1. Телефонни разговори с дядо

    “България ми липсваше повече отпреди…
    - Дядо - питах го понякога по телефона, - какво ядеш?
    - Диня със сирене…
    - Дядо, какво пиеш?
    - Айрян.
    - Хубав ли е ?
    - Най-хубавият.
    - Дядо, какво виждаш - ей сега, точно в тоя миг?
    - Баира над къщата. Липите са побелели. Вятърът им е обърнал листата. Ще вали.
    Знаех, че нарочно ме дразни, че нарочно сипва сол в раните, но все така не спирах да разпитвам. Само за миг да можех да му взема очите, само за миг да можех да му открадна езика - щях да се натъпча с хляб и сирене, да пресуша шест кратунки с кладенчова вода, да се напълня с баири, с поля и реки.”

    Мирослав Пенков,  “На изток от Запада

    ***

    “I missed Bulgaria more than ever…
    - Grandpa,’ I would ask him occasionally on the phone, ‘what are you eating?
    - Watermelon with white cheese…
    - Grandpa, what are you drinking?
    - Kefir.
    - Is it nice?
    - The best.
    - Grandpa, what do you see right now, right at this moment?
    - The hill above the house. The linden trees have become white. The wind has turned their leaves around. It will rain.
    I knew he deliberately teased me, deliberately poured salt in my wounds, but still I kept asking. If only for a moment I could take his eyes, if only for a moment I could steal his tongue — I would stuff myself with bread and cheese, I would dry down six gourds with well water, I would fill myself up with hills, mountains and rivers. “

    Miroslav Penkov,  “East of the West

  2. Lost and Found

    During the night the mist crawled down the mountain foot and swallowed the city of Sofia. Its grey tentacles embraced the suburbs and, like an ocean tide, flooded the empty city streets. The fog mingled with the poisonous coal smog, its thickness suffocating the dawn with no mercy.

    ***

    In the morning I woke up to an impenetrable wall of vapour outside my window. By the time I got out for lunch the mist had found its way into the subway, blurring the headlights of the coming tubes. Downtown, I could see only people’s silhouettes walking among murky building outlines. Flashing billboard lights were shimmering in the distance like warning signals in a snow storm. Inch by inch the mist had covered the city like a soft, woolen blanket, seizing the day and patiently awaiting its evening invasion.

    ***

    The dark night took over. The scent of burned coal filled my lungs on the way back home; a rich, long-forgotten smell. Its nostalgia suffocated my thoughts and brought back past memories from buried times of other thick mists, plaguing other city streets, filling other people’s lungs and thoughts.


    Lost and found notes that I took down on my way back to Germany from Bulgaria a year ago.

  3. Черешата

    “Черешата не се купува, глупак с глупак! Черешата е любов! Или я отглеждаш, или я крадеш!” — Захари Карабашлиев

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    The cherry tree

    “The cherry tree is not for sale, you idiot! The cherry tree is love! You either grow it or you steal it!” — Zahari Karabashliev

  4. Du bist verrückt mein Kind, Du musst nach Berlin

    Six months into my living in Berlin and I never want to leave its premises. Amazing places to eat healthy food, beautiful parks all over the city, open markets and vintage pop-up stores, all the cool bands come here to play and exciting events happen all the time — the Berliner cultural life is bursting at the seams. Living here is affordable and fun. Berlin breeds innovation and self-development opportunities that go beyond your expectations. Exploring the capital on a sunny day is like eating a Zimtschnecke at Zeit für Brot — you can’t get enough. As an all-time German Schlager says: “Du bist verrückt mein Kind, Du musst nach Berlin” (You are crazy my child, you have to come to Berlin).

  5. Photo teaser by charming Lora
Březen (March) in beautiful Prague — the snow surprised us but we nevertheless had an amazing time exploring “the golden city of 100 spears”. Stay tuned for my upcoming blog post devoted to yet another traindventure — this time in the Czech Republic.

    Photo teaser by charming Lora

    Březen (March) in beautiful Prague — the snow surprised us but we nevertheless had an amazing time exploring “the golden city of 100 spears”. Stay tuned for my upcoming blog post devoted to yet another traindventure — this time in the Czech Republic.

About me

Hey there, stranger!

My name is Daniela, 23 years old. With my blog I try to capture the beauty and meaning of life the way I see and interpret them. I am all about books, magic, travelling, psychology, mysteries, the Orient, jewelry, fragrances, poppy flowers, oranges, creative writing, aesthetics, and my home country - Bulgaria.

So, give my blog a read, I hope it helps you, moves you, makes you smile, adds to your point of view or simply inspires you.

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