The Bulgarian Calendar

Every day that goes by Kamila has a little glance at a Bulgarian calendar that is pinned to a cupboard in the kitchen. It is a daily fascination as she tries to say the new day in Bulgarian.

In the middle of the calendar is a picture of Jesus and underneath special days and Holy days of the Bulgarian year. Kamila is now quite good as saying the dates and day so the week, this is good practice for her over the last six months.

"Why are there seven day in a week?" questioned Kamila.

We tried to explained that the Bible explain how God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. This seventh day became the Jewish day of rest, the sabbath, Saturday. Also that the seven day week may have come about because it is roughly the same time of one moon phase.

Kamila listened with interest, but didn't fully understand the second reason. She changed the subject mentioning that she is glad that it is November now as in previous months she occasionally got a stiff neck trying looking upwards; November is right at the bottom of the calendar alongside December.

"Do they put the winter months at the bottom of the calendar because it's cold and you'd get a stiff neck trying to stretch up trying to read it?" Kamila asked.

"We don't think so, what a strange thought Kamila," we said.

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Trouble Learning Bulgarian

Kamila often hears lots of talking that she doesn't understand. She know Egyptian and quite a bit of English form here friends in Hamleys toy shop in London. But Bulgarian is a bit of a mystery to Kamila.

So, Kamila noticed a book on the shelf that changes English to Bulgarian, she didn't know it was called dictionary and worked it the book was for this because of the pictures of the English and Bulgarian flags on the cover. She took it down and started studying but it didn't last long, She said that she can speak English but didn't know how to read English which is why she couldn't read the word dictionary in both Bulgarian and English on the front cover.

"Oh Kamila!" we said, "Don't worry, we all understand you and that's what matters. You will pick Bulgarian words up as you go along as long as you don't hide away from it."

Kamila looked a little worried but she knew that she lived with very kind Bulgarian people and that's what counts.

"Words are words but being friends and caring is more than any words can say," Kamila pointed out.

What a wise old head Kamila has we thought, and thought further how lucky we are to have such a sage of a camel with us here.

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