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I’m still here.

I haven’t posted in almost a year! I don’t know why, it’s been a fun year with lots of trips and visits from family and friends.

Tel Aviv in April 

  • Tayelet
  • Western Wall
  • Jerusalem

The Cotswolds for a big 3 day hike across the English countryside ending with a surprise visit in Exeter,

  • Stonehenge
  • Jenner had no idea!
  • Bletchley Park
  • SURPRISE! Jenner & Dan

Drunken party week in Sunny Beach with Kelly

  • Saab Cruising
  • Veliko Tarnovo Apartment with private pub

Budapest for the Formula One race

  • “Super Gold” seats
  • Danube
  • Fisherman’s Bastion
  • Rooftop Apartment

Agata and Tyler came to visit…oh and, Arek and his family surprised Agata for a day. 

  • The whole crew
  • TEQUILA!

Hung out with my long lost friend Marjo in Portugal

  • Sintra
  • Porto
  • Amalia & Marjo

Mom spent a month with us

  • Mom
  • Atlantic Oysters
  • Mom, Yannick & Marjo
  • Kaliakra, Bulgaria

We also went on lots of mini trips around Bulgaria. In a couple weeks we are going to Morocco with long (enough time to explore) layovers in Germany and Brussels…also, we have tickets booked for Malta in January!

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Sofia Christmas Market Adventure 2017

I spent my birthday in Sofia, one of my favorite cities in the world. My birthday celebrations started on the plane where I was seated alone in the emergency row with more leg and arm room I knew what to do with. We rented another wonderfully decorated and cozy  Airbnb on the top floor of a 70 year old building. For my big day, I ate 5 star sushi for lunch at the Radisson with a huge Singapore Sling to wash it down, watched a live football match at the arena, visited our friends at Beera for craft beers, drank hot wine at the Christmas market while watching a super lively concert, went shopping after said wine and bought a bunch of things I probably don’t need and finished the day off with a mini dance party and Skype with friends (which I don’t remember). Perfect holiday.

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Girl party! No boys allowed!

Every year I try to do something fun with my little Russian neighbours, this year I threw a “Girl Party” in my tiny apartment. We baked cupcakes (12 people in a 450 sq/ft area with the oven blasting in 30 degree weather), made icing from scratch and decorated everything with candies and fruits. We listened to jazzy music while we cooked (their choice) and played girly dance music while we waiting for the cakes to cool. Post cupcakes I taught the girls how to play Pictionary and everyone thought it was “sooooo coool” that I let them use erasable markers to scribble on the window instead of using regular paper. These girls are truly amazing, I couldn’t believe how sweet and polite everyone was, I just loved having them over! Next year I’m organizing a lantern festival, I’m already excited!

Girl Party!

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Stotinki sneaking in a cuddle with Margo.

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The marshmallow tripled in size in the oven.

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Bragging to friend in Russia and Poland.

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The powdered food colouring dyes everything, Sasha might have a blue mouth for the rest of her life. P.S. How cute are these girls!!!

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Margo!

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The frosting got a bit messy.

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Diana sporting this year’s shade of neon green.

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I respect Dasha’s attention to detail and fierce concentration.

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The cupcakes were really darn good.

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I think they had fun.

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We played a medium level (all in English) Pictionary game without any problems or language barriers.

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My favorite drawing was Olivia’s masterpiece, the flamingo! Ha ha we laughed so hard!

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I chose a vanilla cupcake filled with sprinkles and gummy bears topped with rainbow icing. Perfect party with my fantastic friends!

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Zheravna Bulgaria for Valentine’s day.

We spent Valentine’s day in a cute little village called Zheravna in central Eastern Bulgaria. This village is known for its historical wooden houses (between 200-300 years old) surrounded by stone walls and cobblestone alleys. We where there during the “off season” which meant we were the only tourists in town.

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View from our room.

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Homemade Polish milk caramels.

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UP CLOSE!

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