The Area

At the beginning of April we come to Bulgaria for our summer holiday. Bulgaria is a small country off the Black Sea. It has a population of about the size of London mostly living in the towns. We don’t live in a town; we live in a village in the southern part of the country, close to the Greek and Turkish borders.

The land here is mostly rolling hills giving lots of pretty views.

Plenty of pastureland and lots of woods many of which are being reduced by lack of planning. Or so it appears.

The countryside is often spoiled by that modern curse the plastic bag and bottle. There are no plans here to stop using them and we are seen as peculiar when we don’t want every little thing put in a plastic bag.

A little to the north of us are the Thracian Plains.

For English readers the land is flat like Norfolk.

For Americans, I am guessing but maybe like the Prairies although only half way to the horizon. After that it is hills again.