life. Things here are much slower, but at the same time there are far more jobs to be done."I don't know whether I could move here and live here."...

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Sour Grapes

It was a later night last night as Kamila saw the mushroom lights working lighting up the garden. It was like fairyland to Kamila.Above Kamia's head now in the terrace, there were something special, a natural Bulgarian treasure. She was about to discover...

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Mushroom Light

"Wow a mushroom!" Kamila said, as she confronted the object in front of her in the garden."It's may look like a mushroom but it's not, wait until tonight Kamila, it will light up like magic," we told her.Kamila's eyes widen as she asked if she could...

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Plastic Bottles

On the way out to the garden this morning Kamila spotted a plastic bottle hanging from the grapevine. What's that?" was the inevitable question.We told here that is hangs there to scare flies away. We went further to explain that as the flies get close...

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Window Watching Kamila

It was late afternoon, Kamila had had a lay in as she was a bit tired with all this tree climbing yesterday, she decided to spend a most of the day indoors.Looking out of the window was a sight that she had never really had a chance to see ever before....

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Kamila helps make Skalitsa Banitsas

It was with great fascination that Kamila watched me make the Skalitsa Banitsas early this morning. Kamila didn't realise how all the ingredients put together in different ways made the end result taste so good. Kamila even helped with the mixing of...

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The Linden Tree

It was in the garden by the side of the Skalitsa Farmhouse that Kamila caught sight of a big tree. "What tree is this?" Kamila asked."It's a linden tree Kamila, the type of tree that we can pick the flowers in spring and make tea with them, you saw the...

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The Flyscreen

It was a mystery to Kamila as to why we had two doors. We explained one was for security and to keep the weather our. The other we told here was to keep insects and bugs out of the house as some of them bite and sting."I don't have a problem with being...

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The Wood Burning Stove

It was with much curiosity that Kamila took with the chunky black wood burner that sat in the living room."What is this?" was the expected question as Kamila walked up to observe."It's a wood burning stove and we use it to warm the house up, heat water...

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Tired Teddies

Kamila was up rather later this morning, the fresh air just knocked her out, there is no pollution here in the village and you can see for miles and miles if you look out onto the garden. You =can even see the mountainous Turkish border to the south...

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Up Early

Kamila woke up very early this morning, 5:00 but that what they do in the villages. Kamila said that the silence in the night brought back memories of Egypt, there wasn't a sound to be heard at night there either.First off, Kamila had new friends to...

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Kamila in Skalitsa

It had been a whole since Kamila had a holiday, in fact when we asked her she didn't know what a holiday was. We had to explain that sometimes it was called a break or a vacation and was something you do when you have time off work.It seemed that Kamila...

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Hi-Tech Kamila

Kamila was watching television this evening and suddenly the channel changed and from watching 'Deal or No Deal' the Bulgarian News appeared. She just couldn't understand why this happened.Baba wanted to see the news and she have used the remote controls...

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"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Kamila

It isn't often we listen to the radio in the home, the television is on most of the time, not watched but just as a background to conversation, that normal in Bulgarian.Kamila therefore doesn't often get to hear much music, so when we tuned into the...

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Fresh Breath Kamila

Just before we went to bed Kamila asked what we do before we actually get into bed. She said that strange noises can be heard in the bathroom every night before we go into the bedroom.We had to think hard and ask Kamila to explain what sort of sound...

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Bad Tasting Coffee

Kamila is such a curious camel that she wants to know about everything, today was no exception.It was a cup of black coffee that took her interest as it lay there steaming away on the table."What's that?" was the inevitable question that comes to us...

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Roses All Round

Kamila really felt sorry for Bandit who only has one arm. She didn't sleep too well last night thinking about the problems he would have with this disability.So this morning Kamila, a tired Kamila, got a rose and went give it to Bandit, but bandit wasn't...

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One Armed Bandit

"Hello, who are you?" was the immediate question Kamila asked to a stranger who suddenly appeared this morning."Hi I'm Bandit, who are you?" the little figure replied.After the initial introduction Kamila found out all about Bandit. He was from the Yambol...

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