Being a tourist in VT

I’ve been showing you what my living environment looks like. I think it’s time to switch up a little bit, and show you some more pictures of the actual town. Although, I haven’t gotten to do as much tourist-y things, I’ve still gotten to take some pictures from when I’ve been to Veliko Tûrnovo (VT or Viti as I like to call it). This town is so picturesque, you would not even believe it! Pictures are nothing compared to the real thing but I hope I’ve captured some of the beauty this town offers…

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Scenery

My home is my sanctuary, it is a very sacred place to me. So for me to let you in to see my home, is a big deal. My home needs to inspire me everyday. From the moment I wake up, I want to have a smile on my face or when I go to the living room, I just want to feel at ease and inspired. This home does just that. When I open the curtains in the morning, I feel blessed to have found such a gorgeous spot to live in. It’s like a little miracle each morning when I see the mountains, sometimes even mist in the mountains. This has been exactly what I’ve been looking for and dreaming of. I couldn’t be more grateful to have found such a beautiful spot!!

Let me show you what I see everyday..

A actually took this picture of the gorgeous sunset we see nearly every evening

The crescent moon was spotted..

We see some farm animals that the herders walk nearly everyday

The sheep herder sometimes goes by our backyard

This was taken from the top floor bedroom at sunset

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The New Home

For those of you who have been following my stories from Bulgaria, you may be wanting more visuals than what I’ve given you. No? This time, I will show you the house I live in. Yes, the one where the landlord is awesome – he fixes everything immediately, but sometimes he lets himself in. As I’m accustomed to people giving me notice when they want to come and fix something, I just need to get used to it.

The house is the same price as when I rented a studio back in Holland!

So, that is the grand tour of our new home. It was love at first sight, even when we saw it online in pictures, we knew that was going to be our home if it was still available. It had been up for rent for quite some while so it was a surprise that it was still for rent when we got here. Maybe universe kept it available for us, as it has everything we could have hoped for! Ok, maybe there is one thing missing, a pool. I’m not greedy though, I’m grateful that we have such a gorgeous living environment!!

I could have shown you some more, such as the opposite sides of the bedrooms and whatnot but I felt it was unnecessary and there is already so much to show! You might have not gotten till the end of this post had I posted more pictures! What I do want to point out, however, is that everything is very nicely decorated in here. We have lots of beautiful art on our walls. This house is colorful, which I truly love, but it’s not tacky colorful if you know what I mean ;).

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Wordless Wednesday: Airport Edition (part II)

I have so many lovely pictures from the Heathrow airport, so I decided I would make two posts of it. Please check out the pictures I posted earlier.

There were a couple of other people sleeping, and waiting to get in.

Finally, I was able to get in! Now just waiting to see the number of the gate..

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Wordless Wednesday: Airport Edition (part I)

Can’t believe it’s been nearly a month to the day that I had to spend the night at the Heathrow airport. I flew from Dublin to Heathrow in the evening. It took me nearly 12 hours to wait for my next flight to Sofia! I don’t even remember how I kept myself to stay up, I think I watched a couple episodes of Single Ladies, listened to music, organized my now dead computer, and of course took some pictures. What else is there to do at the airport while waiting for the night turn to morning than to take pictures? I did so to keep myself up and stretch my legs.

 

When I got to Heathrow, I had to take the shuttle – what airport has a frigging metro downstairs from one terminal to another? – to get to Terminal 5, where my flight would leave. As they do not allow passengers to where all the shops are, I had to settle down by a charging point, so that I could at least use my computer. When I got there, there was an African man, who said something to me. I snapped at him. I was mainly worried that he might try something, a travelling girl all alone at night, you have to understand. He turned out to be quite a nice fellow, and we talked off an on that night. Before I left to get to the gates, I apologized to him of my previous behavior. I just felt bad. It’s very unlike me to snap at a stranger.

 

I will never forget that night. Nor will I forget that fellow.

Since this should be a Wordless Wednesday, here are the best takes from Heathrow airport! Hope you enjoy :)

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First night in Veliko Tûrnovo

So, if you’ve been following my stories of the travels in Bulgaria, you would know some of the stories of the first night in the gorgeous city of Veliko Tûrnovo. We stayed at a very beautiful hotel called Grand Hotel Yantra. We had the privilege of having the view to the beautiful Tsarevets castle. Upon arrival in Viti, we immediately went to look at the house we now call home. A’s company works with realtors called SelectBG, who helped us in many ways – they’re not just realtors but they help you with other things as well. They helped us get this house and translate the things the owner was explaining to us. It was a no-brainer we were going to take the house.

After the tour, we checked-in at the hotel. We freshened up and went to eat at Ego. On the Friday evening, we went for a walk around town, eager to get to know it. The next morning, we went to SelectBG to sign the contract and get the keys so we could move in. Bulgarians do not hurry nor stress about whether they’re on time or not. We were so exhausted from the couple of days that we just went to get some groceries and bed stuff, after all was done we just stayed in and relaxed.

Anyways, let the pictures show you…

The view from our hotel was right to Tsarevets

At Ego restaurant

On our evening walk through VT after dinner

VT at night

Tsarevets at night. During summer months they hold a spectacular light show.

The first morning in VT – look at the mist!

The mist in the morning

The city of VT at daytime

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More pictures coming very soon! I will do something really exciting

for Wordless Wednesday… so keep checking in!

 

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