....by the kindness shown by our new neighbours. I have mentioned before how amazingly kind our immediate neighbours have been since before we moved in.

But today we were quite choked at the Post Office ladies. We have made all the neighbours simple Christmas cards, with greetings in Bulgarian and English, and included the Post office as Dave goes in there a lot and they always try their best for him. After a bit of confusion as there were no names on the envelope (we only know one) they finally realised what it was and were all giggly and pleased. Then today we received by courier (our lovely neighbour) a glass bowl full of decorations from the ladies and a card which they had painstakingly written in Bulgarian and English too.

So often we have been shown immense kindness, whether it is a shop keeper giving us half a dozen eggs free of charge even though they don't sell them, or flowers and veg from across the lane, or fruit and veg from the people behind us.....

We are looking forward to next year and hoping we can give something more back to the community, and especially our lovely neighbours.

Sara

Ah Sara that is just fantastic!! People in general NEVER fail to amaze me - There are so many good people in this world unfortunately we only ever hear about the bad ones So here from all of us on the forum, is something extra special for all the lovely kind hearted, considerate, wonderful people in this world

That's a lovely post Sara. You reap what you sow..these people see you and Dave exactly as you are..kind, generous and willing to work hard and fit in.

We were invited to the village Christmas celebrations today that took place in the village hall. We were seated at the head table along with the mayor .
The village choir sang several traditional Bulgarian Christmas songs and dedicated their final one to Brenda and myself. We were so overcome by their kindness towards us.
Then we all ate , drank copious amounts of rakia and danced .
A good time was had by all !!

Wonderful people .

oddball wrote:

Ah Sara that is just fantastic!! People in general NEVER fail to amaze me - There are so many good people in this world unfortunately we only ever hear about the bad ones So here from all of us on the forum, is something extra special for all the lovely kind hearted, considerate, wonderful people in this world

I would like to add a little poem to go with your post and picture
I made myself a snowman
As perfect as could be
I thought I'd keep him as a pet
And let him sleep with me
I made him some pajamas
And a pillow for his head
Then last night he ran away
But first --- he wet the bed

Fantastic!!! it Willow xx

ps I will edit you post and add the snowman picture so it is all on one post.

BGBound wrote:

We were invited to the village Christmas celebrations today that took place in the village hall. We were seated at the head table along with the mayor .
The village choir sang several traditional Bulgarian Christmas songs and dedicated their final one to Brenda and myself. We were so overcome by their kindness towards us.
Then we all ate , drank copious amounts of rakia and danced .
A good time was had by all !!

Wonderful people .

It's amazing how quickly you have settled in and the village has really taken you to heart. You are obviously very outgoing people.....unlike me who has to be prised out to socialise. Dave despairs of me sometimes. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Sara

We are lucky to have moved into this village.We are the only English
here and I think the villagers are really quite pleased . They seemed to embrace us more when they realised we were here for the duration and not just summer visitors.

We have five Bulgarian friends coming to us on Boxing day to experience a traditional English Christmas. Should be fun .

The people are so welcoming it seems so easy to make friends here.

I find Bulgarian village people some of the most welcoming people in the world. From day one you will be treated as family

Rakiaplease wrote:

I find Bulgarian village people some of the most welcoming people in the world. From day one you will be treated as family

I have to endorse every word you have posted as we to find the village folk including the Mayor most welcoming, friendly and supportive
On one side of our villa we have the mini-market, the owner and staff are lovely people and we are grateful to them for keeping a lookout on our villa, but in return I would think they are happy when our villa is occupied (a boost to their takings)
On the other side we have Peter and his family, a middle aged man who will always toot when he passes in his car and on occasions will come to the gate to see if everything is alright (he doesn't speak a word of English) but it's fun trying to understand each other and we get by with phrase book and sign language
Opposite us we have a new build bungalow, a lovely couple live there and are very keen gardeners, so we get well looked after fruit and veg wise. He works as a security guard which is fine and handy to have as a neighbour
The couple who are our house keepers do a good job and keep us regularly informed with weekly bulletins and photo's

How lovely to read something like this and to know that there are some good people here in Bulgaria and seen by the locals to.

The old fella behind us struggled to bring us three large pumpkins today, and even told us how to prepare and cook them (we think!)

Bless him, he even braved the dogs by opening the gate a crack.

Lovely story and thank you for the share

And now the Baba from across the lane has brought us a bottle of wine, decorated with geranium leaves, and five bread rolls. Feeling quite emotional, we lived next to people for six months in GB, in a tiny close, and only ever spoke to one of them.

It's almost like living on a different planet over here. These people live to share..especially the traditional village folk and I've learnt how easy and fulfilling it is to adapt to that way of life.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone.