(4609,4294,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.208.139','2011-02-08 18:20:30','2011-02-08 16:20:30','I think this all started when the airport in Sofia closed in December.  I was forced to put off Christmas.  Now it may be necessary for you to put off your February cooking experiment until March.  \r\n\r\nLast year the living on 300 Lev experiment was a good call for February (fewer days of course) but this years experiment requires a longer month. March has 31 days.  Give yourself the gift of time.  You\'ll enjoy the whole thing more (just like we did our late Christmas.)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(5150,4317,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.209','2011-02-24 00:37:25','2011-02-23 22:37:25','Yes, working on Saturdays is wrong! Jesus said that :P',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13','',0,0),(5149,4364,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.209','2011-02-24 00:29:11','2011-02-23 22:29:11','I was curious how the questions would look from your point of view. They were quite all right form a Bulgarian perspective. Thing is, these are meant to be one-form-fits-all, covering a really wide variety of habitats. Some options would seem weird to one person, but completely natural to another. As for yours - there was a \"panel block\" option or something for the building material section. And the rest were sort of \"you know them if you live in them\". i.e. I\'d know my home is reinfoced concrete and nextdoor they\'ll know about trimmer joitsts. As for the year, I don\'t know. But probably some of your older neghbours would. \r\nNumber of apartments - number of floors times apt.s per floor - what, 18?\r\nHeating - yep, wide variety. But there was no option for \"no heating\" in mine. It was this, that or \"uninhabited\". I\'m starting to think there\'s something fishy in the English translation. (there is a \"no heating installation\", but I thought that\'s different)\r\nThe area - this should be written on some contract somewhere. Or ask the neighbour above or below you. It kinda affects the rent :P\r\nThe alternative to cable TV is an antena. Many people still have these. And now I know there\'s something wrong with the translation, because there\'s no mention of appliances in the Bulgarian version. It says something like \"Things the household has access to\". And I don\'t think it\'s so much about income, because prices of these things vary greatly\", as it is about a country-wide statistic about internet access or something. Or an overall quality of life. \r\nAre you literate - the majority of the census is conducted by census agents. Following the older model, they ask you these questions and fill out the form themselves. And that is still the only option for the gypsy ghettos and camps. And it\'s a perfectly valid question there. \r\n\r\nAnd I got carried away again. Basically there are weird questions, because there are weird circumstances to which they apply.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13','',0,0),(7463,5043,'Alicia','annaaliciakowol@aol.com','','189.143.80.63','2011-06-08 02:34:26','2011-06-08 00:34:26','After talking so much about the hole, you should take a foto of it anyway, just to show it to us... but please, not a hole - foto everyday! Yes, I think it\'s a good idea that you\'re editing yourself! And don\'t worry about having nothing \"interesiting\" to write about, we all know times when we have to work a lot and our life is kind of ... not boring, but normal, everyday the same. But you should definitly have a fun weekend, not to blog about it, but to relax and simply have a good time!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; es-es) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(7462,5043,'TAfricanski','teodor_slavchev@mail.bg','','145.99.145.40','2011-06-08 01:59:45','2011-06-07 23:59:45','But... but... I want to see that hole! I haven\'t really seen a metro-station-to-be.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; bg) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.11','',0,0),(5189,4364,'katley','katley99@yahoo.com','http://katleyplanetbg.blogspot.com/','71.192.135.187','2011-02-25 04:52:25','2011-02-25 02:52:25','I found this quite interesting, and funny.  And I wonder how much of the Bulgarian census was lost in translation:)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(6205,4674,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.75','2011-04-04 09:46:22','2011-04-04 07:46:22','So two comments with strong opinions and they haven\'t seen the movie, well that\'s Bulgaria for you!\r\n\r\nFor those of us who have left Bulgaria and have come back this movie is great, but for most who have never had to struggle with new life elsewhere it will never home-in.\r\nHe didn\'t accomplish anything in his life? Well not everyone who leaves Bulgaria becomes rich or achieves anything up to your standards (dear bulgarian friend of Karolinka), and not to get all sentimental and shit but he does something with his life at the end of the movie, finds his true love.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(5830,4563,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','78.90.92.40','2011-03-19 20:12:39','2011-03-19 18:12:39','Ok,I will talk with numbers.In the beggining of the month I started working in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.I have MsC degree in Chemistry and I\'ve been apponited as a Chemist.The salary- 320 lv before taxes (VAT etc). How’s that for depressing? Evryone can do the calculation......My mother is a teacher and all her life, she has had one othe lowest possible incomes,along with the doctors in the public sector.\r\n\r\n\r\nComments...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12','',0,0),(6599,4764,'Anton','wanted@phobiazone.net','','77.70.118.62','2011-04-21 17:01:06','2011-04-21 15:01:06','I don\'t see anyone trying to convince you to get an iPhone yet :). Actually, for some silly reason, the trend nowadays is to recommend anything BUT an Apple-made device. Anyway, the iPhone still has better battery life, better screen and touchscreen accuracy when compared to other similar devices. However, in the end it all boils down to personal preference. I would advise that you go and test various devices out; see how they feel. \r\nIf you are purchasing a device without a plan, getting it from the USA would be cheaper for sure.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.20.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.4 Safari/533.20.27','',0,0),(4665,4298,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.78','2011-02-10 10:42:41','2011-02-10 08:42:41','It\'s nice to see a talented Bulgarian writer who achieves success. Good thing i found the Lenin story for free on the internet, otherwise you would have been reading a few paragraphs how people become greedy once they move to the US :))\r\n\r\nHere is the story : http://bit.ly/gdHQHN',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13','',0,0),(5734,4546,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-03-16 23:03:44','2011-03-16 21:03:44','I got my first one in 1998, haven\'t looked back since :P \r\nThere are still people who think that once you get a credit card automatically you are in debt, and that\'s why they avoid them. The big problem in Bulgaria is that having a CC/Debit does not make your daily life more convenient. \r\n\r\nI have a dream that one day I will see a self service gas station with just POS terminal at the pump and no people to deal with. But I think that in Bulgaria the day this happens, petrol is going to be long gone and gas pumps are collectors item for the mega rich. \r\nThe happy ones would be enjoying long walks on deserted beaches filled with fish bones, human bones, plastic bags, rusty SUVs with big shiny spinning rims which reflect the sunrays breaking through the radioactive clouds.....',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15','',0,0),(4671,4288,'TheTravelBug','rachel@thetravelbug.org','http://www.thetravelbug.org','90.10.132.217','2011-02-10 12:19:25','2011-02-10 10:19:25','How does the census affect foreigners that own property in Bulgaria but were not there on 1st February? Are we excluded?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.3 Safari/531.9','',0,0),(4672,4288,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-02-10 12:51:10','2011-02-10 10:51:10','@TheTravelBug Good question but I have no idea. There may be more information about this on your embassy\'s/consulate\'s website.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',4671,1),(4673,4298,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-02-10 13:08:04','2011-02-10 11:08:04','@Andreytcho. Good point. Also, thanks for finding the story. I probably could have butt I was too tired last night to do much more than copy and paste links I\'d found the night before into my post.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',4665,1),(5243,4370,'Uncle Hicks','jfemigh@aol.com','','99.122.46.245','2011-02-26 14:31:46','2011-02-26 12:31:46','Hey, I went to the dentist this week too on the same day as your dAd and had a temporary crown placed on a molar located in the same place as the one your dAd had a root canal done on.  Stranger family connection???  Good luck finding dentist.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MS-RTC LM 8; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; BRI/1; NET_mmhpset)','',0,0),(5758,4553,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','155.101.171.157','2011-03-17 19:14:24','2011-03-17 17:14:24','I am a member of a group on Facebook that is exactly that. It\'s called Sofia Conversation Swap. They meet weekly and have over 300 members (Bulgarian and foreign).  I haven\'t had the chance to go yet (still living in the U.S.), but plan on attending when I move. In case anyone is interested, their URL is:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=contact&amp;success=1#!/group.php?gid=96844621075\r\n\r\nCheers!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5748,0),(7141,4923,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-20 06:25:31','2011-05-20 04:25:31','@P Wow! Thanks so much. I\'ll have to follow up with this!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7122,1),(7139,4929,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-20 06:21:13','2011-05-20 04:21:13','@Robyn but poor Nick Carraway lying to himself nonetheless.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7136,1),(7140,4929,'Silvia','silvia.simeonova@gmail.com','http://silviaspace.wordpress.com/','204.152.194.50','2011-05-20 06:24:56','2011-05-20 04:24:56','This put a smile on my face :) It is always interesting to see how one\'s country appears to the others :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(5765,4558,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.92','2011-03-17 22:02:45','2011-03-17 20:02:45','More frequent and more engaging conversations in Bulgarian. And ask people not to be too easy on you. Read (more) newspapers and try something else rather than the news, like dubbed movies - the actors tend to speak a bit too clearly even. Emphasise on using, not learning.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(5234,4370,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','71.193.138.121','2011-02-26 08:31:36','2011-02-26 06:31:36','I do not think I will be reading this story anytime soon. Your description of it is a little horrifying. However, I also went to the dentist this week. Strange family connection?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6','',0,0),(8615,5366,'Martin','donbass1@yahoo.com','http://turnovec.blogspot.com','217.75.140.230','2011-08-11 13:31:29','2011-08-11 11:31:29','Elena is a good choice for brushing up your Bulgarian :) Some say they speak the purest version of the codified language in that region. I suppose you\'re in Miikovci? Send greetings to Violeta Chushkova if she has something in common with all this, and have a good time up there in the mountain.  I love Elena and the surrondings, not only because it\'s the land of my family roots.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7968,5168,'Rumi','rumyana88@gmail.com','','95.111.75.13','2011-07-07 11:34:26','2011-07-07 09:34:26','I\'ve been reading your blog for... well, I\'m not sure for how long. I\'m really happy that such a positive person is living here and is teaching English to Bugarian kids. We need more smiling people like you!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(6849,4881,'Lindsay','lindsay.bouton@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-05-05 06:34:27','2011-05-05 04:34:27','I\'m pretty sure \"beware the Ides of March\" is about Caesar getting murdered... not springy weather.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.20.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.4 Safari/533.20.27','',0,0),(5794,4563,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','85.118.192.131','2011-03-18 18:01:57','2011-03-18 16:01:57','Salaries in the public sector are way lower. Teachers\' salaries are especially low. What Milen is saying is that many companies in the private sector (relatively smaller ones) are officially declaring lower wages in order to pay lower taxes and social / health insurance to government (dependent on the paid amount). In effect this skews the statistics for the average pay in the private sector.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)','',5792,0),(5795,4563,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','95.43.105.223','2011-03-18 19:11:48','2011-03-18 17:11:48','Yes, helen is right. I was not clear enough. The actual salaries in the private sector are higher. However, because many companies in the private sector report lower salaries than the actual amounts paid to employees mainly to avoid paying social and health care contributions, which are a percentage of earned income. This skews the data reported by the National Statistics Institute (NSI), according to which the salaries in the public sector are higher, when in fact it is not so.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01','',5794,0),(5227,4370,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.135.181','2011-02-26 05:09:30','2011-02-26 03:09:30','It is way too weird that your dAd was busy posting a dentist related blog (sort of!) when you were posting this. \r\nhttp://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\r\nJust too weird.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(8460,5288,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-25 17:33:38','2011-07-25 15:33:38','@Ivet Um, yes. In fact, I kind of miss it. Good thing I\'ll be back in Sofia this Friday.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8456,1),(8459,5288,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-25 17:33:02','2011-07-25 15:33:02','@Комитата well you have a point there.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8453,1),(4700,4304,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','95.87.210.128','2011-02-10 21:22:22','2011-02-10 19:22:22','I still don\'t approve that part about you riding without a ticket on the bus. Just so you know. \r\nBecause if you extend the rationalization behind it then you actually don\'t have the right to complain about people not waiting for their turn to get on the bus.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)','',0,0),(8461,5284,'Nick (Macheesmo)','nick@macheesmo.com','http://www.macheesmo.com','98.127.200.160','2011-07-25 18:02:47','2011-07-25 16:02:47','The city so nice they named it twice!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.122 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(6866,4456,'D','myfinthing@gmail.com','','140.180.14.179','2011-05-06 13:53:42','2011-05-06 11:53:42','I chuckled at the sentence, \"It has a lot of personality for a Bulgarian restaurant.\" So true. I stumbled upon your blog accidentally and I\'ll check back. By the way, you teach at the high school I went to.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.20.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.4 Safari/533.20.27','',0,0),(6869,4456,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-06 15:03:06','2011-05-06 13:03:06','@D I\'m glad! And I hope that you get a chance sometime to check the restaurant out because it really does have a lot of personality.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6866,1),(7723,5109,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.125','2011-06-23 12:16:40','2011-06-23 10:16:40','Actually, the the weather forecast for today and tomorrow is 30+ Centigrade. The forecast for Saturday and Sunday for Bankso, which is about 8km away from Razlog (you should definitely visit Bansko, if you haven\'t already) is 20-22 degrees Centigrade maximum and the minimum is forecast at 12 degrees.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.53','',0,0),(6871,4883,'Elizabeth','liz_robi142@hotmail.com','','98.80.25.192','2011-05-06 15:45:19','2011-05-06 13:45:19','I think the little guy on the horse\'s back is supposed to be St. Demetri.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(6872,4881,'Kate','kathryn.melissa@gmail.com','','68.54.186.188','2011-05-06 16:44:16','2011-05-06 14:44:16','Hi Carol! My name is Kate - from GA - I\'ll be in Sofia for the second half of May. I\'ve really enjoyed reading your blog! I came across it after finding Girl Meets Bulgaria. I spent a few weeks in Sofia in the Fall of 2007 (my fiance is Bulgarian) and am looking forward to wandering around there again. Thanks for the weather warning! My fiance\'s Mom warned me that I should bring boots.  No flip-flops.  \r\nAnyway, I\'d love to meet for coffee or drinks if you\'re available at all during that time! I\'d love to hear more about your experiences.  Please shoot me an email if you have time!\r\n\r\nBest,\r\nKate',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(5701,4544,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.76','2011-03-15 10:18:38','2011-03-15 08:18:38','След 50 урока мисля че вече си готова за интеракция с хората от гетото, стига с тия интелектуалци, които не те учат за фразите нужни за оцеляване ин дъ хууд :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15','',0,0),(5733,4546,'Marin','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.60.213','2011-03-16 21:59:23','2011-03-16 19:59:23','There were debit cards (valid only for Bulgaria and only for particular banks) in early 90s but there were very few PoS in the shops.\r\nThe first normal debit cards appeared in 1997 (after the comunist bank crisis in 1996) . The first credit cards followed after 2-3 years.',0,'1','Opera/9.62 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.1.1','',0,0),(5270,4370,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','206.74.218.195','2011-02-27 00:58:25','2011-02-26 22:58:25','Maybe your name has to be Emigh to go to the dentist this week.  I did not visit the dentist and I\'m related too!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7','',0,0),(7103,4923,'Valerie','valerie.goode@gmail.com','','94.73.36.38','2011-05-19 08:25:39','2011-05-19 06:25:39','There\'s lots of Peace Corps Volunteers that\'ll be in villages that you could go bum off of for awhile and help out doing whatever projects they\'re working on!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(5303,4370,'Djgeorgie','georgijivankin@gmail.com','http://zhivankin.com','82.45.124.125','2011-02-28 04:35:12','2011-02-28 02:35:12','Hey, may I recommend a good dentist in Sofia? I was looking for the right dentist for years and finally found him right in the centre of town. The guy is really great. Works very efficiently and quickly and is reasonably priced, but most importantly, he always smiles and tryes to make you feel OK while he checks you or works on your teeth.\r\n\r\nI went there for a regular check-up around xmas and noticed that he has replaced the whole equipment and he said that many westerners fly in to get their teeths done, so I assume he knows at least basic English.\r\n\r\nContact details:\r\nDr. Kamen Tsvetanov\r\n\r\nGround floor\r\n20-22 William Gladstone Street\r\n1000 Sofia\r\n\r\n    Telephone: +359 2 9882919\r\nMobile: +359 888 704658',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3; .NET4.0C; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(7104,4935,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','84.190.200.44','2011-05-19 09:27:09','2011-05-19 07:27:09','I\'m a little slow to get to it, but Hippy Happy Bithrthday Carolyn! (from Berlin)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.21.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.5 Safari/533.21.1','',0,0),(6147,4670,'D.','cimbrio@hotmail.com','http://dawsr.wordpress.com','212.49.164.20','2011-04-01 10:17:12','2011-04-01 08:17:12','Lisbon is a vibrant city, very beautiful and full of amazing buildings; you can get a sense of how devastated it was after the 1755 earthquake; some buildings are still crooked or are roofless! Don\'t miss the Tower of Belem and the metal Elevator; the Praza do Comércio is very nice too, historically interesting because it was there where in 1908 two Republican thugs shot and killed king Carlos I and the Crown Prince Luis Filipe; the Portuguese monarchy was overthrown two years later. (Just thought you\'d need to know these things LOL)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(7107,4923,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.116.219','2011-05-19 10:25:11','2011-05-19 08:25:11','I totally know what you mean. That\'s why it was just too hard to put my French into use in Belgium and my Spanish with my housemates in the Netherlands. It\'s just too easy and comfortable speaking in English :) If any idea about your summer comes up, I will let you know. But even if the Bulgarians you are hanging out with speak English, make yourself speak Bulgarian to them. It\'s a win-win - they practice English, you - BG.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(7106,4923,'DAWSR','cimbrio@hotmail.com','http://dawsr.wordpress.com','212.49.164.20','2011-05-19 10:20:43','2011-05-19 08:20:43','Erm, has my comment disappeared???',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(5731,4546,'Coree','coreebrown@gmail.com','http://www.cafesocialite.blogspot.com','76.222.88.185','2011-03-16 20:43:46','2011-03-16 18:43:46','Oh my goodness, I loved reading this. I lived in Poland and this was so true, there was so much strategy involved in getting and making change. I felt I spent more time figuring out how to get change before I went to the Zabka or Kefirek. When I moved back to the States, I was paying at Sbux and only had a twenty and started apologizing and they looked at me like I was insane.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.133 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(5732,4553,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','95.87.210.128','2011-03-16 21:46:17','2011-03-16 19:46:17','Follow Bulgarians that tweet in Bulgarian, read blogs in Bulgarian, watch the news in Bulgarian. Go out with a mixed group of Bulgarians - not everybody is that fluent in English - the conversation will naturally start running in Bulgarian at some point and you would have to guess out of context and learn quite a lot in this way.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)','',0,0),(5296,4378,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.209','2011-02-28 00:01:15','2011-02-27 22:01:15','I don\'t know, the third woman doesn\'t look very unhappy. She\'s more like \"Winter? Meh, big deal... \" Numebr 4... that\'s not unhappy, that\'s John Lennon on the cover of Abbey Road. \r\n\r\nIndeed, there are some quite good shots on that blog and with very appropriate captions.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0b12) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b12','',0,0),(5757,4553,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','155.101.171.157','2011-03-17 18:38:05','2011-03-17 16:38:05','I totally understand your frustrations in learning Bulgarian! I think the difficulty is compounded in my situation because I am not currently living in Bulgaria, and thus, don\'t hear Bulgarian every day. My fiance is a big help and really encourages (read: nags) me to stay on top of it and actually try. \r\n\r\nI agree the textbooks leave a lot to be desired. I have purchased a couple of book/CD/DVD combos, and none of them are really all that helpful. Rosetta Stone doesn\'t offer a Bulgarian course, though I am doubtful it would be much help anyway. I have a blog friend who said she uses books made for Bulgarian Kindergarten-aged children just learning how to read. I think that\'s a pretty good idea for newbies like me just starting to learning the language. I have also tried online resources such as LiveMocha, Byki Express, etc. But I don\'t think anything can replace being fully immersed in the language day to day. \r\n\r\nI would be ecstatic to be as far along as you are! Hopefully after a few years in BG I will be.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6590,4764,'eenk','Elenko@gmail.com','http://www.eenk.com','77.85.19.8','2011-04-21 08:39:20','2011-04-21 06:39:20','Depending on your carrier my advice for you is to get a subsidized (paying monthly with a data plan) Android device with the latest version of Android operating system - 2.3.\r\n\r\nIt might be Samsung or an HTC device, which both are good.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.50 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(5895,4563,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','78.90.92.40','2011-03-22 20:35:44','2011-03-22 18:35:44','Hi Whitney,\r\n\r\nActually I think that the people in the tourism field here in BG are better paied than those in the education,but of course it all depends on the tourist agency that you possibly will be working for.. etc.My salary is the worst poible( it\'s enetry level),because here the scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of ciences are with the lowest possible salaries in the education field,but the situtation in the universities isn\'t much better.Let say that a professor in university can earn no more than 1000 leva (about 700 US dollar)  and this includes a lot of yeras practice and so on.....Only poeple from the  so called IT sector are well paied in BG and the worst paied as I said are the teachers,the doctors,the scientists......\r\n\r\nBut Bulgaria has beautiful seaside,amazing mountains,so there\'s always need for gooe tourist manager :).And not to forget that you can start your own tourist agency and to be the boss :),why not?! \r\nAnd in the end,all the written above will possibly explain you why a lot of Bulgarian want to emigrate (to US also) and it kind of strange for us why an American like you would want to move here.I vote  for the LOVE of course!So follow you heart.....',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12','',5875,0),(5896,4572,'Ilia Temelkov - soregashi','temelkovv@gmail.com','http://temelkoff.blogspot.com','94.26.69.172','2011-03-22 22:14:05','2011-03-22 20:14:05','Oh, my god. I\'m not alone. Please. explain this to my friends, who hate me for not using my phone. I really don\'t like the way people expect you to answer no matter what.\r\nI\'m glad that many of my friends are starting to understand that I prefer other ways of communication, but there are too many who don\'t. I have a lot of controversies lately about this, which is the most annoying thing in the world.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_6; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.151 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(8995,5500,'Jeff J','jefftjewett@yahoo.com','','208.92.241.20','2011-09-01 04:21:17','2011-09-01 02:21:17','Love the second shot with little A gazing wistfully at the dough!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.50 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Safari/534.50','',0,0),(6891,4883,'Alex','alex@mailinator.com','','71.233.150.144','2011-05-08 03:08:23','2011-05-08 01:08:23','And what\'s that \"HQ\" written on top of the tower? Headquarters? That\'s kinda strange on an eastern orthodox painting....',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(5447,4431,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','78.142.58.87','2011-03-05 03:29:45','2011-03-05 01:29:45','I know you were in a hurry and all, but I couldn\'t resist:\r\nhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/8010985/Non_capital_b_really.jpg',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.23 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.686.3 Safari/534.23','',0,0),(5471,418,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','84.40.125.59','2011-03-06 10:16:28','2011-03-06 08:16:28','@MK Good luck learning Bulgarian. How do you like the language group? I\'ve been meaning to go for ages but I seem to never have (or find) the time. Good question about knitting. I hate to say this but knitting is one of the passions I\'ve put on the back burner since I moved to Sofia. I often move my knitting needles and yarn around my apartment cleaning and I think \"I should get back into that\" but it never happens. Sorry I can\'t be more helpful!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5462,1),(5470,3578,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','84.40.125.59','2011-03-06 10:08:57','2011-03-06 08:08:57','@Carlyn Thanks for your comment. I am glad that you\'re looking forward to studying in  Bulgaria--you\'ve got a lot to look forward to. It\'s relatively easy to travel to the rest of Europe from Bulgaria. The cost of living is still relatively inexpensive and the fruits and veggies are super fresh. In the spring there\'s the festival of the roses which celebrates rose oil production in central Bulgaria. I\'d make sure to check that out. If I were you I\'d also see if I could extend my stay in order to send a few weeks on the Black Sea.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5362,1),(5892,4572,'Matt T.','mthomp28@gmail.com','','134.114.246.123','2011-03-22 18:40:01','2011-03-22 16:40:01','Sounds like things have changed since I was there a few years ago. No Bulgarians I knew really had conversations on the phone since it was more than a lev a minute. No one had plans. They just bought vouchers. Text messages were 15 stotinki, so it was more efficient and inexpensive to just text. I did notice that people would answer their phones on buses, which was annoying. In contrast, I visited Japan the same year I lived in Sofia. In Tokyo there were rules against talking on your cell phone in the trains. No one had to regulate this rule, people just obeyed it. \r\nI like texting, but I find that it is a protective and impersonal way to communicate at times. It\'s good for setting up places to meet or reminding someone of info. But I will usually call the person if we exchange more than three texts. I like to hear people\'s voices. However, I know this is foreign to those who are 25 or younger. I once watched my high school cousin have a conversation with a girl via 80-plus text messages. Talk about sore thumbs! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6019,4600,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.140.65','2011-03-26 21:15:39','2011-03-26 19:15:39','McDonald\'s commercials tell me we do have McCafe here in the United States. But we definitely did not 2 1/2 years ago when you left. However, the commercials make McCafe look like it comes in 20 oz to go cups, not these delicate little coffee cups you show!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6','',0,0),(5092,4319,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-02-22 12:12:29','2011-02-22 10:12:29','Thank you for what you\'ve written! I\'m so glad that I met you and still have you as a student and a friend. Be ready for new adventurous trips around Bulgaria and even more exciting grammer :P And I was thinking to ask did rakia help you improving your Bulgarian?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1','',0,0),(6059,4641,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','155.101.171.157','2011-03-28 19:36:58','2011-03-28 17:36:58','Thanks for the list, K.! \r\n\r\nI have read a few of them but I am always on the lookout for more. \r\n\r\nI wish that some of the ones available for the Kindle weren\'t quite so expensive. A few of them cost more than the hardcover versions. Boo! \r\n\r\nI have heard that A Concise History of Bulgaria is a must. If you happen to start reading it, please let me know what you think.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6060,4657,'Brenda','wallawallabrenda@yahoo.com','','199.89.175.199','2011-03-28 20:19:11','2011-03-28 18:19:11','Hi birthday buddy! I\'m also not worried about 30.  Actually, I\'m very excited!  (Only wish we could celebrate together.)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6061,3578,'Lina','0707923@rgu.ac.uk','','86.132.163.71','2011-03-28 21:01:56','2011-03-28 19:01:56','Zdravej Karolinka,\r\n\r\njust a quick note to say how very much I\'ve enjoyed reading your blog! And I\'m not normally a blog person :).\r\n\r\nI stumbled accross it when I was researching racism in Sofia for my final year dissertation and was shocked, but sadly not surprised to read what your students had to say.\r\n \r\nKeep up the good work, I truly admire your enthusiasm and I hope sofijanci are treating you well.\r\nX',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110218 AskTbBT4/3.11.3.15590 Firefox/3.6.14','',0,0),(5099,4319,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-02-22 16:57:27','2011-02-22 14:57:27','ups *grammar sorry',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1','',0,0),(5101,4319,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','84.40.125.59','2011-02-22 18:05:22','2011-02-22 16:05:22','@Ivet I am so glad that we\'re friends. I can\'t wait for more adventures!! And yes the rakiya helped the Bulgarian.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5099,1),(6986,4917,'Adrian','adrnikolov@yahoo.com','','75.25.59.1','2011-05-15 06:09:05','2011-05-15 04:09:05','@Carolyn\r\nCarolyn,\r\nYou are an American who is trying to do shopping in Bulgaria. By itself this is a comic situation already...\r\n\r\nHere is what I recall as (the only) shopping experience back in the old, communist-driven economy there:\r\n-It was an ordeal. Every day we would go from one shop to another to get things, and we paid in cash. No one had charge accounts, credit cards or checking accounts. And needless to say, the two hours in line every day.\r\n-When you get out for doing shopping, you do not really have it planned, you buy what you find.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to “modern” Bulgaria, things are not much more different.\r\n \r\nThe lack of common sense and the ignorance regarding the principles of market economy were perhaps the 2 major characteristics of communist economy, which ruined the industry. Apparently, you are faced with the same 2 things, but the tragedy is that it is happening to you 22 years later!!! Communism was a state of mind and is yet to be erased from the collective consciousness. There were petty restrictions and needless layers of bureaucracy everywhere. Maybe Bulgaria survived communism as ideology, but has not yet outlived it, has not yet changed the state of mind. \r\n-Adrian',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7021,4917,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.116.219','2011-05-16 08:35:11','2011-05-16 06:35:11','I have to agree with TN on that one. Same thing happens everywhere. I had very similar problems with Vodafone in NL. It\'s just rules, no matter how stupid they are.\r\n\r\nOn a more positive note - try the Dream House veggie restaurant if you still haven\'t. Simpler but much tastier than Sun &amp; Moon if you ask me :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(6074,3578,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-29 05:39:41','2011-03-29 03:39:41','@Lina Wow. Thanks so much for your comment. I hope that your research is going well and I wish that the stories I have to tell about racism in Sofia were different but unfortunately not. So I do what I can in the classroom to model good behavior and hope that it will influence students in a small way each day.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6061,1),(5609,4500,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','83.228.3.176','2011-03-11 12:45:23','2011-03-11 10:45:23','When I travel round Bulgaria I\'m always on the lookout for people selling yogurt when passing through smaller villages, I especially love bivolsko kiselo mliako  (buffalo yogurt?). Couple that with homemade *any*berry jam and it equals to serious noms.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.3 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(6989,4917,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-15 08:56:57','2011-05-15 06:56:57','@Adrian I think that had you been with me yesterday you would have seen a funny mix of American in Bulgaria shopping---that was clearly the case when I decided to begin touching cellphones and set off the alarm. No other Bulgarians touched them for the record and after my incident I looked to see if there were any signs about not touching them. There were not. But the part that you would have been proud of/or laughed at was when two big Bulgarian men tried to cut in front of me when it was finally my turn. I looked at the sales clerk he looked at me and I slid right in front of the Bulgarians who were trying to edge their way in. \n\nAs for not having a new phone, oh well. I guess it\'s a good way to save some money. Wasn\'t that also an element of the planned economy--forced savings?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',6986,1),(6990,4917,'TN','tsvetty@yahoo.com','','193.49.123.21','2011-05-15 11:10:09','2011-05-15 09:10:09','Caroline,\r\nFirst of all, happy birthday! I am really sorry that you could not get your iphone today. However, it is not only an Mtel thing. Or a Bulgarian thing for that matter. Usually I am the first person to criticize Bulgaria, but in this particular situation, I have had very similar experiences both in the USA and in France (well except for the part where you weren\'t allowed to touch the phones...)\r\nIn the US, as a foreigner with a newly obtained credit card, I could not open an account with most of the providers because I did not have credit history. No matter how much money I was willing to pay in advance, I still could not become a client of AT&amp;T for example. Nobody cared that I had a good job, or that I had a visa for the next 3 years. Finally, I managed to open a basic account with T-mobile for which I had to leave a $300 or $400 deposit for a year. \r\nIn France, the situation was even more bureaucratic. From the moment I entered the country, it took me a month and a half to get a cell phone. I first had to find a residence and get a bunch of documents to prove I would be in the country for a year. Then I had to open a bank account. Then I had to wait for 2-3 weeks for my bank to send me a check book so that I can leave a check for the mobile provider. Finally, after 3 futile trips to the store, I managed to get a basic phone.\r\nSo in general, I believe all foreigners face similar issues no matter in what country they live. Obviously it is quite annoying and bureaucratic, but my advice would be to stay positive and go back to get your birthday present :) Don’t let such things discourage you. Good luck!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.53 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(5148,4306,'Пак за храната &laquo; Жълтурчето','','http://vitanova.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/girls-night-in/','66.135.48.211','2011-02-23 23:21:11','2011-02-23 21:21:11','[...] не влагаме (с)мисъл в него. Някои хора може и да слагат гъби и сирене в мусаката, други считаме за важни други работи. Семейна трапеза. [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(5170,4364,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.209','2011-02-24 12:31:42','2011-02-24 10:31:42','I have a link for the one in Bulgarian, I tried adding \"_en\" and voila - http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/karta_Census2011_en.pdf\r\nIt\'s \"availability of heating system\" and I think that excludes stoves and small electrical heaters, especially given the next question. But I guess it could be interpreted either way.\r\nHere\'s a funny thing in the translation - the \"energy saving woodwork\" is not made of wood.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13','',5160,0),(7923,5162,'killermia','ladymariakp@gmail.com','http://killermia.wordpress.com','213.240.198.91','2011-07-04 22:24:35','2011-07-04 20:24:35','Yes, yes it is difficult - but you can do anything you put your mind to! Plus, think of the example you\'re setting for your students - if you really think this microblog is useful, what\'s to stop you from suggesting it as an exercise to those you teach? Awesome,no? Plus, you\'re doig very well, from what I have seen so far ;) Keep it up!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(6744,4838,'Bridget','mullanski@yahoo.com','','68.48.185.118','2011-04-29 05:28:15','2011-04-29 03:28:15','OH MY GOD. This is OUTSTANDING. I am so envious now, you have no idea. ;) If you end up with a few extra bars of dark chocolate with hazelnuts, I\'ll send you some black beans in return (assuming it\'s legal to mail them)!\r\nAlso, the one good thing about choosing food based on the packaging is that you don\'t get tied to one particular brand or type; you get to try out every variety of mystery cheese or yogurt or breakfast cereal. The disadvantage is that it\'s hard to remember which kinds you liked and didn\'t like..',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.5.7 NET_mmhpset','',0,0),(5629,4500,'Vergil','vergilg@hotmail.com','','99.241.2.231','2011-03-12 02:22:29','2011-03-12 00:22:29','You are making me hungry.  I bet our homemade yougurt here in Ontario is not even half as good as what you are having there - jelous.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC2; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(6991,4917,'Karolina','Karolina@szynal.com','','64.185.149.130','2011-05-15 15:09:59','2011-05-15 13:09:59','Hi Karolinka,\r\nWhere to start, well... I hate Mtel! After i left the country I still have some issues with them. Back in 2010 i was unable to close my monthly plan when i was going back to Poland. And now i keep payng for it. I am paying for something i dont even use! That is Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8C148','',0,0),(6745,4838,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-29 06:02:05','2011-04-29 04:02:05','@Bridget Anything for you! You\'re the one who introduced me to Ritter Sport--oh a <em>few</em> years ago.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6744,1),(7634,297,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimi.co.cc','80.109.105.92','2011-06-17 03:54:48','2011-06-17 01:54:48','I know this is an ancient post (electronically speaking) and I came across it by accident googleing something else, but I still would like to share my knowledge of Sofia\'s shabbiest cinema. \r\nMr. Vlaykov was a rich man in the 1920s in Sofia and his wife, who was a cinema fan, decided to build a building with a cinema saloon. Before they died (mid 1920s) they donated the building to a cultural institution and the Ministry of Education with the sole condition that the cinema would be kept running no matter what. Today the building belongs to a neighbourhood cultural institution/library. They are terribly underfunded and running a cinema saloon is the last thing on their mind, yet they have to keep it going. That\'s why they screen the minimum amount of films necessary by law to maintain cinema status. Of course this is no excuse for everything being so shabby. Considering that all of the downtown neighbourhood cinemas closed to make space for shops and the like and that we go to watch films in the cineplexes, multiplexes and malls nowadays, I could see it renovated in a 1920s style and becoming a bijoux screening old films, documentaries and so on.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(5657,4364,'fabien','fatsnoodles@hotmail.com','','89.215.134.130','2011-03-13 20:43:55','2011-03-13 18:43:55','The census was easy.\r\n\r\nI called them, asked them to please send an english speaking census people to my home. And so they arrived, 3 days later. They rapidly wrote down my answers, often helping me along the way with my guesses as they obviously wanted  to get back home asap.\r\n\r\nThe whole operation took 5 minutes. Easy as pie. Bulgaria doesn\'t always have to be hard.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.127 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(7726,5109,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.116.219','2011-06-23 17:34:28','2011-06-23 15:34:28','This would my festival this year: http://sozopolfest.bg/. Seaside and chill-out music :)\r\n\r\nBut I think Elevation would also be great... Foothills of Pirin have very good acoustics :P\r\n\r\nIf you like jazz, this one might be interesting as weel: http://banskojazzfest.com/?ac=programme&amp;lang=en ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.100 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7031,4917,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.39.156','2011-05-16 20:21:50','2011-05-16 18:21:50','It seems that the real problem is not the phone (you could buy it without mobile plan) but the data plan. I am sure that if you were already an Mtel customer they would allow you to buy what you wanted.\r\nThe best (cheap and convenient) solution for you is to find a friend (company, your employer) with MClass plan and with some spare SIM card. The only problem stays with the owner of the plan - he could not decrease the number of the SIM cards in his MClass group. So if you leave Bulgaria he has to continue the monthly payments (for minor plan of course) for the extra SIM card.\r\nBTW Mtel gives good monthly offers (mobile and smartphones) for MClass customers.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.10','',0,0),(5654,4500,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-13 17:33:23','2011-03-13 15:33:23','@Elizabeth I\'ve never tried it. I\'m actually not sure I\'ve ever seen it. I\'ll ask around at school and see if anyone knows anything about it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5638,1),(6470,4727,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.210.132.34','2011-04-14 14:02:03','2011-04-14 12:02:03','This reminds me of the only Kentucky Derby Party we ever hosted.  Somehow we picked the year when it actually snowed on the first Saturday of May (the one and only in 137 years).  Small house, lots of guests, many children.  Snow at the wrong time really can stop you short!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(7639,5068,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-06-17 11:17:05','2011-06-17 09:17:05','А както се досещаш, и аз се опитвам да те мъча с българския ;) Ако имаш затруднения, ще го повтарям на немски :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7028,4922,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-16 17:10:59','2011-05-16 15:10:59','American equivalent of Thracian treasure is probably some remains from Mayflower ... ? ;-) It is something older than the State',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7029,4922,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-16 17:11:57','2011-05-16 15:11:57','The State of Bulgaria I mean',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(5215,4345,'Aunt Jane','jlaaker@centurytel.net','','98.125.213.204','2011-02-25 18:29:38','2011-02-25 16:29:38','Grandma Mary always boiled her potatoes with skins on for pototoe salad!\r\n\r\nLove aunt jane',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.5; FunWebProducts; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618; im_en_0002)','',0,0),(7638,5068,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-06-17 11:15:56','2011-06-17 09:15:56','Да, освен с децата, опитай да говориш и с родителите им (опитай да обясниш: Ваньо се държи добре в час и учи, а Пепи е като отвързан ;) – както си избрала мястото, можеш да си сигурна, че никой от родителите няма да говори на английски с теб :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7475,5043,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','96.234.232.128','2011-06-08 17:14:59','2011-06-08 15:14:59','You know, I would kind of like to see the hole as well.  At least once:-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(6509,4727,'llcoolv','vassil100@gmail.com','','94.26.22.142','2011-04-16 02:19:07','2011-04-16 00:19:07','honestly said, you are the first person who is happy to see the 76 coming. they are not only the oldest vehicles in the bus fleet by a mile, but most of them are former school buses and everything in them is uncomfortable as hell for a grown up person.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(6137,4666,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-31 22:42:02','2011-03-31 20:42:02','@Kyle S. What a nice thing to say!! Thanks so much for your comment. I am glad that you are making the waffles--I am currently waffle-iron-less in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6132,1),(5773,4558,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-18 06:46:55','2011-03-18 04:46:55','@Caroline wow. Thanks for such a nice comment!! Good luck with learning your language.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5749,1),(5770,4558,'fabien','fatsnoodles@hotmail.com','','89.253.181.103','2011-03-18 04:17:10','2011-03-18 02:17:10','Glad to see Im not the only one sucking at this language. I\'ve never encountered another long-term expat with worst bulgarian than I. Im contemplating moving in alone with my inlaws in the middle of nowhere who don\'t speak an ounce of english to finally acquire the language by osmosis. A two months vacation should do the trick.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.133 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(5768,4558,'A Bulgarian','anna.anteni@gmail.com','','173.15.128.122','2011-03-17 23:52:30','2011-03-17 21:52:30','I am enjoying reading your blog and I hope to pass some wisdom on learning a language.  What worked for me learning English was (in that order):\r\n1.  Translating texts with a help of a dictionary.  In the initial period I translated about 10-15 pages from 3-4 books.\r\n2.  Listening intently to the news many times a day.   I was lucky that we had Euronews at the time because the news were very repetitive.  Initially they seemed to speak 2x faster than I could hear :)\r\n3.  Writting an email to English speaking people every day.  This was the crucial exersise.  Having to explain yourself in writing is even better than doing it verbally because you have time for corrections and you remember what you wrote (having labored on it for 1h+).  I did this for a bit more than a year. \r\n\r\nI suggest that you start writing every day to a friend of yours in Bulgarian and have them respond in Bulgarian even if they speak English.  If you progress to writing long letters you should improve significantly in a year.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5','',0,0),(5389,4390,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','84.40.125.59','2011-03-02 23:09:58','2011-03-02 21:09:58','@MoM I am pretty sure that you can give away a martenitsa when ever you want. I mean in the last year you already moved Christmas back a few days for me. So technically, I think the 4th might be March 1st if we\'re working backwards from the \"second\" Christmas we celebrated together. Love you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5380,1),(5931,4594,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.57','2011-03-24 03:59:22','2011-03-24 01:59:22','Carolyn, I don\'t want you to be alarmed, but you sound so Bulgarian in this text. ;-) You are getting the Bulgarian sense of humour and the Bulgarian view of life.  You are becoming a Bulgarian!\r\n\r\nThese are short lived traditions. The plastic bag appeared massively only 20 years ago, and before that there weren\'t bags at all. We had only enormous sheets of brown paper which were used to wrap everything - from clothes to cheese. So, at the moment we are just overcompensating.\r\n\r\nThe undegradable type of bags will suddenly disappear and nobody will give a damn about this \"tradition\". The same will happen to smoking inside restaurants and bars.\r\n\r\nKeep up the good work!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.151 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(5575,4431,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','128.193.8.92','2011-03-09 23:38:23','2011-03-09 21:38:23','Carolyn,  I\'m sure the English Literature major (let alone the teacher) in you feels properly shamed! But this is too funny.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5456,0),(23976,7358,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','94.236.133.85','2012-12-03 00:32:01','2012-12-02 22:32:01','I know I live right by you, but I\'d love one if you have any to spare. Rozhen is right near Smolyan and I visited a few years ago. Well...tried to visit. They only accept groups of 10 or more, so my husband and I were out of luck. But the observatory is still quite impressive from the outside. I am sad to hear about the budget cuts. It\'s great that your students are trying to help out.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0','',0,0),(20938,6873,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.38.158','2012-07-12 15:12:21','2012-07-12 13:12:21','Tall, blonde, stylish -- Finnish of course!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(15355,6093,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-13 10:35:42','2012-01-13 08:35:42','@dimi That sounds like a pretty apt summary of my experience too. I just hope that the whole month wont feel this way!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15332,1),(24392,7401,'Back from a weekend in Vienna | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=4362','91.196.124.221','2012-12-22 13:58:09','2012-12-22 11:58:09','[...] Back from a weekend in Vienna  чрез Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria &#1086;&#1090; karolinka на 12-12-9 [...]',0,'0','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(22373,7145,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-09-15 11:18:05','2012-09-15 09:18:05','@Maggie Yeah! Thanks so much for this. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1','',22372,1),(8090,5211,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.14','2011-07-13 01:19:57','2011-07-12 23:19:57','So why do you drink Kamenitsa or Zagorka when in Bulgaria, then :)  They\'re pretty bad. Especially Zagorka. IPA is India Pale Ale, right? I only drink Zagorka when nothing else is available, and Kamenitsa only in the most dire of circumstances.\r\n\r\nShannon: Well it depends. I can do it the American way if I\'m being self-conscious enough about it, we\'re spending a long time together, and we\'re not a very mixed company. Usually I don\'t bother, though. People get used to it soon enough. But sometimes I catch myself foing it the American way and I, in turn, confuse other Bulgarians.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(8072,5208,'Uncle Jim','jfemigh@aol.com','','75.205.27.172','2011-07-12 04:45:31','2011-07-12 02:45:31','Have your dAd take you to the Taco/Burrito truck on Issac\'s near Uncle B\'s house.  Anthony and I really liked it when we were in Walla Walla in March.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(7794,5124,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.39','2011-06-26 22:09:34','2011-06-26 20:09:34','I wasn\'t attending, but when I heard that Jamiroquai won\'t perform (due to the singer spraining an ankle) and then the second day was canceled altogether, I felt bad for the people that went. I\'ve had my share of canceled concerts and festivals, the overpriced Sonisphere in particular. So I\'m happy you had a good time after all :)\r\nAnd if you have difficulties ordering hot dogs again, try asking for a кренвиршка (kren-vir-shka, stress on the E) - it\'s quite similar a snack, if not identical, depending on the particular bakery or stall, so both words usually mean the same thing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(8073,5208,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-12 05:30:58','2011-07-12 03:30:58','@Uncle Jim Will do. Those pictures he took make it look great!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8072,1),(7597,5068,'Shannon','shannon@bendell.ca','http://www.livinginthegray.com','70.76.78.175','2011-06-14 22:20:59','2011-06-14 20:20:59','Good for you! It takes a lot of courage to put yourself in what you know will be a challenging position but I\'m sure you will be rewarded with a huge improvement in your language skills, not to mention many other rewards that come from working with kids and travelling!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.71 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(7595,5062,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-14 20:31:27','2011-06-14 18:31:27','@Ilian I don\'t know. I haven\'t made anything with it yet and I didn\'t feel like just tasting it. It smells sweet and vanilla-y.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7594,1),(7596,5068,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-06-14 22:09:52','2011-06-14 20:09:52','Elena is a nice town, much like your beloved Koprivshtitsa has old houses and lots of history ;) I am sure it will be a great experience!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6640,4781,'Jenny','Jnikol11@yahoo.com','','166.205.8.108','2011-04-24 15:53:14','2011-04-24 13:53:14','The person with the strongest egg is believed to have a year of good luck. I am about to introduce the egg smashing tradition to my American friends, since this Easter we are going to spend the holiday with them (normally it\'s a family affair); it would be interesting that is certain!  Great photos by the way; feeling a little nostalgic after seeing them. Thanks for sharing!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8G4 Safari/6533.18.5','',0,0),(7842,5133,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','71.221.197.10','2011-06-30 00:01:04','2011-06-29 22:01:04','I was able to determine (with close reading) that you do NOT want me to roll these two events into one party.  I\'d really rather do grilled pizza and strawberry shortcake with \"beer, hamburgers, sausages, a leafy green salad and a potato salad\" on the side. I could easily make sure the beer is all local beer! The watermelon should really wait until the Hermiston melons are on in a few more weeks!\r\nWhat do you think?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7594,5062,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','85.130.52.224','2011-06-14 20:03:40','2011-06-14 18:03:40','And what is kozunak flavoring?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6643,4781,'Micah','micahcox23@gmail.com','','85.14.51.26','2011-04-24 15:59:12','2011-04-24 13:59:12','Zdrasti Carolyn, I am an American living in Sofia as well (with my colleague, another American) . I just came across your site because it\'s Easter and the city is empty and we are bored looking for things to do. \r\nLooks like you know a lot of cool things around here, maybe you could e-mail me some advice? \r\n Blagodarya!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(7584,5021,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','78.90.92.40','2011-06-13 20:25:13','2011-06-13 18:25:13','Thanks for that blog post!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12','',0,0),(10393,5663,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','67.2.47.24','2011-10-09 13:43:18','2011-10-09 11:43:18','Congrats on the interview! I truly enjoy reading your blog and will definitely try and catch this interview (if it\'s in English. If not, my hubby will have to translate!). I hope to have such awesome adventures and opportunities during my own time in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(13642,418,'Tina','tina@sweetsbytina.com','','46.12.171.80','2011-12-12 14:55:38','2011-12-12 12:55:38','Hi Carolyn,\r\n\r\nJust found your blog and have loved it!  I\'m a Greek-Australian (living currently in Greece) and are thinking of moving to Sofia because of my husband\'s work commitments.  Don\'t know a single word of Bulgarian and am really finding it hard to believe that I might be living in a non-English speaking country... How did you cope when you first got there?  \r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nTina',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.51.22 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.1 Safari/534.51.22','',0,0),(13645,418,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-12 15:41:05','2011-12-12 13:41:05','@Tina well, I tried not to worry about it too much. I told myself that plenty of people speak English (and it\'s true) but then I quickly started looking up classes for Bulgarian--so that I could do and say basic things. That was enough to get me through my first year. It\'s very do-able but I think the most important thing is your attitude. You have to know that it\'s going to be difficult and tell your self that you\'re going to make the best of it. Even when it stinks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13642,1),(7579,5056,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2011-06-13 16:06:13','2011-06-13 14:06:13','Some years ago my dad and I both happened to eat the same piece of meat, which happened to be bad, so we both got salmonella poisoning. It was quite an extreme case of salmonella. I ended up in a hospital for a week with IVs in my veins and all that other wonderful stuff. My dad, hm, not so much. He said that he didn\'t eat anything for two days and just drank rakia. And he was fine after that. No need for doctors, hospitals, or any medications. So, there you have it. Since then I am a strong believer in rakia! And practice my beliefs as often as possible. :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(9000,5500,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-01 06:52:50','2011-09-01 04:52:50','@Right!? He\'s grown up so much over the summer. You\'d be amazed.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8995,1),(9001,5500,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-01 06:54:18','2011-09-01 04:54:18','@Elsa Of course! These two are great fun. It was the perfect kind of baby sitting--have a lot of fun, be a little wild, eat a snack and then give them back to mom and dad!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8997,1),(7516,5048,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-06-10 18:36:13','2011-06-10 16:36:13','I generally follow \r\n\r\nhttp://www.therealgenadi.com (he hasn\'t posted for a while though)\r\nhttp://www.nname.org\r\nhttp://www.kaka-cuuka.com (his thinking is somewhat unconventional for BG)\r\nhttp://www.dzver.com + komitata (except when they\'re talking about politics - I hate that)\r\nand your blog :)\r\nYou have a very nice blog btw.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.11','',0,0),(7515,5021,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-06-10 18:28:07','2011-06-10 16:28:07','\"...BTW it’s high time you visited Ruse. Well, maybe not now, but after the municipal elections. The whole central city square is being renovated for no good reason...\"\r\n\r\nFor a pretty obvious reason I\'d say ;)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.11','',0,0),(8531,5337,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-07-29 23:50:20','2011-07-29 21:50:20','@N. You apparently know your cars!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8526,1),(8127,1971,'Natalia Todorova','nvtodorova@gmail.com','http://natalia-todorova.blogspot.com/','79.100.30.2','2011-07-14 20:07:29','2011-07-14 18:07:29','Karolinka,\r\nI am so happy that u like this movie and u\'re trying to present Bulgaria in this kind of spiritual way i mean I guess u have felt  the \"Bulgarian spirit\"\r\n\r\nI am about to contact , or at least try to do this, some Bulgarian movie companies bout the idea of sending movies on demand on netflix and blockbuster.\r\nThats a shame how other Eastern European countries share their movies with the world and Bulgaria doesnt...This has to be changed!\r\npls, if u have some further information or at least idea how Bg movies can be shown more often in the USA- drop a line\r\nits a shame that our  bg councelor in Chicago - Lila Georgieva doesnt give a damn bout this! :@ :@',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',1285,0),(7513,5048,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.77','2011-06-10 16:45:21','2011-06-10 14:45:21','I almost went to #tbb last night it would have been almost like stalking you, CS, now #tbb then you\'ll be seeing me in ACS, ho ho ho.\r\nThe links above have many blogs and it would be hard to find the good ones, but it\'s a start.\r\nFinding hidden jewels is the most fun, everyone can read @elenko but does that make his blog any good!\r\nTwitter is another beer though, you should read all my twits as they are mostly uncensored and real, nasty, witty and sometimes informative especially to women who wonder WTF do men think about :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7601,5068,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','95.87.210.128','2011-06-15 11:20:20','2011-06-15 09:20:20','Това е най-добрият начин - с деца. Миналата седмица бях в Турция, имаше много руски туристи и децата ме заговаряха на руски в басейна... какъв друг избор имам освен да им отговоря на руски? :) \r\nЕлена и Еленският балкан са чудесно място :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7543,5053,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-11 22:09:38','2011-06-11 20:09:38','@Марин Right!? And it kind of makes you feel like a crazy person when wild, unexpected things are coming out of your mouth or popping into your head.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7539,1),(7542,5053,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-11 22:08:22','2011-06-11 20:08:22','@Bridget I read this and thought: Ah, science!! Then I thought about all of those hours I spent in German class and I said to myself: German you\'ll always be my L2 Language. That was to make my German feel better. It\'s been awfully neglected since college. But truthfully, I think that I can probably still put together more complex and grammatically correct sentences in German than in Bulgarian.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7540,1),(7540,5053,'Bridget','mullanski@yahoo.com','','68.48.185.118','2011-06-11 21:06:15','2011-06-11 19:06:15','The \"German problem\" is actually a documented phenomenon in research on language learning; it\'s called \"language interference\". There\'s also \"language transfer\", which is a more positive spin and largely on L1/L2, I think. Most research involves L1/L2 interference, but there are studies looking at L2 influence on L3. For most people learning a third language, their second language gets in the way much more than their native language. Funny how that works. \r\nI think that if you\'re coming up with German words less frequently, maybe Bulgarian is becoming your L2 and German your L3... which is good, or at least more practical, since you\'re living in Bulgaria!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.5.7 NET_mmhpset','',0,0),(8096,5211,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-13 04:10:12','2011-07-13 02:10:12','@Krum Good point. Maybe I should set higher beer standards for myself but when in Bulgaria I end up drinking the fairly flavorless and totally uninteresting Bulgarian beers just because they are there. And yes, IPA is Indian Pale Ale.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8090,1),(7539,5053,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.39.149','2011-06-11 19:40:34','2011-06-11 17:40:34','I had similar \"German\" problem during a business trip in St. Petersburg when I used my not very active Russian (speaking with Russians) together with English (speaking with other foreigners). A lot of German words arrived in my speech instead of English.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.10','',0,0),(8095,5211,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-13 04:08:01','2011-07-13 02:08:01','@Shannon In Bulgaria, the head shake isn\'t too hard. As an American, it\'s all about realizing that when others seem like they might be shaking their heads \"no\" they are actually confirming or agreeing with you with a \"yes\" head shake but as a foreigner, if you do a western head nod nobody seems to think twice about it. The bigger problem is here in the States. Even if you verbally say \"yes\" but non-verbally you shake your head \"no\" because you\'re confused and you think shaking your head \"Bulgarian-yes\" would help the situation let me tell you it will not help the situation in America. People who are waiting on you just look at you like you\'re crazy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8088,1),(7534,5048,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-06-11 14:06:52','2011-06-11 12:06:52','My all time favorite that I found by accident was fuckthenorm.net - he doesn\'t post frequently but most things are crazy as hell and make me feel like there are others like me who get inspired to hate just for a few minutes, the blog post just appears, after that you just go about your day :)\r\n\r\nThis post was blowing up 2 months ago all around  the bg internet http://fwd4.me/03gK - Pussy economics ;)\r\n\r\nvoxybg.com for current events and stuff.\r\ntepacata.org for crazy stories',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7530,0),(8963,5445,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','78.142.58.87','2011-08-30 18:32:56','2011-08-30 16:32:56','Mmmm, first pie I ever made and it turned out AWESOME. The rosemary crust is sooo delicious. I ate almost half of the pie by myself :D (I put a bit of kashkaval on top of the filling btw)\r\n\r\nThanks a lot for the blog post and thanks to your Aunt Ruth for the recipe!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.865.0 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(7532,5048,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.79','2011-06-11 13:17:30','2011-06-11 11:17:30','Thank you, Joe',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',7516,0),(7531,5048,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-11 09:32:16','2011-06-11 07:32:16','@joe (And everyone else as well) Thanks so much for these suggestions!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7516,1),(7530,5048,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-11 09:31:40','2011-06-11 07:31:40','@Andreytcho the funny thing is that I am the one stalking you... only you\'re making it very difficult for me. This said, I think that your tweets are going to be too hard for me to read (but I did just click the follow you button on twitter). As for the hidden gems... which blogs are those for you?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7513,1),(7806,5068,'Matt','mthomp28@gmail.com','','109.197.73.122','2011-06-27 14:52:42','2011-06-27 12:52:42','Carolyn,\r\n\r\nIt think it\'s awesome that you are doing that! And yes, you can learn from kids... I learned so much Bulgarian from my students correcting my mistakes all the time. The guy above is right about willpower and how it\'s often awkward to not speak English when they want you to. It\'s especially hard when you\'re still learning the language and they\'ve studied English 10-15 years. I am having this problem in Russia at times. A few friends and I have agreed that they can speak English, but I always answer in Russian. It really does help and I\'ve progressed quite a bit in a month. Good luck in Elena (I\'ve heard it\'s nice there) and have a wonderful time in WW! I wish I could visit there this summer too. :(\r\n\r\nMatt',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.100 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(8091,5211,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.14','2011-07-13 01:20:24','2011-07-12 23:20:24','Em, I meant especially Kamenitsa.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7808,5101,'Brenda','wallawallabrenda@yahoo.com','','74.85.69.174','2011-06-27 19:11:19','2011-06-27 17:11:19','Yay for Carolyn eating hamburgers in Walla Walla!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(8133,5214,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-15 05:58:35','2011-07-15 03:58:35','@Комитата Oh no. I am still learning Bulgarian and I\'ll still be writing a piece about Walla Walla in Bulgarian don\'t you worry. It was however a very interesting piece to read as someone attempting to learn the language.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8121,1),(7840,5142,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.221','2011-06-29 22:24:32','2011-06-29 20:24:32','Probably you\'ll be asked to compare things in the USA and Bulgaria',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.100 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7850,5142,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-30 06:11:02','2011-06-30 04:11:02','@Andrew Great question I didn\'t speak any Bulgarian. Clearly you have to be willing to learn some but you don\'t have to know it before you arrive.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7847,1),(7851,5142,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-30 06:13:20','2011-06-30 04:13:20','@Комитата And this comparison will clearly be <em>very</em> hard for me--as I am not used to ever doing this :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7840,1),(7296,5012,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-30 09:21:36','2011-05-30 07:21:36','You are absolutely normal. I am doing the same in similar situation',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7298,5000,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-30 09:31:10','2011-05-30 07:31:10','Yeap, fact is true: Thassos, Kavala and Ohrid were in BG during WWII :) \r\nBut OK, the correct answer is: never go to Black see, if the greek border is open to be crossed :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7874,5101,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-07-01 06:07:40','2011-07-01 04:07:40','@my baby sister: I am jealous. Only 6 days until I\'ll be eating hamburgers. Probably left over for breakfast at 3am but that\'s another story!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7867,1),(7877,2766,'Kane','admin_disqworld@hotmail.com','','92.20.114.127','2011-07-01 08:58:46','2011-07-01 06:58:46','Hi Karolinka the Bulgarian substitution you mention for scallions isn\'t needed, in Europe, well England (UK) for sure Scallions \'are\' Spring Onions :)\r\nAs a chef I\'m loving your somewhat \'creative\' food posts and I must say the whole blog has had me enthralled since I found it a few weeks back, I haven\'t commented before just sat reading and enjoying your adventure in Bulgaria and learning from your experiences. \r\nAfter the sad loss of my Mum in April I\'ve decided that with what small inheritence there will be I am going to move to Bulgaria, preferably to a small village/town and make it my home while I try to live the good life as self-sufficiently as I can.\r\nI\'ve just started to try and grasp the language and am doing reasonably well at \'decoding\' Cyrillic letters so your blog is helping me no end, please don\'t stop blogging, the way you have taken Bulgaria to heart and your love of the country and the people really shines through and makes this blog a truly special read :)\r\nSincerely\r\n\r\nKane (40 something retired chef soon to be ex-pat)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(7303,5012,'Emil A. Georgiev','bulgarus@googlemail.com','http://reguligence.biz','194.138.12.146','2011-05-30 10:38:11','2011-05-30 08:38:11','Karolinka,\r\n\r\nI do not like the situation you describe either. \r\nIn that sense and regardless of my Bulgarian nationality, I would be as crazy as you -).\r\n\r\nBR,\r\nEmil',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(7305,4923,'Matt','mthomp28@gmail.com','','109.197.73.122','2011-05-30 14:36:48','2011-05-30 12:36:48','Caroline,\r\n\r\nLiving outside Sofia for the summer is a fantastic idea for learning Bulgarian. If you have any connections for living in a village, I highly recommend it! You are right. Until you have to use Bulgarian 80 percent of the day, your progress will be slow. I am in Russia now and I\'m forcing myself to speak Russian 90 percent of the time. I know I won\'t improve otherwise. Another student from England was here today and she\'s quiet serious about Russian. We spoke for 20 minutes not using English, which was difficult and weird, but beneficial. I think you would have a great, interesting experience spending the summer na selo. Davai!\r\nMatt',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(7607,5053,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-06-15 14:02:49','2011-06-15 12:02:49','German and Russian are my first foreign languages. Till now I speak (write ;-) English as German with EN words ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7605,5068,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-06-15 13:40:14','2011-06-15 11:40:14','С деца е суперска идея :) Няма да ти дадат никакъв шанс да се отклоняваш от правия път :) Успех!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(5914,4572,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-03-23 15:16:35','2011-03-23 13:16:35','@Ilia Temelkov - soregashi Right?! But the thing is now that I\'ve written this post, I am afraid that none of my friends are ever going to call me again. I\'d really hate for that to happen.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5896,1),(12881,5855,'Funny','mitsnow@hotmail.com','','199.119.232.2','2011-11-25 02:55:04','2011-11-25 00:55:04','Hey. This is a wonderful post.\r\n\r\nI actively fought the urge to open the bottle I am saving for X-mass for this post. Instead I had a puff.  It\'s like taken off of my experience a couple of x-masses ago. I feel this helps with the motions that get me through a day, but not give the experience any substance to defend its right to exist. At least for me something more is needed. Doesn\'t work in the long term for me. Happy it does for you.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110803 Firefox/3.6.20','',0,0),(22912,7218,'robyn','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','164.106.228.159','2012-10-10 18:28:18','2012-10-10 16:28:18','I want one of those at MY school!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1','',0,0),(23790,7333,'Светлина','svetlina.vitanova@gmail.com','http://vitanova.wordpress.com/','62.90.159.110','2012-11-27 11:02:53','2012-11-27 09:02:53','Chaika :) The one with the white filling :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(21971,7032,'Sara','dailyvisualinspiration44@gmail.com','http://dailyvisualinspiration.wordpress.com','15.203.169.105','2012-08-23 10:46:56','2012-08-23 08:46:56','What an interesting idea, chips pancakes! How did you make those? Your post has made me want to try these special \'cakes! :D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.83 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(5917,4594,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.92','2011-03-23 18:59:11','2011-03-23 16:59:11','You missed шкембе чорба :)\r\nI\'m all for taking the cigarettes away from the cafes, restaraunts, bars, etc. \r\nThe plastic bags, however, are still a necessity, though a reduce in the number used would be most welcome. You see, years ago people had cloth bags and erm... net-bags, which they used over and over. I don\'t know why the plastic bags appeared (probably because it was a western thing and we were running from communism and the past so fast, our shadows were lagging behind), but now you need them if you want to buy cheese and meat, for example. Because some products are often extra-watery or other-liquidy and leak all over your nice cloth bag. Some say it\'s a sort of a nationwide scam - sell people 950gr meat + 50gr water at the price of 1kg meat. In some cases I\'m inclined to agree. Now you don\'t need plastic bags for potatoes, especially in larger amounts, because they tend to cut through your fingers. But untill the idea that cloth bags are too old, communist and grandma-styled, plastic will be prevalent.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(5918,4594,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','95.87.210.128','2011-03-23 19:58:19','2011-03-23 17:58:19','Oh, the last sentence is so sweet. You ain\'t stereotyping at all :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)','',0,0),(5919,4594,'TAfricanski','teodor_slavchev@mail.bg','','145.99.145.40','2011-03-23 20:40:06','2011-03-23 18:40:06','Maybe generalizing, but definitely not stereotyping. A stereotype is something you acquire without having contact with the \"stereotyped\". Generalization is something you acquire when you actually form your opinion by looking at some representatives of the people you are generalizing.\r\nFor example, before I had worked with black people, I thought they were irresponsible and that was a stereotype. Now that I\'ve worked with black people, I think they are irresponsible and this is generalization (I am sure there is at least one black person who is not irresponsible, but I don\'t care).\r\nAbout plastic bags and cigarettes - both are part of the \"Bulgarians love complaining\" part. Smoking ban in cafés, bars and restaurants is something that everyone likes - non-smokers AND smokers. It just takes a couple of weeks to get used to it.\r\nSame is true for the usage of plastic bags - it takes 3 days to get used to living with a minimum number of plastic bags.\r\nNow, here comes the problem of the Bulgarians - in general both rules are good and should be implemented, but rules are not exactly for us, who are you to tell me not to smoke/use a new plastic bag every time, and if you don\'t give me a plastic bag/let me smoke, your competitor will. And since no one will punish your competitor, you will feel as a total idiot of you continue enforcing those anyhow unthinkable rules - because I can assure you that no Bulgarian who lives in Bulgaria can imagine sitting at a café without smoking. Not that when they sit at a café in Germany they die because they can\'t smoke, but that\'s Germany. They don\'t throw their trash at the street in Germany because it\'s Germany but as soon as they cross the Bulgarian border they throw their trash at the street because \"Nothing is normal in this fucked country anyway\".\r\nEven the people who are supposed to enforce the rules cannot imagine actually everyone following the rules. I am sure that people at RIOKOZ (the institution which has to enforce the smoking ban) would themselves be amazingly surprised if they were asked not to smoke at a café. That\'s why they don\'t really control for following the rules but make 2-3 campaigns to be covered by the media, so that they show that they deserve their salaries, punish some very unlucky people who will feel forever that this is very unfair towards them.\r\nIt\'s the same with rules on the road. In general everyone agrees that speeding is bad, but everyone does it. At the same time, you are so rarely punished, that when you are punished, you really feel it\'s unfair because the last 100 times it WAS really OK and now suddenly - a ticket.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; bg) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01','',0,0),(5921,4594,'brian','trvl_far@yahoo.com','','184.88.180.28','2011-03-23 21:58:27','2011-03-23 19:58:27','As a practical matter, how would the plastic bag tax be implemented? Big companies like Billa might be rigorous about collecting the tax from the customer at the cash register and passing it on to the government, but what about all the little shops and stands (those on Graf Ignatiev come to mind)?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(8390,5222,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-07-21 11:29:51','2011-07-21 09:29:51','http://f.badmin.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&amp;t=29\r\nfor windows 7',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(5923,4594,'Rayka','raya.deleva@gmail.com','','95.87.229.50','2011-03-23 23:17:36','2011-03-23 21:17:36','Regarding the plastic bags, I guess that the supermarket owners should do something about it too. Billa is not Bulgarian supermarket. Billa is a European supermarket chain operating in numerous countries, originating in Austria. I think that \"fashion\" with the plastic bags came from outside of Bulgaria.  \r\n\r\nI am 29 years old and still remember the time when we were going to the store with textile carry bags. I am sure that Bulgarians can easily get used to another way of packaging.\r\n\r\nHow do you pack carrots and a kilo of oranges in US?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.151 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(5924,4594,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-23 23:24:31','2011-03-23 21:24:31','@Rayka I think that change is going to be slow in Bulgaria but I think it\'s possible. As for the carrots and oranges if it were me in the States I\'d toss them together after weighing them. I think the practice is pretty standard. More likely than not they two would end up in the same bag rather than their own bag--which seems to be the standard in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5923,1),(5925,4594,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-23 23:25:57','2011-03-23 21:25:57','@brian When it come to practical matters in Bulgaria your guess is as good as mine is. I have no idea how the country would carry out a tax like this.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5921,1),(5926,4594,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-23 23:29:08','2011-03-23 21:29:08','@Bobby My apologies!! Bulgarians also love шкембе чорба with garlic!! As for the cloth bags, I think that it could be cool again. It is in the States. Two summers ago I bought a cloth tote bag that reads: 100% non-plastic and every time I use it I think it\'s funny. I also think that\'s the reason the woman at the checkout at Billa thinks I am German. Recently in fact she complimented my English!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',5917,1),(8122,5211,'Rumi','rumyana88@gmail.com','','95.111.75.13','2011-07-14 09:28:42','2011-07-14 07:28:42','Hahaq, I understand how you feel :) I was in Korea for one month only and when I returned I hardly kept myself from bowing to everybody. I also passed everything using two hands and it really looked a little strange here. And I really missed the friendly shopkeepers and waitresses :)\r\nDoesn\'t Bulgaria look very poor and ugly to you when you return from the States? At least the first time? That\'s the case with all my friends who\'ve been abroad and I didn\'t believe it until I myself went abroad. I was in depression for 2 months after returning here realizing for the first time how poor and dirty we live :) Now I don\'t feel like this anymore but it really sucked for a while...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(8121,5214,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.193','2011-07-14 08:47:52','2011-07-14 06:47:52','This is not a way to talk yourself out of writing about Walla Walla (in Bulgarian), I hope ? ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7556,5056,'sophillarosa','sophillarosa@gmail.com','http://sophiainbulgaria.blogspot.com/','212.233.221.209','2011-06-12 20:07:24','2011-06-12 18:07:24','Yes, well, any Bulgarian grandmother could tell you that rakia is the best cure for the common cold, stomach cramps, and even muscle tension. So drink up- zdraveite! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7557,5048,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-12 20:42:00','2011-06-12 18:42:00','@Ilia Temelkov – soregashi Добре. Съгласна съм.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7552,1),(6656,4781,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-25 08:59:59','2011-04-25 06:59:59','@Micah Well, I think that on Easter Weekend most of your options include walking around the city and checking out things like architecture, parks and outdoor cafes. Most--if not all--museums are closed for the weekend because Easter is a national holiday. So if you haven\'t walked around <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisova_gradina\" rel=\"nofollow\">Borisova Gradina</a> you should do that. If you haven\'t had a beer or a coffee in the little park in front of the church on Graf Ignatiev behind the fruit and vegetable market I\'d recommend that as well.  Anther park/garden that is normally bubbling with activity is the park in front of the National Theater.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6643,1),(6659,4781,'Rumi','rumyana88@gmail.com','','213.214.65.69','2011-04-25 10:15:19','2011-04-25 08:15:19','The weather is splendid, so I think Vitosha is a pretty good option :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(6660,4740,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-04-25 13:36:05','2011-04-25 11:36:05','You find the time, I will show you how to do the crime :) \r\nNo life is worth living if you can\'t properly describe the impending doom of humanity in a wordy sentence packed up swear words to cover up for how scared-shitless-from-this-mothefucking-bullshit asteroid-sent-from-lame-ass-aliens you are.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(6661,4811,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-04-25 13:44:10','2011-04-25 11:44:10','European haircuts are my favorite :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(12474,5817,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','79.124.58.46','2011-11-13 22:37:20','2011-11-13 20:37:20','Just for the record - these two on the billboard are popular Bulgarian actors/singers who participate in different TV shows mostly parodies mocking other shows or the Bulgarian way of life as a whole :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(6663,4811,'sophillarosa','sophillarosa@gmail.com','http://sophiainbulgaria.blogspot.com/','212.233.188.104','2011-04-25 14:26:46','2011-04-25 12:26:46','Did you get that dress/shirt in Budapest? If so, I have a t-shirt just like it only in black from the same store. It\'s cool that you found the place. And happy spring!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(8979,5469,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.114.147','2011-08-31 18:41:07','2011-08-31 16:41:07','Indeed, actually the AP article on the subject caught exactly that:\r\nhttp://freesofiatour.com/blog/museum-of-socialist-art-in-sofia\r\nIt\'s so weird they don\'t want just to call it Museum of Communism.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.215 Safari/535.1','',8945,0),(6666,4811,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.210.132.34','2011-04-25 16:19:07','2011-04-25 14:19:07','Beth had the same trouble when she was living in Moscow – so you are not alone on that issue.  I think she got her first Russian haircut the third year she was there.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(6949,4883,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-11 17:10:26','2011-05-11 15:10:26','No, it is St.George. It is written in Greek (over the head of him): Agios Georgios :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7552,5048,'Ilia Temelkov - soregashi','temelkovv@gmail.com','http://temelkoff.blogspot.com','94.26.69.172','2011-06-12 15:57:09','2011-06-12 13:57:09','Моите препоръки са\r\n\r\nhttp://yurukov.net/blog/ - Юруков на живо\r\nhttp://www.gradinko.bg/ - Динко\r\nhttp://joropentagram.blogspot.com/ - Жоро Пентаграм, макар че отдавна не е писал\r\nhttp://www.molif.com/bg/ - Серията Friday Bunny е много готина :)\r\n\r\nО, да. Май за езика ще е по-добре в коментарите да минем на български. Съгласна ли си?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(6668,4735,'Mark','mark.buttweiler@gmail.com','','94.156.8.209','2011-04-25 17:24:07','2011-04-25 15:24:07','So true! Byeong Hun and I are always wondering the same thing. Where are the disabled people and how do they get around?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13','',0,0),(8981,5450,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-31 21:05:05','2011-08-31 19:05:05','@Pei Pei. Right! The bike path makes a big loop through Mladost. I think it goes all the way towards Business Park in one direction and to the metro in the other. As for jogging on the path, I\'ve already beaten you to that--mostly though it has been jogging away from oncoming traffic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8980,1),(8980,5450,'Pei Pei','peisquared@gmail.com','','46.249.71.79','2011-08-31 20:42:02','2011-08-31 18:42:02','I have TOTALLY been meaning to go out running on the bike path (would\'ve gone earlier this week if I hadn\'t gotten sick), so perhaps I can be its inaugural jogger!  Where exactly does it go? \r\n\r\nAlso, you\'re right that Bulgarians don\'t jog, even in parks - I got VERY odd looks when I went for a run through Burgas\'s lovely, perfect-for-running Maritime Park. However, the English and Polish definitely do, from recent observations.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.215 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8116,5208,'i','ivanmanolov@yahoo.com','','67.169.69.65','2011-07-14 02:29:30','2011-07-14 00:29:30','this is funny. i actually miss mexican food quite a bit when im in bulgaria. (hellooo, market opportunity) i did try the taqueria in sofia, but it doesnt come even close to real mixican food with their flour tortillas and some kind of salsa that looked more like lyutenitza to me. i need some tacos al pastor with cilantro and onions, on a small corn tortilla. thats all:)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:5.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0.1','',0,0),(7822,5133,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.18.122.189','2011-06-28 17:24:52','2011-06-28 15:24:52','Sure you can put candles in strawberry shortcake. They may get a bit of whipped cream on them, but who cares? You can like that off the candles.  I have a July birthday and am not a particular fan of birthday cake.  My fantasy is candles in a big, round, center cut slice of watermelon – so that you have the \"appearance\" of a birthday cake and the sweet refreshment of watermelon in July.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(7258,4988,'MrMitri','dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com','','80.109.105.92','2011-05-27 14:25:34','2011-05-27 12:25:34','Technically the Mediterranean is a sea and not an ocean.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6674,4735,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-25 19:35:54','2011-04-25 17:35:54','@Mark Right?! I think the unfortunate case is that this is a difficult city to get around if you\'re physically handicapped and as such many of people are \"shut-in\" and don\'t leave their homes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6668,1),(6675,4811,'Jon','jonlongobardi@gmail.com','','69.27.239.94','2011-04-25 19:38:06','2011-04-25 17:38:06','Wait, there\'s Starbucks in Bulgaria?  Or did you get that cup in Walla Walla and smuggle it through TSA security?  I can\'t believe the body scanners didn\'t catch it!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(6676,4811,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-25 19:39:15','2011-04-25 17:39:15','@sophillarosa Wow! What an eye. I did indeed get this shirt/tunic in Budapest last summer (and I also snatched up a pair of \"Buda\" and \"Pest\" earrings). I love it and wear it all of the time. I wish that Sofia had a little more to offer in terms of hip, creative and local made clothing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6663,1),(6677,4811,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-25 19:45:29','2011-04-25 17:45:29','@Jon Gesh. I live in Bulgaria not on the moon. Yes, we have Starbucks. Three or four of them in fact. I think that\'s more than Walla Walla has.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6675,1),(6678,4811,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','155.101.171.157','2011-04-25 20:12:57','2011-04-25 18:12:57','You haircut and outfit are adorable!\r\n\r\nI have officially come to the conclusion that I am not fashionable enough to live in Bulgaria. \r\n\r\nBummer.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6679,4811,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','155.101.171.157','2011-04-25 20:21:10','2011-04-25 18:21:10','*Your',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6678,0),(7834,5142,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.39','2011-06-29 14:51:16','2011-06-29 12:51:16','Well, I guess it depends on the particular Bulgarian. If I were you, I\'d go for stuff that\'s not on the news. Maybe some traditions around celebrating Fourth of July apart from fireworks and red-white-and-blue stuff. What do you like (or dislike) about how it\'s celebrated. How are different minorities and foreigners celebrating it, if at all? Or a brief note in the beginning on what lead to the American Revolution. The significance of the Declaration of Independence. Whatever comes to your mind about that holiday.  And here\'s one I\'d ask - how did the US get from the founding fathers saying things like \"I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.\" and \"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise....\" to actually debating whether evolution should not be taught at schools? \r\nAs for Bulgarian economy and politics, I think you can just say that you don\'t follow these. I don\'t. They\'re boring. And debates in particular are pointless, annoying, \"he did it\" accusations that only waste your time. They could ask you about the clandestine repainting of the Soviet Army monument (and its equally clandestine cleaning). Apart from that I have no idea.\r\nAnd as a complete off-topic note: You know how you sometimes have these \"Really, Sofia?\" moments? I just had a \"Really, America?\" one :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gsaDxK884',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(8134,5211,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-15 06:00:25','2011-07-15 04:00:25','@Rumi Sofia is not an outwardly beautiful city that\'s for sure. Luckily I have a lot of friends that make it a wonderful place to be!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8122,1),(7573,5053,'Спас Колев','spas_kolev@frisomat.net','http://az-pitam.org/nk/','217.18.249.78','2011-06-13 10:09:07','2011-06-13 08:09:07','Same with me. I have read half a ton Russian books but when I try to speak I switch in mid-sentence to French (also not my most used language).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7539,0),(7574,5056,'Спас Колев','spas_kolev@frisomat.net','http://az-pitam.org/nk/','217.18.249.78','2011-06-13 10:19:59','2011-06-13 08:19:59','In fact any form of ethanol has antiseptic action and it really kills most types of bacteria. The real question is how much do you need. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(8136,5172,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-15 06:01:56','2011-07-15 04:01:56','@Caroline Right!?! I have the best mom.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8102,1),(8135,5208,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-15 06:01:24','2011-07-15 04:01:24','@i I can\'t agree more. Maybe you should be the one working on this!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8116,1),(7576,5053,'katley','katley99@yahoo.com','http://katleyplanetbg.blogspot.com','71.192.135.187','2011-06-13 14:04:25','2011-06-13 12:04:25','people who grow up in bilingual households, I\'ve found, have the easiest time picking up several languages.  That was my experience growing up, and that was why I was able to pick up German so easily (my relatives all spoke Spanish).  When you learn to talk, you\'re not learning grammar and verbs, you\'re learning how to make yourself understood.\r\nThere are times I find myself mixing up German words with Spanish words :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(7578,5056,'Matt','mthomp28@gmail.com','','109.197.73.122','2011-06-13 15:44:15','2011-06-13 13:44:15','Rakiya is the cure for everything, I\'ve heard!\r\nDrink it hot to prevent getting the \"grip\".\r\nPut it in your ears if you get an ear infection.\r\nSoak a cloth in rakiya and put it on your neck if it\'s stiff.\r\nI\'ve seen all of the above. In fact, someone wrote a satirical piece in the Peace Corps \"unofficial\" newsletter on rakiya curing venereal diseases! I haven\'t needed to try that one yet. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7844,3578,'Dana','danakraft@mac.com','','75.13.89.246','2011-06-30 01:21:00','2011-06-29 23:21:00','Hi Carolyn,\r\nThis is a bit out of the blue, but here goes.  A friend of mine and her husband have spent the last several years planning to open a winery, and will be selling wines under the name Zarezan.  They are just about to break ground on the main building and I want to get them some sort of gift to celebrate this milestone.  I believe that \"Zarezan\" is named after St Trifon Zarezan, which apparently is a big festival in Bulgaria.  I have tried to find some sort of St. Trifon gift, but Bulgarian gifts aren\'t exactly easy to find in the States.  So my question is twofold:\r\n1 - Do they have St. Trifon Zarezan gifts (of any kind) in Bulgaria?\r\n2 - If yes, could I possibly convince you to get one and send it to me.  Obviously, I\'d reimburse you for everything.\r\n\r\nIf not, no worries.  I discovered your blog today and enjoyed reading it.   Good luck.\r\n\r\nDana Kraft',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.21.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.5 Safari/533.21.1','',0,0),(6975,4883,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-05-13 23:04:03','2011-05-13 21:04:03','Couldn\'t resist this: LOL!',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.10','',6891,0),(7896,5147,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.39.145','2011-07-02 19:52:40','2011-07-02 17:52:40','I read the article about the bad habits - it is very useful, 10x for the link. I am sure taht such a tactics will help you improve your Bulgarian.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(11546,5658,'No, you take a cake &laquo; Sofiqm','','http://sofiqm.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/no-you-take-a-cake/','72.233.2.31','2011-10-23 11:24:55','2011-10-23 09:24:55','[...] read non-hater reviews at Sofia Live, Spotted by Locals, Karolinka in Bulgaria Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(7014,4917,'Adrian','adrnikolov@yahoo.com','','75.25.59.1','2011-05-15 23:39:16','2011-05-15 21:39:16','@Carolyn\r\n\"No other Bulgarians touched them for the record and after my incident I looked to see if there were any signs about not touching them. There were not.\" \r\n- Hence the mind\'s inertia since the times when restrictions where everywhere...\r\n\r\n\"Bulgarian men tried to cut in front of me\" \r\n– This is another typical mentality of ignorance/arrogance combination.\r\n\r\n\"As for not having a new phone, oh well.\" \r\n- Is your old phone working? Does it ring? Can you make a call? If yes, then you do have a phone. After all, this is what a phone does - receives and places calls. Why complicate your life with more gizmos, each one of them crying for attention?  When I need a toast, this is all I need from the toaster, a toast.  I do not need the toaster telling me what the temperature on the surface of the toast is, or show me what the current time and day it is, and I do not expect it to be a radio.  \r\n\r\nWe need the technology to serve us, and not us serving the technology. Do not forget the title you choose yourself : Still rocking my simple phone, smartphone be damned” \r\n\r\n\"I guess it’s a good way to save some money. Wasn’t that also an element of the planned economy–forced savings?\" \r\n- Yes, and it was one of the very few advantages we had: We could not compete between ourselves at the material level, we were all equally poor.  It is like going to school in uniforms - everyone is equally cool.\r\n-Adrian',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6989,0),(7947,5162,'Rumi','rumyana88@gmail.com','','95.111.75.13','2011-07-06 12:18:21','2011-07-06 10:18:21','Hi!\r\nI would like to thank you for making efforts to study my language! What you do is really great!\r\nNow I will speak honestly about your Bulgarian skills because I think it\'s more useful this way.\r\nFirst, the good thing is that most of the time your writing is comprehensible and this means that people can understand what you mean. This is very important. But the not-so-good thing is that there is a grammar mistake in almost every sentence. You seem to have a problem with verbs and verbs are really difficult so it\'s not wonder. Sometimes even I have problems with Bulgarian verbs, haha. Pay special attention to verbs with preffixes as they are largely used. For example - мисля, измислям, помислям may sound very similar to you but they have different meanings and are used in different situation. Another problem I see is that sometimes you use sentences and expressions that are grammatically correct but sound a little awkward and are definitely not the sentences and expressions a Bulgarian would use. I know this part is really difficult for any foreign language student, yes. Here are some examples:\r\nInstead of не искам да уча сега use не ми се учи сега.\r\nInstead of пия моето мляко с мед use пия си млякото с мед.\r\nI would like to get a feedback from you :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7074,4935,'Gingi','loke_sss@yahoo.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-05-18 09:50:49','2011-05-18 07:50:49','Happy Birthday!!! Wishing you lots of love, luck and inspiration, new and exciting adventures and all the best :))',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(7930,5162,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-07-05 09:13:12','2011-07-05 07:13:12','@Комитата don\'t worry about it. I am a teacher I spend my whole life correcting students--I can take it. I just can\'t promise that I\'ll <em>remember </em>it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7927,1),(7076,4929,'guki','guki@abv.bg','','213.91.217.193','2011-05-18 10:41:04','2011-05-18 08:41:04','Welcome and .....30 is not bad, I know from my recent experience ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7057,0),(7080,4935,'Albena','todorowa.albena@gmail.com','','121.113.84.21','2011-05-18 14:21:44','2011-05-18 12:21:44','Happy birthday! The cupcakes seem so yummy!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(7081,4546,'ot','orbitundi@gmail.com','','195.228.111.90','2011-05-18 16:03:42','2011-05-18 14:03:42','could you please give me some website addresses where I could find more information regarding cards evoulution in Bulgaria.\r\nThank you in advance!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',5733,0),(7082,4935,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-18 17:08:34','2011-05-18 15:08:34','Честит рожден ден! И все такава усмихната и положително гледаща! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7927,5162,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','84.238.208.201','2011-07-05 01:59:06','2011-07-04 23:59:06','Thanks for the thanks. I felt a bit uneasy correcting you all the time, but now Ill do it always ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.04 Chromium/12.0.742.91 Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7376,4935,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-06-03 10:00:57','2011-06-03 08:00:57','@Whitney Thanks for the very kind birthday wishes! Hope that you\'re having a great time (and adventure) in Alaska!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',7375,1),(7086,4935,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-18 21:20:30','2011-05-18 19:20:30','@Albena thanks so much. After my \"fight\" with them I was pretty tired of them by the time they were done but they did turn out tasty.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7080,1),(7087,4935,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-18 21:20:58','2011-05-18 19:20:58','@Gingi Thanks so much!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7074,1),(7088,4929,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-18 21:21:31','2011-05-18 19:21:31','@guki I\'ve also heard that 30 is the new 20. So I am not worried.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7076,1),(7089,4935,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-18 21:23:10','2011-05-18 19:23:10','@Стойчо Благодаря!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7082,1),(7090,4546,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-18 21:23:52','2011-05-18 19:23:52','@ot I really don\'t have any information for you on this topic other than my blog post.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7081,1),(7375,4935,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','69.161.20.169','2011-06-03 07:32:58','2011-06-03 05:32:58','Happy late birthday! \r\n\r\nThe wireless internet in Alaska sucks! The good part, though? I have lots of your blog posts to read when I do have it! \r\n\r\nHope this is your best year yet.\r\n\r\nW.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(7374,418,'Alexis','alexisface@gmail.com','','174.21.190.232','2011-06-03 07:28:47','2011-06-03 05:28:47','Wonderful! Thanks so much for answering my question. I am considering applying to Bulgaria. I have to agree that the statistics are enticing, alongside the location and trying something off the usual path for American travelers. I do have concerns about not being in some type of city, but I am going to think about that possibility before I apply. Keep up the excellent work with your writing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7372,0),(7372,418,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-03 05:35:54','2011-06-03 03:35:54','@Alexis sure thing! Look for a post on this topic later today. And yes I\'ll link it here to this comment as well. Are you thinking about applying to Bulgaria?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7369,1),(8517,5360,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.172.244','2011-07-29 05:32:11','2011-07-29 03:32:11','Yep, Dave\'s right.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(8958,5450,'Hristo Velev','hristo.velev@gmail.com','','86.161.179.41','2011-08-30 12:38:51','2011-08-30 10:38:51','Hooray to bike paths, especially in Mladost :) I\'ve been a biker in Sofia and Berlin/Potsdam, and yes, Sofia is uncomparably less friendly, but if you\'re dedicated you can still get around :) It will never be as popular as in Western Europe - just because of the hills, for older or less fit people it\'s difficult to do. But for everybody else it\'s the best option in the disastrous Sofia transportation grid. It\'s fast, reliable, healthy (when you watch out) and fun. And another major point is the weather - Sofia gets a huge amount of good weather days in a year, which is great for biking!',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.0; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(7369,418,'Alexis','alexisface@gmail.com','','24.18.100.200','2011-06-03 01:50:14','2011-06-02 23:50:14','Great blog! Thanks for all of the information, for someone who is considering applying to the Bulgarian Fulbright. Something that you don\'t say is why you chose Bulgaria? I have been fascinated with the country for some time now. I am also curious, if you don\'t mind taking the time to answer, were most of your fellow teachers placed in Sofia, or was everyone dispersed, and you just got lucky in a large city?\r\nThanks!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7675,5075,'Kellie','kellie_l_7@hotmail.com','','199.89.174.67','2011-06-20 16:23:53','2011-06-20 14:23:53','Actually, I hope you are sitting down!!!  Your dAd has sent a text message!!  I know this because I was the lucky recipient of said message, it was from Nick\'s phone, but still, he did type it and send it! :)\r\n\r\nSee you soon!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7676,5075,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-20 17:54:34','2011-06-20 15:54:34','@Kellie What!? My dAd can text message--he has such big fingers?! I guess that means he\'s setting the bar even higher and higher.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7675,1),(7677,5068,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-06-20 18:04:01','2011-06-20 16:04:01','@Marc You make a really excellent point. Willpower is a huge part of the equation. I think because I often fear being seen as rude I let people speak in English with me rather than responding in Bulgarian. The challenge of course is that once you cement a friendship in English it\'s that much harder to shift to Bulgarian.  This is clearly something that I need to get over but these aren\'t easy habits to break oneself of. By nature, I am an obliging person and I want others to feel comfortable around me so I don\'t push the language thing as much as I maybe should. I am hoping that spending the summer around Bulgarian speaking children will cure me of this and get my Bulgarian into shape.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7636,1),(7111,4929,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-05-19 15:15:10','2011-05-19 13:15:10','11 and 12 are perfect :)\r\n23 - aspirin before is beter than after. Believe me :)\r\nYou are wise :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(8651,5366,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-14 08:13:46','2011-08-14 06:13:46','@Martin You are exactly right and I said hello to Villy for you!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8615,1),(7114,4923,'Brenda','wallawallabrenda@yahoo.com','','199.89.175.190','2011-05-19 18:58:08','2011-05-19 16:58:08','I vote for living in a village!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7115,4929,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-19 19:02:16','2011-05-19 17:02:16','@Стойчо Before huna? That means you have to admit before drinking that you are expecting to have a long night.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7111,1),(7116,4923,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-19 19:03:05','2011-05-19 17:03:05','@Boyko Blagoev Thanks so much!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7107,1),(7117,4923,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-19 19:04:02','2011-05-19 17:04:02','@DAWSR I never saw your comment. I think that you <em>must </em>have imagined posting it...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7106,1),(7118,4929,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-05-19 19:07:15','2011-05-19 17:07:15','I vote for number 28.\nLove,\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(7119,4923,'Dawsr','cimbrio@hotmail.com','http://dawsr.wordpress.com','80.38.95.22','2011-05-19 19:33:26','2011-05-19 17:33:26','I think you\'re probably right... old age got the better of me xD Never had you for a censor! :P Love from revolutionary Madrid :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7117,0),(8102,5172,'Caroline','cidob1@student.monash.edu.au','','220.237.29.216','2011-07-13 13:17:18','2011-07-13 11:17:18','Your mum wore her bulgarian alphabet t-shirt?  How cool is that, best sentence I have read all week!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; eSobiSubscriber 2.0.4.16; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.5; OfficeLivePatch.1.3; .NET4.0C; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)','',0,0),(7121,4923,'Haley','Heh237@nyu.edu','','166.137.136.52','2011-05-19 21:24:11','2011-05-19 19:24:11','I spent a year in India living in homes and travelling around, and despite regular Gujarati and Hindi lessons, I was also working in an english-medium school and only spoke about 15 percent of the time.  I barely learned to read, write or speak, and as I take classes here in the US, I probably speak more Hindi now, a year later.  \r\nWhat I mean to say is- I understand you problem.  \r\nI found the best language teachers were young children, who have no patience for English, and will laugh at you when you speak incorrectly.  My experience living in a village was that everyone wanted to practice English with me, not the other way around!  I think the best thing you could do is give back and work for an orphanage-  for me, it was an incredible learning experience, and where I learned the most language skills.  It also sounds like that is where you have the most opportunities. \r\nGood luck with you decision, and I look forward to reading about whatever it is you choose to do!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148a Safari/6533.18.5','',0,0),(7122,4923,'P','preslava.laskova@gmail.com','','46.249.71.182','2011-05-19 21:28:36','2011-05-19 19:28:36','Hey, check this out: http://www.trinoga.org/newsmain.php?cmd=list&amp;id=58&amp;lang= I heard about them at a forum organised by \"gorichka\" I found it quite interesting. You get to live in a bulgarian village and do everyday village stuff like milking goats and cooking with local vegetables. I guess it helps you get in touch with the nature as well as the locals who seem pretty cool :) Hope this helps',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(7123,4929,'Marina','marinahristova@gmail.com','','204.14.239.218','2011-05-19 23:15:36','2011-05-19 21:15:36','Wow, all these things (with a few exceptions and a few additions:) I thought I learned for living for four years in San Francisco. Congrats on your birthday!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(7963,5168,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','69.161.20.168','2011-07-07 10:50:15','2011-07-07 08:50:15','Congrats on 3 years in BG! Honestly, this post (all your posts, really) makes moving to Bulgaria not only seem doable but enjoyable as well. I am making it a goal to approach my move with a similar mindset and energy. I am scared beyond words but also more excited then I ever have been for anything! It\'s a strange feeling. \r\n\r\nHope you enjoy your time at home in Walla Walla!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(7964,5147,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','69.161.20.168','2011-07-07 10:55:58','2011-07-07 08:55:58','Again, an awesome idea, and one I will totally steal when I attempt to learn Bulgarian myself!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(7149,4965,'Gingi','loke_sss@yahoo.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-05-20 11:25:16','2011-05-20 09:25:16','The marzipan are my favorite, too :)) And now that I read your post, I\'ll be dreaming of chocolate marzipan all day... Or maybe I should just go and by some?! :))',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(6985,4905,'Djgeorgie','georgijivankin@gmail.com','http://www.zhivankin.com/','82.44.232.199','2011-05-15 06:04:39','2011-05-15 04:04:39','Carolyn,\r\n\r\nI mostly agree with the people who stated that there are opportunities in Bulgaria for the people who have decided to go back, but it seems to me that they were not living in the west long enough, let\'s say 3-4-5 years or more. By doing so, they would have noticed that by living in another country, you\'re not only meeting people from hundreds of nationalities, who enrich your world every day enormously, but you also develop relationships and change your own mindset bit by bit and your whole way of looking at things. On the other hand, the financial costs are enormous for a bachelor’s degree in Europe, for the USA it’s absolutely pointless to talk about, and most students who are coming from a middle-class background simply cannot afford to go back to Bulgaria and be in debt for the rest of their lives. I was thinking about this because next year I\'m graduating and when I calculated after how many years I would be able to pay off my debts if I go back to Bulgaria, I realised that I would be better off by staying here. Tuk-tam sounds like a good idea, but let’s not forget that most students are not destined for the hot seat of the multi-national executive or a CEO of a large corporation or government agency, so they won\'t be better by going back to Bulgaria in a long term. In fact, by returning home, they would forfeit their resident status in the foreign country they were studying in, which would limit their career options should they choose to go back and try to enter the labour market there.\r\n\r\nThe whole situation is a complete mess. The Bulgarian universities are poorly equipped in terms of modern equipment and technology, some of the professors there are absolutely old-fashioned and out of touch with the reality of the modern business, commerce, economy and the needs of the new generation and on top of it all, the money is always in short supply which exacerbates the situation further.\r\n\r\nLet me finish on a more upbeat tone. I believe that after 20-30 years when / if Bulgaria’s economy improves significantly, many well-educated pensioners would go back to Bulgaria to retire there and spend their hard-earned cash in their motherland. It’s a plausible explanation, isn’t it? Hahaha. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6760,4838,'Kate','k.radovanova@gmail.com','http://kick-ass-monster.blogspot.com/','93.218.188.94','2011-04-29 23:16:45','2011-04-29 21:16:45','Wow, that post is so unbelievably true! Ever since I moved to Germany I have been going through more or less the same....Everything takes so much more time and I have to double (even triple) check everything just to make sure I understood it right. I haven\'t been able to put it into words but now that I read this post, it is exactly what I\'ve been going through...\r\nAnd to make matters worse people here are way too nice to what I was used to in Sofia and more talkative to...well strangers like me....and so I just walk around with my headphones (sometimes even when I\'m not listening to music) hoping noone will talk to me :D  \r\nBtw. those photos made me wanna eat some chocolate...not fair...(now i realized I miss Bulgarian chocolate like Своге) ^^',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; de; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(6758,4781,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.201','2011-04-29 22:46:02','2011-04-29 20:46:02','I\'ve always considered the egg beating to be more about the eggs, rather than the people, the goal being to find the hardest/luckiest egg. I mean, in the end they all (but one, traditionally) get eaten and for that you need to crack them. So why not make it fun?\r\nI think most of the young people you saw were there just because it\'s tradition, not because of belief in a deity. Fire, eggs, lots of people... it\'s a good way to spend an evening. A good old way...\r\nThese \"early lighters\" either don\'t know the tradition or don\'t want to wait. I\'m noticing a trend - too much people want to light their candles directly from the priest, causing both a tightly packed crowd around the priests and a delay in the spread of the fire... It\'s just not nice. And yes, usually you are supposed to take the flame home, but it\'s not always easy. Still, if you know how to use the plastic cup (i.e. don\'t cut to big a hole; keep the flame near the bottom, not at rim level (well duh)) it\'s doable. I got home with half an inch left, after three circles around Sedmochislenitzi church (which though smaller, bottlenecks people at the back side). If you live further away, get a second candle and switch them. Though to reach all the way to Mladost I think you\'d have to get an oil lamp :P',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(8505,5320,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.172.244','2011-07-28 16:56:20','2011-07-28 14:56:20','A few years ago our family was vacationing in Colorado with your family – remember Estes Park? – and as we returned home I realized that what I was seeing had to be the inspiration for at least part of America the Beautiful, lovely Walla Walla wheat country not withstanding.  When we returned home I looked it up, no Wikipedia back then, and discovered I was right.  But the truth is, had she been in Walla Walla in 1895 she would have written the words exactly the same way.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(6977,4905,'Ivan','ivan@raltchev.info','http://raltchev.info','95.87.239.102','2011-05-14 03:49:01','2011-05-14 01:49:01','Hi all!\r\n\r\nI couldn\'t say it better than Boyko. I too did my Master\'s abroad and once I was finished I took the plane back to Bulgaria. True, Bulgarian education system isn\'t perfect, but education isn\'t just about someone filling your head with knowledge. It\'s about self motivation, enthusiasm and actual interest to get things done. And a lot of things have to be done, quite a lot is to be changed for the better.\r\n\r\nI love travelling and exploring new places, and getting into loooong and terrifyingly interesting talks with people from all around the world. That\'s what I did get during my stay in Sweden. And I loved it. If I could get it here, I would have. That\'s certainly a big part of the education and this is what we are missing here in Bulgaria.\r\n\r\nWhat we\'ve got to fix is, firstly, make it fun and encouraging, make it international--with both international businesses and international schools giving us a hand with lectures, a week-long visits and what not. Secondly, we just have to eradicate the old way of teaching and lean on the new practices. For a year in Sweden I had the chance to attend 10 lectures by representatives of the best Swedish companies, teaching us examples from the business. I worked with people from 20 different nationalities and I gladly spent hours at the university library. Why not do it here? :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.21.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.5 Safari/533.21.1','',0,0),(6413,4705,'Inga','inga.stirnaite@gmail.com','','78.109.14.130','2011-04-12 08:44:29','2011-04-12 06:44:29','I think this is a lovely photo and you look like you are smiling anyway. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)','',0,0),(6414,4705,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-04-12 09:52:19','2011-04-12 07:52:19','Добре изглеждаш, не се притеснявай :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; bg; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(6417,4705,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.204','2011-04-12 14:13:38','2011-04-12 12:13:38','Great news! You look beautiful, teach!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(6418,4705,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.210.132.34','2011-04-12 14:15:15','2011-04-12 12:15:15','I\'m with Inga.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',6413,0),(6420,4705,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','78.90.92.40','2011-04-12 17:48:33','2011-04-12 15:48:33','Congrats for the contract.There must be something BG which makes you stay,hope that this will last......\r\n\r\nP.S.You look great,trully!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12','',0,0),(6422,4705,'Sergio','sergio.sagu@gmail.com','http://sullamiastrada.blogspot.com/','94.26.48.9','2011-04-12 20:27:23','2011-04-12 18:27:23','Malko luda, da :P But it will be nice to see you here around :) Chestito!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(8507,5320,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','198.134.90.42','2011-07-28 19:35:09','2011-07-28 17:35:09','@Whitney and @Стойчо thanks so much!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8503,1),(6426,4705,'(little sister) Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','128.193.8.92','2011-04-12 22:36:03','2011-04-12 20:36:03','I guess I\'ll allow one more year. It gives me time to plan a visit. I miss you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7791,5075,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.140.65','2011-06-26 20:00:22','2011-06-26 18:00:22','kArolinka,\r\nThanks for the nice post and all of the kind thoughts... I\'m sorry that you had to Skype me to tell me to read your post.  I\'ve kind of been slacking on the technology front for a while... computer failures, computer replacements, travel, furniture building and daily life seem to have all just happened without me being aware...\r\nI\'m really proud of your ability to boldly go where you have never gone before... and to be able to make the most out of each opportunity... and to have fun while often being stretched to the very edge of your comfort zone...\r\nSee you soon.\r\nLove,\r\ndAd',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6981,4917,'ShadowmarN','shadowmarn@gmail.com','http://shadowden.wordpress.com','94.101.200.210','2011-05-14 20:17:03','2011-05-14 18:17:03','I once had stupid problems with Mtel and their stupid... ...existence. If you want, try Globul. They offer iPhone 4 too. (They offer iPhones since 2009 I think. So all problems around the \"Globul iPhone\" should be cleared).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.65 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(7048,4929,'Uncle Hicks','jfemigh@aol.com','','69.220.184.198','2011-05-17 15:44:53','2011-05-17 13:44:53','Happy Birthday -- a bit early!  Great thoughts for all of to live by either in the states or else where!  Hope to see you soon!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MS-RTC LM 8; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; BRI/1; BRI/2; NET_mmhpset)','',0,0),(7049,4929,'Ден','denitza.velcheva@gmail.com','http://denitza.wordpress.com','95.43.217.115','2011-05-17 16:09:12','2011-05-17 14:09:12','29 forver :D\r\nNice entry.\r\nAnd happy b-day.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(8088,5211,'Shannon','Shannon@bendell.ca','http://Www.livinginthegray.com','209.91.107.171','2011-07-12 23:28:20','2011-07-12 21:28:20','Oh I am so curious about the head shake! The stuff I\'ve read said the \"American\" head-nodding etc. is becoming more prevalent there but if you are used to doing it the Bulgarian way then maybe it\'s not that common after all? What has your experience been?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5','',0,0),(7053,4929,'uv','eesnNOSPAM@here.is','http://twitter.com/eesn','87.194.74.92','2011-05-17 19:19:00','2011-05-17 17:19:00','#29 !!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_6; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(7054,4929,'ivgin','ivgin@yahoo.com','','93.152.181.239','2011-05-17 20:08:18','2011-05-17 18:08:18','A bit too wise thoughts for a 30 yo :) happy birthday!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J3 Safari/6533.18.5','',0,0),(7056,4929,'guki','guki@abv.bg','','89.253.181.53','2011-05-17 21:52:36','2011-05-17 19:52:36','Thanks for the nice time that your list gave me! Happy Bday!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-ro; Desire_A8181 Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1','',0,0),(7057,4929,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-17 21:59:51','2011-05-17 19:59:51','@guki Hey! Thanks so much!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7056,1),(8503,5320,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-07-28 15:25:52','2011-07-28 13:25:52','Яки снимки, браво :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(8502,5320,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','69.161.20.168','2011-07-28 09:57:53','2011-07-28 07:57:53','Great photos, K!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(8500,5320,'Uncle Jim','jfemigh@aol.com','','75.219.223.235','2011-07-28 04:15:31','2011-07-28 02:15:31','Very cool pictures.  Mill Creek road?  Don\'t forget the midwest has a different type of amber waves of grain with millions of acres of corn and not so much wheat.  Uncle Jim',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(7917,5147,'Bits and pieces &laquo; Terra Incognita','','http://killermia.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/bits-and-pieces/','216.151.210.44','2011-07-04 11:38:09','2011-07-04 09:38:09','[...] got this micro-blog idea off this particular post on Karolinka&#8217;s blog. I&#8217;d have to say that her blog is not only entertaining and inspiring, but also very [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(9729,5591,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','212.174.9.186','2011-09-23 09:33:19','2011-09-23 07:33:19','September is the  month for fightings, coups, occupations, \"revolutions\", independency, compounds in BG history. And time for starting the school year. :)\r\nBecause summer is over :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(9728,5596,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','212.174.9.186','2011-09-23 09:27:22','2011-09-23 07:27:22','Don\'t forget Лимонови резенки – no idea how to tranlate ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',9680,0),(21303,6922,'Caroline','caroline.taran@gmail.com','http://maikacreations.blogspot.com','83.228.9.194','2012-07-28 22:30:02','2012-07-28 20:30:02','Hi Carolyn - I read your blog from Australia. I come every couple of years to Sofia to visit my husband\'s family and last time I was here in 2010 I really remember commenting that nobody seemed to ride bicycles. I am here right now for a few weeks and I notice a lot more bicycles this visit.  So you are not alone in your observations!  I really enjoy reading your blog a lot by the way.  Enjoy your summer!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.57 Safari/536.11','',0,0),(6971,4838,'Devin','devinsaylor@gmail.com','','89.215.150.161','2011-05-13 18:02:27','2011-05-13 16:02:27','Great post and so true!!  Some of my lowest moments have been at grocery stores!  Personally, I cannot get enough of Lindt chocolates here!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; GTB7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(6969,4912,'Karolina','Karolina@szynal.com','','98.229.113.75','2011-05-13 13:37:22','2011-05-13 11:37:22','Hi there! Have fun at the museums night! Living in Sofia is a great thing, I really miss walking down the Graf Ignatiev street and just living the easy life full of friends, coffee, kiselo mliako, shopska salad and many more...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8C148','',0,0),(6968,4905,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','85.118.192.131','2011-05-13 10:14:41','2011-05-13 08:14:41','Yes, you\'re. Young Bulgarians want to leave the country. Higher education abroad is an exit. It\'s a means to an end.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)','',0,0),(7283,5012,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','85.130.52.224','2011-05-29 12:27:29','2011-05-29 10:27:29','I also find the smoking clerks and the bored looking girls outside the shops annoying and prefer not to enter. So maybe your reaction is not uniquely American.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7284,5012,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.119','2011-05-29 12:58:43','2011-05-29 10:58:43','For me it kinda depends on the situation. When there are this girls just standing outside a shoes or clothing shop, smoking only to kill time, looking bored and annoyed and clearly not wanting \"to do this, like, stupid job\", I wouldn\'t go in. But if it\'s some small cafe or garage-sized shop on a slow day, I think it\'s perfectly OK for one to sit outside and enjoy the weather, until some customer comes along. Hell, I\'ve done that (smoking excluded, of course). Because sitting behind a bar for hours with nothing to do or no one to talk to can be a bit boring.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(5980,4583,'Спас Колев','spas_kolev@frisomat.net','http://az-pitam.org/nk/','217.18.249.78','2011-03-25 10:38:24','2011-03-25 08:38:24','This is the point. If they fix it as they should what would they do next year?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(5981,4583,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.92','2011-03-25 10:52:58','2011-03-25 08:52:58','Ah, yes, \"that\'s perfectly good asphalt\" so let\'s keep it. On a grand scale it does seem to be cheaper to leave such patches, but in the end it\'s easier to erode and break again and it never looks new. However, don\'t be surprised if a few years from now that patch is still there and they\'re redoing the new parts. Often things built 50 years ago are more likely to last 50 more, that those from 5 years ago are likely to last 5 more without repairs. They reasphalted my street a couple of years ago. Now it has at least one tiny sinkhole.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(6966,4905,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.116.219','2011-05-13 08:35:23','2011-05-13 06:35:23','I am probably the fiercest critic of the Bulgarian educational system since that I also decided to do my Master\'s degree abroad after studying for 16 years in Bulgaria. However, there are a couple of things that most people are missing...\r\n\r\nFirst of all, going to study abroad gives you opportunities not only in terms of studies and work. In an open world like today\'s, when travelling is so easy, it\'s totally understandable that Bulgarian students would want to see other cultures.\r\n\r\nSecond, I don\'t agree that there are no opportunities for well-educated people in Bulgaria. I totally agree they are much less, it\'s much much harder to get them and there are a lot of problems everywhere. But all the people leaving is not going to solve the problem. That\'s why it\'s good that many foreign-educated Bulgarian students decide to come back and try to CREATE opportunities for themselves. One example are all the members of \"Tuk-Tam\" - \"Tuk-Tam\" - an NGO uniting Bulgarians, who studied and worked abroad, and who have returned or want to return to Bulgaria. (http://tuk-tam.bg/index.php?page=home&amp;hl=en_US)\r\n\r\nThird, positive change is coming soon, I hope. On every level of the now terrible educational system. It\'s just inevitable. Another good start is the Bulgarian branch of the American \"Teach for all\" network (http://zaednovchas.bg/) which would send young teachers to the schools for a first year now.\r\n\r\nP.S. But yes, sometimes it\'s highly discouraging when you see the situation here in Bulgaria. When the problem is obvious but nothing does anything about it or does not want to because this would make his life harder or less affluent. But giving up is definitely not an option... Check this article (I would have written the same thing a couple of years ago when I studied in the same programme). It\'s a good example of some of the daily and practical problems in higher education. Let alone the big picture.\r\nhttp://www.dnevnik.bg/analizi/2011/01/05/1020219_diplomat_bez_diploma/',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.65 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(5984,4594,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','85.118.192.131','2011-03-25 11:55:52','2011-03-25 09:55:52','Goody. But you seem to have missed my point entirely. Again. Still, I refrain from stereotyping you. \r\nMy point is: do not preach or scorn. Аct as you believe people should act. Тhen the change for the society as a whole  is eminent. Аnd if you are one of those that need rules to be imposed on them, then I would very much warmly welcome the introduction of these strict rules, despite my natural dislike of anything that restrains people\'s free will. \r\nНе ти разбрах българския израз. Сигурно проблемът е в моя английски :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)','',5948,0),(6723,4764,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.39.155','2011-04-27 22:01:52','2011-04-27 20:01:52','About Skype talks to USA on a smartphone:\r\nUsing mobile Skype on my Samsung Galaxy S, fast home router and good (and cheap) Internet provider I succeed to talk to a friend in USA (with minor problems) for more than an hour. This could not happen on the laptop - it is not so convenient with those wired headphones and microphone.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.10','',0,0),(6964,4883,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-13 06:04:14','2011-05-13 04:04:14','@Стойчо Thanks so much!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',6949,1),(6965,4905,'Спас Колев','spas_kolev@frisomat.net','http://az-pitam.org/nk/','217.18.249.78','2011-05-13 07:59:17','2011-05-13 05:59:17','What you could be missing is that some Bulgarian universities are just diploma mills. Besides the internal market this is a traditional export product, especially toward Greece, because there you need a higher education degree (whatever it is) to get a public office (and public office is the most common career there).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6963,4905,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-13 06:03:43','2011-05-13 04:03:43','@Adrian Nikolov I hate being right at times like this. \n\nWhich reminds me of this, last week I was having a lesson with my 16-year old student tutor at school who meets with me once a week to practice (and review) my actual Bulgarian lessons. Chapter 14 is about university eduction. I couldn\'t get over the fact that I was learning things like: is it okay to smoke in this room? And that I was supposed to be having conversations related to attending (or not) class and failing exams. \n\nWhile I was aghast at the mock-conversations I was supposed to have with my partner, she looked at me and without skipping a beat said in English: only Bulgarians have the fortitude to Bulgaria\'s universities. I suspect that this exactly right.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',6962,1),(6962,4905,'Adrian Nikolov','adrnikolov@yahoo.com','','75.25.59.1','2011-05-13 04:32:09','2011-05-13 02:32:09','Carolyn,\r\nThe subject by itself is endless, but :\r\n1. No, you are not (unfortunately so..) missing anything and your observations are correct.  \r\n2. The quality of the bulgarian education is long gone now, and whatever is left of it is mostly supported by volunteers like yourself. \r\n3. There are no opportunities in Bulgaria for well educated people.  By studying abroad, the bulgarians have an immediate access to real labor markets and farther development. Things they would not have while in Bulgaria.\r\n-Adrian',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7847,5142,'Andrew','ahaacke@live.com','','155.97.8.127','2011-06-30 02:35:18','2011-06-30 00:35:18','Hey Karolinka,\r\n\r\nJust wanted to say that I found your blog because I\'ve been looking into the Fulbright ETA program for Bulgaria. You\'ve got a lot of helpful information and make Bulgaria sound like a great place to go! Anyway, I had a question for you that I haven\'t been able to conclusively find: Did you have to know any Bulgarian prior to arrival?\r\n\r\nI\'m enticed by the very good statistics for the ETA program there (something like 4 people applied and there were 17 ETA grants last year). Before I apply though and start learning some Bulgarian on my own, I just wanted to get some insight from someone who went through this.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\nAndrew',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(7285,5012,'Rumi','rumyana88@gmail.com','','95.111.75.13','2011-05-29 13:12:10','2011-05-29 11:12:10','No, no, you are absolutely normal, I also hate this and it is to ne hated. I don\'t think you should get used to bad Bulgarian habits. And it\'s full of Bulgarians who also hate this attitude. Bad work is not something BUlgarians admire, actually we complain about it all the time :) It\'s not only Americans who like good service.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.71 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(8690,5390,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','212.174.9.186','2011-08-16 12:11:30','2011-08-16 10:11:30','Congratulations about Вашингтон :) It is difficult to understand the difference not only because of the language. \r\nIt is similar to ask somebody: where is the border between Uruguay and Paraguay ;) (dont look at the map!!!)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8549,5366,'Kane','admin_disqworld@hotmail.com','','92.20.156.29','2011-07-31 09:50:06','2011-07-31 07:50:06','Hey good to have you back in BG (um even though I live in England at the moment), I\'m planning on moving out to BG when an inheritance comes through and living out my days in a Bulgarian village/small town, as simply as possible, so your blog is a valuable source of information. :)\r\n\r\nI started reading it a couple of months ago and couldn\'t stop until I caught up, it\'s been a fascinating read for me and a wicked journey for you, hats off to your bravery, determination and willingness ne eagerness to adopt another country as if it were your own. [Insert applause here].\r\n\r\nNow I can keep up and maybe add the occaisional comment, have fun, will keep checking back for the next post. All the best. K',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(8023,5172,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-09 23:58:51','2011-07-09 21:58:51','@Ilian I am afraid to say this: I think I look like this a lot--childlike. But it does help that I am excited to be home!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8017,1),(7460,5000,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.127.67','2011-06-08 00:02:21','2011-06-07 22:02:21','Ah, Thassos,\r\nOne of my favourite places in the world. I loved it when I got there about 5 years ago. Where is this quarry, it looks beautiful? I\'ve been only on the South coast and on the East coast. I\'ve slept in Limenaria.\r\nI never go to the Black sea if I can go to Ohrid, or especially Greece.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.71 Safari/534.24','',0,0),(6684,4811,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-26 05:40:16','2011-04-26 03:40:16','@Whitney No way. Don\'t worry about it for a minute. This is a country in which you have to just wear what you love and not worry too much about what other people are up to. Otherwise you run the risk of adopting leggings as pants and walking around with overly teased and crimped hair.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6678,1),(8882,3581,'Linda in Macedonia','lindaereynolds@gmail.com','','77.29.212.128','2011-08-26 11:13:16','2011-08-26 09:13:16','Hello Karolinka,\r\nI am a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Kriva Palanka, Macedonia right across the border from Kystendil.  You must love Sofia to be on year three....I am just completing year 1 and am having a wonderful time here as well.\r\nI stumbled across your site as my 2 sisters and my 28 yr. old daughter are arriving for a week in September, and since they are flying in/out of Sofia I was looking for some advice on what to see/how best to get around in your fair city the day before they leave.   My e-mail is Lindaereynolds@gmail.com and I would greatly appreciate any thoughts.  Thanks in advance!\r\nLinda',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.215 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8106,5211,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.18.122.189','2011-07-13 15:55:24','2011-07-13 13:55:24','Bulgarian! Terrific!  Carolyn you are making it.  This year will be the year you slip into Bulgarian and feel comfortable there.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(6005,4583,'Deb','dlsolum@aol.com','','216.186.60.201','2011-03-25 21:38:57','2011-03-25 19:38:57','Interestingly enough this practice can also be seen in the U.S. If you drive anywhere in Spokane, WA or the surrounding area you will see these kind of patches surrounded by potholes big enough to swallow a Volkswagon. Makes for exciting driving patterns as drivers zig-zag and dodge potholes. Defensive driving takes on a whole new meaning!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; InfoPath.3)','',0,0),(6691,4456,'V','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','77.77.32.200','2011-04-26 13:10:51','2011-04-26 11:10:51','Well lyutenitsa is a kind of chutney, but they could have been more descriptive about it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0) Gecko/20110321 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(6692,4781,'Elizabeth','liz_robi142@hotmail.com','','74.80.45.31','2011-04-26 14:02:11','2011-04-26 12:02:11','Hi,\r\nI live in Southern Louisiana and egg fighting is a tradition here as well. We call it \"Pocking Eggs.\" I suppose it originated with the French settlers to Louisiana',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(7956,5168,'Shannon','shannon@bendell.ca','http://www.livinginthegray.com','70.76.78.175','2011-07-07 00:47:59','2011-07-06 22:47:59','I hope you\'re still there by the time our adoption goes through. I would love to ask your advice about places to visit while we\'re there and just to get tips from someone who has seen the city through a foreigner\'s eyes would be so helpful!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7694,5068,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','74.241.20.249','2011-06-21 20:51:38','2011-06-21 18:51:38','Your Uncle Ted and Aunt Kathy have been visiting, so I have not been reading your blog regularly.  I just want to reassure you that working with children will help your Bulgarian.  It won\'t be university level Bulgarian, but it will be good basic pedestrian words that help one get comfortable using a language.  My experience with four German children in the family I lived with helps me offer this reassurance to you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(7957,5162,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','198.134.92.133','2011-07-07 01:24:33','2011-07-06 23:24:33','@Rumi and Vergil Thanks so much for your comments. It\'s good to know what I need to work on.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7952,1),(7154,4965,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-05-20 12:48:03','2011-05-20 10:48:03','@Gingi If you were at ACS I\'d tell you to come over to my classroom for a piece of chocolate. Luckily the kids at school don\'t like the marzipan chocolates.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',7149,1),(6358,3259,'Roseotto','biz2795@yahoo.fr','http://www.japan-planet.com/','78.119.62.193','2011-04-10 17:35:45','2011-04-10 15:35:45','The best fragrance for me is damask rose oil and water, i found and advice this website prices are not too expansive and this supplier is the leader of this market in Bulgaria, the name is rose of bulgaria ... there are some other but i dont know the name ... kiss to all nice blog !\r\n\r\nI leave the link in case :\r\nhttp://www.rose-of-bulgaria.com\r\nOn Facebook iam fan of them :\r\nhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Rose-of-Bulgaria/62133626673',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(7958,5168,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','198.134.92.133','2011-07-07 01:25:20','2011-07-06 23:25:20','@Shannon Sounds great! I hope for your sake the adoption goes through sooner rather than later.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7956,1),(8424,5222,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.39.144','2011-07-23 17:50:58','2011-07-23 15:50:58','If you are using Windows XP the previous advice will most probably not help.\r\n\r\nDownload the Bulgarian phonetic keyboard from\r\nhttp://injinera.narod.ru/downloads/BG_KeyboardsXP_V.3.1.zip\r\nUnzip in some temp directory. Right click on \"BGPhV3XP.inf\" and chose install. 3 new keyboards will be installed on your computer. Later you could choose the one \"BulgarianPhoneticV3 WB by Genadi Atanasov-Injinera\". In the subdirectory HELP (from the ZIP file) is shown how to do it and the difference between the 2 new phonetic keyboards.\r\nGood luck!',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(6075,3578,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-03-29 05:48:20','2011-03-29 03:48:20','Thanks so much @Shannon!! The program looks pretty good--it seems to cover the basics of the language.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6030,1),(7636,5068,'Marc','mrl706@mail.harvard.edu','http://none','92.86.30.30','2011-06-17 07:45:28','2011-06-17 05:45:28','Carolyn,\r\nI\'ve been following your blog on my Google reader, thanks to a reference from Matador.com. It\'s been particularly interesting to me as an ex-pat living in a neighboring Eastern European country.\r\nIt occurred to me that there is one element that you haven\'t yet discussed regarding your quest for better Bulgarian skills: Willpower. \r\nIn my quest to develop my language skills, I found that willpower was a crucial ingredient. That is, I had to have the willpower to insist on speaking the foreign language, even when my counterparts offered to speak English. \r\nYou wrote that young people in Bulgaria crave opportunities to speak English. The same applies here. Unfortunately, this means that oftentimes we have conflicting goals. They want to speak English. I don\'t. And it becomes a matter of willpower to see which language will be the currency of these relationships. \r\nI have had to refuse to speak English, even when people have insisted that we speak it. I have felt selfish, guilty, and worse after flatly refusing to speak English. Promising acquaintances/relationships have petered out simply because I have refused to speak English. In the end, I have greatly improved my language skills. But it required A LOT of willpower to keep my goal in mind throughout. My sense is that my language skills depended on having this critical mass of foreign-language-only relationships. \r\nI\'m not sure if the situation is the same in Bulgaria, and I\'d be happy to hear your thoughts in response.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17','',0,0),(6459,4727,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-14 06:09:46','2011-04-14 04:09:46','@Krista I miss you too!! Aside from the snow things are pretty good here in Sofia. I go to a monthly book club with some of the teachers at school. It\'s nice and it gets me reading books I probably wouldn\'t otherwise.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6458,1),(6458,4727,'Krista','krista.greiner@gmail.com','','71.204.62.37','2011-04-14 05:55:36','2011-04-14 03:55:36','What book club? I miss my bg book club... did I ever invite you to it? I think I did. Ahh Bulgaria how I miss you, and Carolyn too ;) How are you doing?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(6083,4583,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.208.139','2011-03-29 18:02:36','2011-03-29 16:02:36','\"Instant Asphalt\"  It is just what I need to fill the two little (growing bigger) holes in the alley behind our house.  I\'ve been wondering what my options are to repair it.  Now I just have to see if they sell it at Home Depot!  \r\n\r\nThe part of the road that is left doesn\'t look like asphalt to me, it looks like concrete.  Perhaps it will last another 50 years, but the latest word I\'ve been hearing is 60 years is about it\'s life span.  I don\'t think asphalt has anywhere near that long a life span - but I\'m no engineer either.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',6029,0),(6085,4641,'Tyler','tylerwasson@hotmail.com','','67.160.61.217','2011-03-29 22:21:36','2011-03-29 20:21:36','I have a few more suggestions:\r\nBy far the best book on Bulgaria I have read would have to be \"Domesticating Revolution: From Socialist Reform to Ambivalent Transition in a Bulgarian Village\" by Gerald W. Creed, he has a new book out titled \"Masquerade and Postsocialism: Ritual and Cultural Dispossession in Bulgaria\" which sounds equally as interesting.\r\n\"The Balkans: A Short History\" by Mark Mazower is a good quick history book on the Balkans.\r\nFor the military reader \"Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918\" by Richard C. Hall is well-researched and informative, but badly written. It just came out in 2010.\r\n\"Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle\" by Dena Ringold, Mitchell A. Orenstein, E. Wilkens, Erika Wilkens (aka the World Bank) is interesting if you are interested in the Roma population of Bulgaria.\r\n\"The Miss Stone Affair\" by Teresa Carpenter is another great book about Yane Sandanski and his kidnapping of an American missionary to further the cause of the BMRO.\r\nLast suggestion, \"Voices from the Gulag: Life and Death in Communist Bulgaria\" by Tzvetan Todorov. Intense and interesting.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010031422 Firefox/3.0.19 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(7346,5000,'Robyn','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','164.106.108.114','2011-06-01 19:41:06','2011-06-01 17:41:06','Can we go there if I come and visit you next year? Pretty please?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(6521,4727,'katley','katley99@yahoo.com','http://katleyplanetbg.blogspot.com','71.192.135.187','2011-04-17 03:19:54','2011-04-17 01:19:54','the weather in Sofia sounds very much like New England. The latitude is the same, 42 degrees north.\r\n\r\nApril is a crazy month with days warm enough for shorts and T-shirts, and other days you need that winter coat!  Back in 1997 there was a blizzard on April Fool\'s day.  Snow has fallen here as late as April 19, fortunately not more than an inch or so of messy slush, which doesn\'t last long. It puts a damper on spring, for sure.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(6832,4878,'D.','cimbrio@hotmail.com','http://dawsr.wordpress.com','212.49.164.20','2011-05-04 12:35:01','2011-05-04 10:35:01','I turned 26 three days ago and I\'m going to treat myself to some new glasses. New age, new style. Let us hope age gives us wisdom as well. Don\'t worry, you\'ll still be pretty much the same, 30 or not, with pimples or without :P',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(8016,4249,'K','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.162.183','2011-07-09 12:42:45','2011-07-09 10:42:45','Carolyn, if you can find it, watch the film Sofia Video Guide by Bidon Film. It\'s full of humour and uses an interesting filming technuque.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(9264,5540,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-09-12 13:35:22','2011-09-12 11:35:22','Consider Bankya - there are impressive remnants of former glory as a resort of the Bulgarian Kingdom until 1945 or if you still want the centre of Sofia - try the streets to the north of Dondukov boulevard - this is the oldest part of modern Sofia, not very fashionable, but you can stumble upon pieces of decaying buildings with stunning architecture.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.220 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(6182,4674,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.206','2011-04-02 19:42:16','2011-04-02 17:42:16','I haven\'t seen it and I don\'t think I will, even for Velko Kunev. It\'s not that I don\'t like Bulgarian movies. I just hate how young actors are taught to act and speak - always that attempted impeccable pronunciation, even when imitating the most obscure Bourgas slang - it just doesn\'t mix, especially in movies (as opposed to the theater). Older actors have shrugged this off and are a pleasure to watch though. \r\nThe second thing is that somehow everyone decided that they should only make seriously serious movies about personal journeys, harsh realities, struggles etc. all going for overall grittiness that would shame a sandblaster. And that sucks. Bulgarians have always been good with humor (as proven by the pictures for Dobi\'s Birthday on Facebook) and our comedies turn out well, i.e. Mission London was great, Dzift was horrible (except Dzhoko Rosic, who is awesome by default). So why force dramatically dramatized dramas in our otherwise so cheery and carefree world?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(6837,4874,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-04 20:25:22','2011-05-04 18:25:22','@Ivet It\'s an interesting question. I think there\'s a sense that our media is free-er than many and that this isn\'t really something the President would benefit from lying about. So while I am not celebrating Osama bin Laden\'s death, I also don\'t doubt it. Do elected officials lie? Absolutely. Senator Kyl lied about Planned Parenthood and abortion statics on the Senate floor recently. He was called out pretty quickly by among others <a href=\"http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-11-2011/countdown-to-the-next-countdown---jon-kyl-s-planned-parenthood-statistics\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jon Stewart</a>.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6831,1),(6838,4878,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-05-04 20:26:10','2011-05-04 18:26:10','@D. Thanks! Here\'s to a new age and a new look!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6832,1),(8017,5172,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','85.130.52.224','2011-07-09 16:09:17','2011-07-09 14:09:17','You look like a litle kid on this picture. You must be really happy to be home again.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7494,5043,'dmii','dimi_z@mail.bg','','80.109.105.92','2011-06-09 13:50:18','2011-06-09 11:50:18','Come on! Show us that hole now! I\'m intrigued...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7496,5043,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','84.54.160.84','2011-06-09 16:34:14','2011-06-09 14:34:14','http://bagtc.com/uploads/bg_news/2010/photo_medium_5.jpg ?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(8480,3578,'Lauren','laurenjbusiness@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-07-27 13:41:12','2011-07-27 11:41:12','Zdrasti, Karolinka!  I have been following your blog for some time and I think this is my first time leaving a comment.  I am an American gal living in Sofia with my Bulgarian husband and our baby.  I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your blog.  You have such a talent for turning your everyday adventures in Bulgaria into great stories.  Your experiences actually gives me confidence that I can make it as an expat here, so thank you! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.122 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7500,5048,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.116.219','2011-06-09 21:21:35','2011-06-09 19:21:35','http://blogosfera.dnevnik.bg/',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.91 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7858,5142,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.77','2011-06-30 11:30:24','2011-06-30 09:30:24','Truth is Bulgarians don\'t care about 4th of July. \r\nPolitics is a daily discussion among Bulgarians, but I guess you don\'t really talk about depressing stuff with your friends.\r\nCall me sexist but BG chicks don\'t really care about politics, and if they do then usually they are some sort of activist for a cause and they will spin it around how their cause is being fucked by this and that.\r\n\r\nI don\'t think you are the right person for this interview, but you are the most covered by the media TV and some magazines. etc.\r\n\r\nComparing Bulgarian history to American history in any way shape or form is a joke.\r\nPolitics are the same everywhere, money fix things, people with money get power, powerful people fuck the poorer people. It\'s the way of the world.\r\n\r\nPlease read up on 3rd of March it is kind of an important day in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(7859,5142,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-06-30 11:55:37','2011-06-30 09:55:37','@Andreytcho Well, the interview was much more about me living in Bulgaria. There was one question about the 4th of July, a question about Bulgarian politics and a question about my impression of Bulgarian\'s knowledge of history.  Then mostly I spoke about what brought me to Bulgaria and my impressions of the country. I spoke a little bit of (rather-horrible) Bulgarian and that was that. It was pretty straightforward. \n\nAs for the politics thing, I should probably spend the time to out politics in Bulgaria but to date I\'ve never really been motivated to.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',7858,1),(8703,5390,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-17 06:39:43','2011-08-17 04:39:43','@Марин Exactly!! It\'s a lot like teaching toddlers their first language. And it\'s one of the recommendations for correcting students during second language instruction. My strategy is to correct the mistake in my answer, \"Oh you went to the grocery store\" rather than the incorrect \"I go yesterday\" and then to ask the student a question in such a way that they must then answer correctly again right away.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8699,1),(7861,5142,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.77','2011-06-30 13:52:31','2011-06-30 11:52:31','If they upload it online, may be we can hear it :) \r\nDid they offer to give you a copy or something?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',7859,0),(7866,5142,'Melissa','melissa@melissaroberts.org','','76.103.45.145','2011-06-30 20:16:27','2011-06-30 18:16:27','The newest political gaffe making the rounds here is from new presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann - something about how she insisted the founding fathers were smart people that railed against slavery. Someone reminded her that many of the founding fathers actually owned slaves, and her counter was, \"well, John Quincy Adams fought against it.\" Not exactly a founding father, but whatev. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7867,5101,'(little sister) Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','128.193.8.92','2011-06-30 20:23:36','2011-06-30 18:23:36','dAd made me a hamburger on the grill when I was home! It was so good. Yours will be delicious too.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7869,5075,'(little sister) Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','128.193.8.92','2011-06-30 20:47:10','2011-06-30 18:47:10','For the record, I\'m not sure dAd, DOES know how to download pictures to his computer. But he can feel free to prove me wrong.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7936,5162,'Krista','krista.greiner@gmail.com','','71.204.62.37','2011-07-05 19:45:26','2011-07-05 17:45:26','You\'re a brave soul. I commend you! See you soon :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7952,5162,'Vergil','vergilg@hotmail.com','','134.117.254.248','2011-07-06 17:55:27','2011-07-06 15:55:27','I\'d like to respectfully disagree with Rumi.  I think your posts are more than just comprehensible.  I think they are very good.  \r\n\r\nRumi makes good suggestions on how to make your Bulgarian more conversational sounding.\r\n\r\nKeep it up, you have come such a long way!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(7974,5168,'Chris','chris@chrisashworth.org','http://chrisashworth.org','70.88.134.198','2011-07-07 18:02:51','2011-07-07 16:02:51','Congrats Karolinka! What an adventure.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_0) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.112 Safari/534.30','',0,0),(7976,5168,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.39','2011-07-07 22:38:57','2011-07-07 20:38:57','Well, Happy Bulgarian anniversary! \r\nYou do know the city better than many Bulgarians, even Sofians in particular, because while you make it a point to explore the city, a lot of people stick to their familiar routes, adopting an often subconscious \"meh, it\'s not going anywhere\" attitude.\r\nHave fun in Walla Walla! Though you\'re home just in time for some more political craziness - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/07/07/congress-puts-nasa-and-jwst-on-the-chopping-block/ How on Earth did they decide that this is a good idea?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16','',0,0),(7995,5168,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-08 16:45:16','2011-07-08 14:45:16','@Bobby Thanks for your kind comment. As for politics, we\'ll have to see what shapes up.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7976,1),(7996,5168,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-08 16:45:41','2011-07-08 14:45:41','@Amy This is wonderful news. I am so happy for you!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7972,1),(7997,5168,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-08 16:47:05','2011-07-08 14:47:05','@Rumi what a kind comment!! Thanks for all of your help with my Bulgarian posts.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7968,1),(7998,5168,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-08 16:48:23','2011-07-08 14:48:23','@Whitney Well don\'t worry too much! You\'ve got one friend in Bulgaria already--that\'s me!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',7963,1),(8432,5262,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','69.161.20.168','2011-07-24 08:45:28','2011-07-24 06:45:28','I LOVE the picture with the seagulls! One on each pole!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(12434,5813,'Iavor','iavor_nik@abv.bg','','77.85.231.52','2011-11-12 19:52:16','2011-11-12 17:52:16','Hi, Carolinka. Congratulations about your blog. How can I write you personal message? Thank you! Iavor',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; bg; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010031422 Firefox/3.0.19','',0,0),(8526,5337,'N.','nico@mail.bg','','92.247.8.174','2011-07-29 18:20:32','2011-07-29 16:20:32','It\'s a Chevrolet Impala... What a lovely car :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(8922,5469,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-28 14:02:48','2011-08-28 12:02:48','@TN Good to know re: September 16th and I hope that you get a chance to explore the museum too.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8905,1),(8923,5477,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-28 14:06:03','2011-08-28 12:06:03','@Joe Ha, ha! Luckily for me coffee is all I need. Sometimes though I think I should drink a little less coffee in plastic cups and more coffee in porcelain cups. I am not so sure what\'s happening to the plastic in the cups when the very hot coffee is poured in.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8920,1),(8921,5469,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-28 14:00:53','2011-08-28 12:00:53','@Joe Thanks so much! It\'s just the approximately thing that gets me. The American in me wants to have an exact address rather than a vague location. Then again maybe I shouldn\'t worry because it looks like BG maps points me to about the same spot google maps does.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8907,1),(8920,5477,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-08-28 14:00:22','2011-08-28 12:00:22','Oh my - strong coffee in a plastic cup and a cigarette - frankly, I\'d never be able to resist this combination... It\'s a dangerous habit, though - good for you to stop in time (or never start)!',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(10098,2259,'Kalina','kalina_elitsina@yahoo.com','','96.231.129.142','2011-09-29 20:27:48','2011-09-29 18:27:48','Wow, i\'m actually surprised to see so many people speak so badly about this book. I have always loved it. Maybe it\'s because the village in Bulgaria (Galitche) where i spent a lot of summers with my grandparents growing up had so much of those old times about it...maybe because the book is so easy to relate to for me personally, being able to envision those times, the way people spoke and dressed and their customs...but i honestly find it ridiculous that it was \"boring\". Maybe a bit simple in its explanations and portrayal of life, probably because it was simple. I wouldn\'t recommend it if you want a perfect description of strictly historical events, but to just label it boring is ridiculous. It holds certain romanticism and nostalgia that i guess you have to be able to relate to. Hope you did find it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22','',0,0),(8473,5290,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.172.244','2011-07-26 20:04:34','2011-07-26 18:04:34','I hope it was cool there under the trees.  We\'re broiling in the Midwest.  The quarry pool was 91 degree F yesterday evening.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(8469,5290,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-07-26 11:01:58','2011-07-26 09:01:58','I love your family cabin! Spending time close to nature is the best way to relax.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(8997,5500,'Elsa','elsa.macbebekin@gmail.com','http://macbebekin.com/','71.173.74.195','2011-09-01 04:34:56','2011-09-01 02:34:56','That sounds like an ideal visit --- and knowing the boys in question, I\'m sure they had a lovely time with you! Thanks for showing my nephews such a wonderful time!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8513,5360,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-07-29 03:17:42','2011-07-29 01:17:42','I think more people say \"Where is the \"Restroom\" than say \"Where is the Bathroom\".  In either case, I don\'t here people ask for the toilet.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(7504,5048,'dzver','dzver@abv.bg','http://dzver.com/blog/','78.90.87.227','2011-06-10 01:12:36','2011-06-09 23:12:36','http://topbloglog.com :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.13 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(7505,5043,'dzver','dzver@abv.bg','http://dzver.com/blog/','78.90.87.227','2011-06-10 01:24:23','2011-06-09 23:24:23','We had a similar giant hole in Mladost 1 for more than 3 years. Most of the time there was no visible work activity whatsoever, no change at all month after month. I have no idea why was that necessary, but eventually they finished the construction.\r\n\r\nhttp://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Sofia_Metro-Map.png - we can expect next year this station to be opened.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.13 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(6913,4890,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','15.203.233.79','2011-05-09 10:33:24','2011-05-09 08:33:24','I have been dethroned as most loyal blog-reader, this is hard news to take :) \r\n\r\nWe all have to be grateful to our parents, everyone has a list similar to yours and I really don\'t understand people who don\'t get along with their family.\r\n\r\nCheers to us, the lucky ones!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(8510,5360,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimi.co.cc','80.109.105.92','2011-07-29 01:11:59','2011-07-28 23:11:59','Or my personal American English favourite when it comes to toilets - restroom.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0a2) Gecko/20110723 Firefox/7.0a2','',0,0),(6918,4890,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-05-09 17:53:43','2011-05-09 15:53:43','Thanks for the lovely tribute.  \r\nNow it is Monday and I finally read it.  I was pretty busy doing many of the things in items #8 &amp; #10 to get to read your blog.  (Color me red!)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(7510,5021,'TAfricanski','teodor_slavchev@mail.bg','','145.99.145.40','2011-06-10 09:24:07','2011-06-10 07:24:07','Wait - cheek-kiss? Do we do that? Does everyone do that or just a group of friends you know? Or is it something in Sofia? Because I would swear we don\'t greet like that in Ruse.\r\nOtherwise I was about to write that most of the things Sofia is \"not\" can be seen at other places. Like Plovdiv. Then I figured you probably know that by now. :P\r\nBTW it\'s high time you visited Ruse. Well, maybe not now, but after the municipal elections. The whole central city square is being renovated for no good reason exactly now. Democracy can bring more destruction than a world war. ;)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; bg) Presto/2.8.131 Version/11.11','',0,0),(7511,3578,'Niko','nikomil.mihaylov@gmail.com','','89.215.158.173','2011-06-10 10:24:47','2011-06-10 08:24:47','Hello Karolinka,\r\nMy name is Niko! Opposite of you I was living in the USA for 8 years, working and doing my studies. Recently, after finishing my Master\'s degree and despite all the opinions I heard about Bulgaria from friends and relatives, I decided to come back in my country Bulgaria, because I am realizing that the country has a potential. I just came across your blog and I am really happy to read positive views about Sofia and Bulgaria from people like you who came here and see the things that most Bulgarians do not, to see that people like you actually feel good and want to spend more time here! I would love meet you and other people like you who are interested in my country and can see beyond the first impression :) I would be happy to talk to you, please consider sending me an e-mail\r\nBest regards,\r\nNiko',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(6923,4894,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.201','2011-05-09 21:50:03','2011-05-09 19:50:03','Frankly, if you hadn\'t pointed out the funny part, I would\'ve missed it. Indeed, the background, the sunshine, the one-way movement and the song come together as a humorous Sofia-themed video.  The song is 2 Unlimited\'s No one. As for the time of day, judging by the exact place on the ring road, the direction and the shadows, I\'d put this around noon, maybe 1PM.\r\nOn an unrelated topic, since I use vimeo primarily to watch time-lapse videos, here\'s one of remarkable beauty http://vimeo.com/22439234 :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17','',0,0),(6924,4890,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.210.167.165','2011-05-09 23:31:43','2011-05-09 21:31:43','Well, Carolyn, for the record, I read you every day too!  \r\nI suspect that there are others in the family that do as well.  Sometimes you do not write until after my early morning check-in so that I do not read it until the following day, but I always read your blog.  And beginning the end of the week, Jack and Beth and I will be reading it in Berlin where we will be visiting married students of Jack\'s and my own German host family from so many decades ago.  (Richard vW is now 91, and his wife is a few years younger.  I feel so fortunate to visit while they are still alive.)   It would be nice to take a side trip to Sophia, but per usual Jack needs to be home to do one of his workshops and Beth only has a few days of vacation, so Berlin is our only destination.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(6615,4764,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-23 08:17:26','2011-04-23 06:17:26','@Kiril Thanks so much for the advice. I\'ve definitely got some more research (and reading) to do before I make any final decisions.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6613,1),(6616,4764,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-04-23 08:21:25','2011-04-23 06:21:25','@Tanya @valix and @Anton I definitely need to test some phones out before I buy!! But as one of my friends told me when I was complaining about how many different factors there are to take into consideration: take time to pick out the best phone for you. You\'ll be the one using it each and every day. It will be with you more than anyone else.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.16) Gecko/20110319 Firefox/3.6.16 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',6610,1),(6613,4764,'Kiril','gkicko@gmail.com','','87.126.239.166','2011-04-23 00:19:12','2011-04-22 22:19:12','Hi, I just want to list some things for you to consider:\r\n-	If you buy it from Bulgaria, but you want to use it when you go home – make sure it supports the GSM frequencies used in USA. Actually, because you like to travel a lot, maybe it is good idea to get a quad band phone. \r\n-	Latest models are announced here with great delays. You may want to check the alternative shops like Germanos, Jeff and online places like mobilebulgaria who may be able to offer you newer model phones that are still not available in our carriers’ shops.   \r\n-	If you buy it from USA, you probably will have to pay the full unsubsidized price, because you do not need 2 year contract in US, but even then the price may be cheaper than what you will have to pay in Bulgaria for the same phone, if it is offered here at all. Again – you will have to check the supported frequencies. \r\n-	Make sure that you have some data plan. I guess you will want to use it for email, twitter, etc. I think 250-500 MB/month are enough if you do not play too much online audio/video content. \r\n-	Be prepared to charge it every night :)\r\n-	Do not expect to be running Skype flawlessly and have it always on. It will shorten even further your battery life if you have it always on.\r\n-	If you get an Android phone, using Google Voice you can make free calls to US, so you will be able to contact your family not only from your computer via Skype. But the call quality may not be very good. Sometimes these features that sound great on paper are not that good in real life. See this link for more info: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383262,00.asp',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16','',0,0),(8937,5450,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.18.90.161','2011-08-29 15:52:00','2011-08-29 13:52:00','When in Berlin in May we also noticed that people don\'t go out running along the streets the way you see them in the US.  Many, many people seem to walk or bike places, but no running for some reason.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(8935,5469,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','79.124.58.46','2011-08-29 10:25:34','2011-08-29 08:25:34','You can also check this out: http://socmus.com/en It\'s a visual museum of socialism.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(10584,5658,'lora','lora@funkt.eu','http://www.funkt.eu','91.211.190.52','2011-10-11 15:26:16','2011-10-11 13:26:16','Hey Karolinka, I\'m glad you liked this place! To reveal the \"secret\" why supastar and take a cake look similar - they are not owned by the same people, BUT they are both made by us, funkt studio. ) We do architecture and all kinds of design - graphic, interior, product, and we also do unique carpentry stuff including all the furniture in take a cake and the big window frames of supastar. We have done also Taqueria - the mexican place on Shishman street, and the newly opened +tova place, where you can try real quiche Loraine - this place is in the same neighborhood of take a cake - ul. Marin Drinov 30. We do also own part of it so you are welcome to stop by and say hello:)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8699,5390,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.60.213','2011-08-16 22:48:11','2011-08-16 20:48:11','You reminded me how me and my wife corrected our kids when they were small and made some mistakes with words. We didn\'t tell them \"This is not correct, the correct one is so\', we use the correct word (or form) in a sentence connected with our conversation.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(9029,3581,'Донка Едрева','doni@az-media.biz','http://az-jenata.bg/','84.43.140.75','2011-09-02 13:43:19','2011-09-02 11:43:19','Здравейте!\r\nКазвам се Донка Едрева и съм редактор в онлайн женско списание Az-jenata.bg. Прочетеното във вашия блог много ме впечатли. За нашите читателки ще бъде интересно да ви представим в рубриката \"Тя звездата\". Съгласна ли сте да дадете интервю?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8710,5396,'Martin','donbass1@yahoo.com','http://turnovec.blogspot.com','217.75.140.230','2011-08-17 10:08:39','2011-08-17 08:08:39','You wanna read a little story about the rundwon old house, with the mud walls in the center of the photos? When i was little kid(about 20-25 years ago) an old man lived there - Dyado Rasho. He was extremely poor and had a flock of goats with which he strolled each day through the neighbourhood. All kids were afraid of him, as our babas and dyados used to tell us that Dyado Rasho was a fascist before 1944 and that he used to be a bad, bad man. Now when i look back at all this i feel how rediculous it was. I feel also a bit sad, when i remember how full of kids comming from all over the country to their babas for the summer vacation the streets there used to be, and how many of the houses are empty right now, and many of the faces i used to know are just a sweet memory. Btw, such long rainy days in Elena were perfect for reading back in the days :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',0,0),(13398,5932,'Mandi','mandirhall@gmail.com','','216.141.152.163','2011-12-06 22:44:43','2011-12-06 20:44:43','Karolinka, I have been reading your blog for about a year now! I love it. I first found Whitney\'s blog (Girl Meets Bulgaria), as I am engaged to a Bulgarian here in Michigan; we are high school sweethearts. He moved here when he was younger, but his whole family still lives in Sofia, and I have been inundated with Bulgarian (read: Bulgarian food!) culture in the last decade or so - moreso the last couple of years since we\'ve been engaged.  Anyhoooo, long story short... I read your blog nearly every day, but have never introduced myself! I thought today must be the right day to do it, since I also researched Bulgarian yogurt in-depth today, as I have more recently taken an extreme liking to the thick tanginess. Yum! Enjoy! And happy writing.  :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(8712,5396,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-17 10:37:45','2011-08-17 08:37:45','@Martin What an incredible story. I wondered for the two weeks I was living next door to that house what the story was. Today the house is falling apart and a couple of women come each day to garden. It\'s sad the way that time works so quickly on a house. Still I can\'t help but to think how wonderful it must have been to be little and spend your summers in Elena.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8710,1),(13396,5932,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','71.221.217.50','2011-12-06 21:30:30','2011-12-06 19:30:30','I am eating my oatmeal right now and a nice scoop of Bulgarian yogurt would probably be good on it.  Perhaps you could bring some Bulgarian yogurt and a Bulgarian sheep to Walla Walla and then I could make some too... \r\nYour Shady Lawn Creamery grandfather couldn\'t eat yogurt because his 1950\'s University dairy science tasting courses taught him that the fermented sour taste occurred when dairy products had gone bad!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(8716,5396,'Martin','donbass1@yahoo.com','http://turnovec.blogspot.com','217.75.140.230','2011-08-17 12:53:05','2011-08-17 10:53:05','I was surprised to see the house still standing as well, as it was in a poor condition already at the time of my above story. I guess it just has no owners since the old man passed away. Regarding the summers in Elena as a little kid, YES they were awesome! Biking each day to one of the numerous, hidden and untooched by human hand ponds of the rivers that run across the villages around Elena, swimming, fishing ... and all this with friends form each and every corner of Buglaria - Sofia, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Zlatograd ... You\'ve read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, right. Something like that. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1','',8712,0),(11605,5748,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-24 05:59:49','2011-10-24 03:59:49','@Andreycho Right?! I probably should have said, liquor as if beer counts as alcohol!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',11584,1),(13392,5932,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-12-06 19:03:59','2011-12-06 17:03:59','Yes I made yogurt years ago.  You didn\'t love it then, so I eventually stopped. Then I discovered you like Nancy\'s Yogurt  \r\nhttp://www.nancysyogurt.com/index.php/products \r\n\r\nI don\'t think most yogurt has preservatives.  The supermarket yogurt often is pasteurized so that the microbes stop fermentation.  Refrigeration helps slow fermentation down, but doesn\'t halt it completely. The sour flavor comes from the lactic acid produced by the Lactobacillus bulgaricus from the lactose in the milk.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(13423,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-07 08:09:50','2011-12-07 06:09:50','@Whitney I have a hunch that will grow on you. It did for me. Sometimes though, I like it more than other times. I am not sure why that is but I almost always like it with jam and walnuts!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13409,1),(8752,5411,'Gingi','loke_sss@yahoo.com','','212.36.24.179','2011-08-19 10:14:14','2011-08-19 08:14:14','You rock, girl! :) I just had a look at the Festival site and I\'m amazed (and a bit ashamed that I\'ve never been in Jeravna). Such a great idea and it seems like lots of fun! And... Носията ти отива!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8753,5411,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-08-19 11:02:21','2011-08-19 09:02:21','That sounds like so much fun, can\'t wait to hear all about it.  And Zheravna is so beautiful and charming, I\'m lucky to have stayed there once.  Your costume is awesome!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8755,5411,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-19 11:15:16','2011-08-19 09:15:16','@Gingi Thanks so much. I\'m planning on dancing my heart out.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8752,1),(8756,5411,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-19 11:17:06','2011-08-19 09:17:06','@Lauren Thanks! I\'m planning on taking lots of pictures and I just got a new fairly modern A-symmetrical haircut so that should be pretty funny with my very traditional dress.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8753,1),(20399,6823,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.171','2012-06-20 12:55:17','2012-06-20 10:55:17','No way! If we\'d stayed a bit longer that day, we would\'ve seen you. Not that you\'d know us, of course, but we\'d have recognized you from your blog pictures. Why am I so sure? Because I remember seeing the two ladies on the left on our way out of the place. Well, Sofia is obviously not that big :)\r\nBy the way, I also think the burgers are amazing! And much like your friends,  I still can\'t get over the Taqueria, so I really really hope this place will be around forever.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1','',0,0),(8760,5411,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','78.142.58.87','2011-08-19 15:01:39','2011-08-19 13:01:39','You look so cute and bulgarian-y in your costume :D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.854.0 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(11452,5737,'Melly','melissa@melissaroberts.org','','209.220.223.66','2011-10-22 00:56:04','2011-10-21 22:56:04','HOTTTTT! I love it. Very chic. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.50 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Safari/534.50','',0,0),(12286,5802,'Elenka','veleva.elena@gmail.com','','89.190.195.165','2011-11-08 10:28:43','2011-11-08 08:28:43','When I first saw it - it didn\'t make any sense. Now, after my first coffee - still the same. \r\nThe closest resemblance is really to a personal message to someone, Peshka\'s guess.\r\nSo there is no reason to feel old an un-cool because we don\'t understand it - probably it was not meant to be understood by anyone else except the intended recepient :).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11575,5748,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-10-23 17:54:27','2011-10-23 15:54:27','My attitude towards voting completely coincides with what George Carlin had to say on the subject:\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk\r\n\r\n:)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.52','',0,0),(9668,5591,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','134.2.80.173','2011-09-21 09:14:26','2011-09-21 07:14:26','Heyy, realy you are flying to Stuttgart!\r\nI am in Tübingen now,if you decide to come and visit it is something like 30 km away from Stuttgart, I will be extremely happy to drink coffee with you!\r\n\r\nThe world is so small indeed:)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100713 Firefox/3.6.7','',0,0),(8788,5400,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','88.242.136.20','2011-08-20 20:44:08','2011-08-20 18:44:08','Симпатяги :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(9669,5596,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-09-21 09:39:08','2011-09-21 07:39:08','Hey, sweets and desserts have nothing to do with politics. The fact is that in the 70\'s and 80\'s there was not as great variety of products and foodstuff that could be bought from the shops. This was the time when people had to made their own buiscits, cakes, sweets, cookies and all the things they or their kids wanted to eat. Women spent more time in the kitchen and exchanged recipes. For example when I was a little girl my mother used to make at least 2-3 different kinds of sweets for my birthday so I could treat my friends and schoolmates and relatives. I\'m sure all of us have photos from birthdays in kindergarten or school posing with the big plates of cookies and sweets made by our moms :) The quality of food in the past was so much better then it is today, there were no as many preservatives, stabilizers, chemistry and GMO. In the 70\'s &amp; 80\'s 70% of the people in Bulgaria lived in the countriside and 30% in the cities. Now it\'s the opposite - 30% in the countriside and 70% in the cities. What I mean is that most of the people could produce their own food - fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, honey, herbs, spices, canned winter supplies or at least they could buy them from someone they know. There were almost no imported food products in Bulgaria. May be these are some of the reasons old recepies like the ones my grandmother has in her old recipe book contains cake made with 16 eggs, banitsa with 1kg cheese,  1l milk and 10 eggs - they spared no products - that\'s for sure! So hopefully the new shop in Mladost will stick to this as well :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(19254,6623,'nadejda','nadejda.kopanova@gmail.com','','95.42.64.29','2012-05-03 22:18:55','2012-05-03 20:18:55','emmm it is Matka not Makta for the record...\r\n\r\nnice post, looks like a great fun :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010031422 Firefox/3.0.19','',0,0),(12884,5855,'Funny','mitsnow@hotmail.com','','199.119.232.2','2011-11-25 03:39:47','2011-11-25 01:39:47','Fairy tales are a great tool to learn a language:\r\nhttps://stefchety.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0/\r\nI wish it were that simple and somebody would tell me in a dream. Fairy tales are nice :)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110803 Firefox/3.6.20','',0,0),(25325,7505,'Kristina','krissi_janeva@abv.bg','','78.104.159.18','2013-02-15 13:22:27','2013-02-15 11:22:27','If you like Pride and Prejudice, check out the Lizzie Bennet diaries on youtube. It\'s a modern adaptation of the story where Elisabeth has a vlog. It\'s quite interesting.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1312.57 Safari/537.17','',0,0),(22249,7122,'Stoy','stoytcho@gmail.com','','92.57.145.179','2012-09-08 13:04:06','2012-09-08 11:04:06','Karolinka,\r\nmaybe its worth checking with the (obviously not poor) parents of your students if they are keen to increase their tax bill from 10% to say 25% in order to:\r\n1. Install competent people at the Ministry of Education\r\n2. Start a meaningful (and always costly) education reform\r\n3. ONLY THEN raise teachers\' pay, linking it to performance\r\nAll good state school systems cost A LOT of money and are funded by the taxpayer. Its worth considering if places like ACS are maybe the epicentre of the Bulgarian educational divide, where everybody who can afford the money sends their kids to private schools. At the same time if you ask the those parents about taxes – all say they pay too much and get nothing in return.\r\nSounds like Paul Ryan and the Tea Party will easily get 80% of the posh Sofia suburbs.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_4) AppleWebKit/536.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Safari/536.25','',0,0),(22247,7122,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','94.65.115.57','2012-09-08 11:40:09','2012-09-08 09:40:09','@Jordan yes I do think it\'s a problem. What\'s worse is at my school I think more like 95% of my students will study abroad.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.6; en-us; GT-N7000 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1','',22227,1),(22248,7122,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','94.65.115.57','2012-09-08 11:41:06','2012-09-08 09:41:06','@Sophia Exactly!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.6; en-us; GT-N7000 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1','',22213,1),(19984,6776,'K','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.162.230','2012-06-04 13:06:57','2012-06-04 11:06:57','A lot of the attention paid to Bulgarian prom fashion this year in the media seemed to me to be very thinly veiled, very strong agression and hatred. It makes me pretty scared, frankly. A lot, if not most, of the pictures were clearly placed there with in implied subtext of transphobia or homophobia, or vicious hatered of particular subcultures.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(9105,5508,'Shenol','shenolm@gmail.com','http://www.shenol.com','85.118.193.160','2011-09-06 01:48:53','2011-09-05 23:48:53','Can you please find out the name or the adress of this place. I really want to try it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110830 Firefox/3.6.21','',0,0),(8817,5411,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-22 10:38:00','2011-08-22 08:38:00','@Stan Ha, ha! Thanks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',8760,1),(8818,5396,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','79.124.58.46','2011-08-22 11:08:25','2011-08-22 09:08:25','I love the photos. Not only the light is perfect and the scene is beautiful but you have an eye of a good photographer!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8819,5415,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-08-22 11:42:48','2011-08-22 09:42:48','I think complaining is necessary for getting past culture shock.  Complaining leads to  commiserating and that\'s what a lonely (and possibly scared) new expat feels the need to do.  It helps them feel not so alone.  They want to know that someone else felt the same way. (#7 and 8 on your list are key)  Even if you\'re around family and/or friends, there may always be a sense of alone-ness in a new culture.  This is true even of people who move to different cities in their own country!  And if the worst that us newbie-expats can complain about here is the cheese on our pizza or the homeless dogs, then I\'d say that\'s really not so bad.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(22776,7208,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','74.178.142.129','2012-10-01 15:42:20','2012-10-01 13:42:20','Leave it to me to ask about the light fixtures.  Is it something knit and slipped over glass or plastic shades?   What are the materials as far as you can tell?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(9149,5520,'Adrian Nikolov','adrnikolov@yahoo.com','','75.25.59.1','2011-09-08 05:10:45','2011-09-08 03:10:45','Carolyn,\r\nI am aware of your efforts to learn Bulgarian and hope you would enjoy the outcome of the “translate this page” service, as in:\r\n\r\nУикенд в Созопол\r\nSep 7-ми, 2011 от karolinka \r\nНаистина любов, любов пътувате, но аз не обичам автобуси, влакове, равнини и дори автомобили. Това нещо е щастлив съм да хмел на автобус или влак, ако аз знам, че съм ще някои интересни, красива или уникален. За щастие за мен Созопол помества тази сметка. Спомняте може да че съм бил на Созопол преди с моята майка и леля първата година, в която съм живял в България, така че аз знаех, че аз бях ще има чудесен време.\r\nМи със Созопол през нощта (The original: Me enjoying Sozopol at night)\r\nТака че след ми първия ден на работа последния петък, аз отправя към Черно море град на Созопол за дългия уикенд с приятели. Имахме четири ден уикенд, защото български обединението ден падна във вторник тази седмица. Нищо като четири ден уикенд в Созопол да стане готов за учебната година. Той е идеален начин да се енергетизирано за начало на училище.\r\nДори при мисълта на новата учебна година на хоризонта ние успяхме да има много време. Обаче ние са били напомня на училище, когато ние bumped в редица на нашите студенти на плажа. Когато един от моите студенти попитах как му лято става той просто разглеждани ме и каза: е почти над. Има само 10 дни от ваканцията вляво. Не шегува. Децата са смешно понякога.\r\nПлаж по дни\r\nУикенда е голямо: приятели. Храна. Времето. Плаж. Музикален фестивал.\r\nУверете се, че някои хора казват, че твърде е изградена на Черно море и има прекалено много хора на плажа и могат да бъдат отдясно. Много от хотелите са далеч от красиви но топла вода, глобата зърна пясък и горещо слънчево време наистина не много за борба с looming хотели. Не е имало изобилие от водорасли във водата за която аз не съм сигурен какво да се направи на, но водата е опреснява и в началото на септември Слънцето е перфектно. Не бих могъл да щастлив, че съм избягал без изсъхване.\r\nПоказване на стария град\r\nАз имам обратно до София снощи и намери себе си поздрави от дъжд. Huna. Това е доста ясен напомняне, че падането е по пътя и че сега аз съм трябва да има сериозна и prep за началото на учебната година. Проблемът е вид трябва почивка от прибрах. За щастие за мен това е само три ден работна седмица и защото е сряда I got само два дни от работа, напуска тази седмица.\r\nАз предполагам, че е добре.\r\nОблаци на плажа в здрач\r\nTags: Аполония Илирийска, България, Созопол\r\nПубликувано в пътуване',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; yie8)','',0,0),(13826,5977,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-12-16 10:01:04','2011-12-16 08:01:04','... all the 10 year old girls are more into \"High School Musical\" and Hannah Montana\" notebooks than women with national Bulagarian costumes you know :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',13817,0),(8838,5431,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','80.109.105.92','2011-08-23 14:44:03','2011-08-23 12:44:03','Well, I make Turkish coffee at home and then filter the tiny bits out. That way I get to enjoy the full taste, but no powder in my mouth. Also, I avoid sugar.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8839,5431,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','83.142.18.30','2011-08-23 15:56:49','2011-08-23 13:56:49','Espresso is the best!\r\nDuring the comunism everybody drank turksih but that was because there were no espresso machines or pots. Before several months I was in Serbia and there was no espresso, only turkish and it was with very bad quality. It reminded me about the comunism.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(9144,5445,'Anonimnikoff','noemail@mailniator.com','','207.38.235.177','2011-09-08 00:36:25','2011-09-07 22:36:25','Wife just made it today. Delicious.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110830 Firefox/3.6.21','',0,0),(8849,5431,'danielhenry','bastardwithheels@gmail.com','','175.136.227.201','2011-08-24 09:43:03','2011-08-24 07:43:03','very nice pictures and all! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8) AppleWebKit/534.50.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.6 Safari/533.22.3','',0,0),(8851,5431,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-08-24 15:19:02','2011-08-24 13:19:02','There is a place near South Park entrance on Vitoshka where they make the best turkish coffee. After you try that one I am sure you will change your mind :)\r\n\r\nI just drank Vietnamese coffee with their drip cup and condensed milk - it kicks ass !!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(8852,5437,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.18.90.161','2011-08-24 15:25:10','2011-08-24 13:25:10','Tomato pie.  This is one of the best tomato dishes I\'ve ever run across. It\'s a favorite here, a sort of Southern things.  The tomatoes are cooked, sort of, but the beauty of the delicious fresh perfect sun-ripened tomato is still there.  If you want this wonderful recipe, I\'ll be happy to send it along. When tomatoes are plentiful and you want to enjoy all of them, this is the dish to make. (It includes cheese, basil, biscuit crust and other goodies.) I made it the night before Chris went off to college.  He couldn\'t believe how good it was.  Good way to make him want to come back!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(8854,5431,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-24 16:20:31','2011-08-24 14:20:31','@Andreytcho I won\'t write off Turkish coffee without trying this one but can you be slightly more specific as to where this cafe is? or the name of said cafe? \r\n\r\nI\'ve never had Vietnamese coffee but that sounds delicious too.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8851,1),(8855,5437,'Kamen','kambone@gmail.com','','95.87.196.194','2011-08-24 16:22:18','2011-08-24 14:22:18','In Tomato Veritas !',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8856,5437,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-24 16:28:38','2011-08-24 14:28:38','@Ruth You\'ve won me over with your description of this dish.  Even though the thought of turning on the oven is almost unbearable, I think you\'d better send me the recipe!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8852,1),(8857,5437,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','78.142.58.87','2011-08-24 17:03:39','2011-08-24 15:03:39','You\'re being robbed with these tomato prices! They are 60-80 stotinki per kilo at the Dimitar Petkov market :D\r\n\r\nMy favourite tomato salad is the same you had, but with olive oil, minced garlic and some basil. Om nom nom.\r\n\r\nP.S. @Ruth Mind posting the recipe here? Tomato pie sounds great.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.854.0 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(8858,5437,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-24 17:24:34','2011-08-24 15:24:34','@Stan I think I might have paid more like 1 lev or 1.10 for the tomatoes but the thing is even if I paid more I am happy to. I always go to the same stand and the woman who works there is always very nice to me. We have an understanding. Moreover, her produce is always high quality and I never worry about if things will last for a few days. \r\n\r\nAs for the pie recipe my Aunt Ruth sent it to me and I\'ll post it in the next day or two as a regular blog post with photos.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8857,1),(13056,5871,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-11-28 16:09:08','2011-11-28 14:09:08','Hmm, this got me to thinking.  What is the difference between wassail and mulled wine or beer?  They all have variable recipes, wassail can be based on wine, beer, sherry, cider and probably other beverages as well.  They are all spiced with favored medieval spices and often orange, a precious fruit in those early centuries. I think of wassail as having eggs and hard liquor in it, but it doesn\'t have to have those.  So what is the difference?  Do you have any idea?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(13059,5871,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-28 18:08:24','2011-11-28 16:08:24','@Ruth Good question. I don\'t really know but I did a little poking around on the internet and here\'s what it boils down to (ha, ha, ha): to mull describes the process of heating an alcohol up and adding a variety of spices to it. Thus you can have mulled wine, mulled beer (wassail), mulled port and the list goes on and on. The combination of spices, fruit and other additions seems up to the individual making the drink. So I guess that I shouldn\'t worry about the recipe too much and just make it to taste. The important part seems to be this: don\'t boil the wine.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13056,1),(19714,6756,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-05-22 20:12:04','2012-05-22 18:12:04','@Diana Well, maybe I need to adjust my earthquake standards. Not really having any, the point of reference is the one I\'m familiar with growing up. That\'s the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1989 7.1 earthquake which happened right before the third game of the Baseball World Series in California</a>. That was scary to watch on tv and as such I\'ve just figured that\'s the benchmark for scary earthquakes. In my mind, +7 is scary and dangerous but below this it\'s still an earthquake don\'t get me wrong but it\'s not quite the same as a big one.  Oh and after the 1989 earthquake, I kind of got into earthquakes and read all sort of historical fiction set before, during and after the 1906 earthquake. The <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1906 San Francisco earthquake</a> and the subsequent fire was probably scarier but than the 1989 earthquake but I wasn\'t alive for the 1906 one so in my mind that doesn\'t really count.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.46 Safari/536.5','',19712,1),(19710,6756,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-05-22 14:23:03','2012-05-22 12:23:03','@dimi good point. I hadn\'t really thought about the comparisons that can be drawn.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',19705,1),(19711,6756,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-05-22 14:24:47','2012-05-22 12:24:47','@Kellie Yeah I am on the 3rd floor so things were ore or less okay there. I also figured there wasn\'t too much that I could do about it. This said, I totally agree with you and I don\'t want another earthquake any time soon.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',19707,1),(19712,6756,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-05-22 16:12:24','2012-05-22 14:12:24','6.0 on the Richter scale is not what one would refer to as \"little\". If that happened in the U.S, a lot of wooden built structures (oh, wait, almost all are built from wood!) would have gone \"bye-bye\". You didn\'t feel it as you live in a very sturdy concrete structure (as all blocks in Mladost and pretty much rest of Sofia) and a lower floor. I bet that those living on the 18th floor had different experiences.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(19713,6255,'Borrowing from the hard work of others &laquo; Brevity is not my strong suit','','http://brevityisnotmystrongsuit.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/borrowing-from-the-hard-work-of-others/','72.233.2.33','2012-05-22 17:58:33','2012-05-22 15:58:33','[...] one is about the joys of Sofia&#8217;s public transportation.  I show up a little after the halfway point in the post. Share [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(8871,5431,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-08-25 14:20:30','2011-08-25 12:20:30','I hope the place still functions as it was a few months back that last I visited. http://bit.ly/nO36cb\r\nBut I will be more than happy to take you there :)\r\n\r\nFor the Vietnamese coffee you need the drip thing (http://goo.gl/HsNqM), and Vietnamese coffee freshly ground to #3 grain and condensed milk - Billa has Dutch lady :)\r\n\r\nI will give you a new drip thing as there aren\'t many in BG and so it happens I have a few that I bought in Vietnam',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8854,0),(13023,5832,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-27 19:18:14','2011-11-27 17:18:14','@Стефан Thank-you so much for your very thoughtful comment. It\'s one of the nicest comments that I\'ve read in weeks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12855,1),(8874,5431,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-25 16:45:59','2011-08-25 14:45:59','@Andreytcho Wow. Sounds great to me!! I\'ll message you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8871,1),(9203,5520,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-09-10 02:25:05','2011-09-10 00:25:05','I must say there are lots more people on the beach than when we visited in June several years ago.  My suggestion is to go in the \"off season.\"\r\nI did really enjoy our visit there.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(8876,5453,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','217.9.232.218','2011-08-25 18:38:22','2011-08-25 16:38:22','Do you feel like wanting to say to some people in Walla Walla \"told ya\" now?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(18374,6482,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2012-04-02 11:45:43','2012-04-02 09:45:43','This \"early-going-to-bed\" and the fact that you feel tired and can\'t get enough sleep can also be considered as the so called \"spring fatigue\" or as we call it \"пролетна умора\". Don\'t forget the change of time for day-light saving and the lack of vitamins and sun during winter. And winter was especially long and severe this year. :) Hope everything went OK today at the hospital and you\'ll get better soon! At least spring break is on it\'s way!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(8885,5445,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','68.18.90.161','2011-08-26 16:10:51','2011-08-26 14:10:51','When you said that you were going to put only the bottom crust on, I thought, oh no, one of the good parts is the beautiful top biscuit crust.  Next time when you make the deep-deep dish version, think about just putting a top crust on and leaving the bottom crust off.  You might be happier with it. On the whole though, I just love that pie look (and taste) with the tomatoes inside.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011032020 Camino/2.0.7 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(8887,5445,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-26 16:18:37','2011-08-26 14:18:37','@Ruth Ah. Now that\'s an excellent idea. I will absolutely do this next time and I am guessing that next time will be this weekend!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8885,1),(8901,5437,'Nikolai','nikolai.i.pavlov@gmail.com','','95.42.110.248','2011-08-27 11:09:21','2011-08-27 09:09:21','Hi Karolinka!\r\nI\'m happy you have liked the Bulgarian tomatoes, I was in Utah last summer ans the tomatoes there were so expensive! Like 4 dollars a pound, and no taste at all. I was so upset about it.  And I bought these tomatoes from farmers market, the people said they should be local but... And I was impressed by the bell peppers. The green ones. OMG lovely, they more so meaty and sweet, we ate them with peanut butter. And I hate that in the states Sirene cheese was so expensive half a pound, really bad processed brined cheese in walmart was about 9 dollars. But we found a russian store and we bought sirene На Баба for 12 dollars a box.  I will check on your other articles.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.215 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8905,5469,'TN','tsvetty@yahoo.com','','79.100.26.38','2011-08-27 16:28:01','2011-08-27 14:28:01','It appears from a quick search in Bulgarian, that the opening ceremony will be on September 16th, so I am sure afterwards they will publish the hours. Also, the place should be close by the G.M. Dimitrov subway stop (close to Mladost :). Good luck exploring and thanks for sharing (I didn\'t know about this initiative before)!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.109 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8907,5469,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-08-27 20:14:50','2011-08-27 18:14:50','Hi Karolinka - you can find (approximately) where a street is located by using http://www.bgmaps.com, clicking on Sofia and then entering the street name (also works with Latin letters as I just checked). That\'s the site I use - even though I\'m Bulgarian, I have a hard time remembering street names etc.... especially in Sofia.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50','',0,0),(9250,5551,'Kellie Gurgutov','connorsk@gmail.com','','71.81.18.37','2011-09-12 03:25:24','2011-09-12 01:25:24','We are so excited for IKEA to open in Sofia, when we travel to BG for Christmas we are headed right there to buy new mattress, pillows and blankets.....',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(10100,5623,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-29 21:27:38','2011-09-29 19:27:38','@Комитата Ha, ha, ha. We skipped out on that part.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10079,1),(9289,5561,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-09-13 01:48:11','2011-09-12 23:48:11','So, two weeks at a Bulgarian camp for kids didn\'t really help all that much? Or maybe you would have had more trouble if you hadn\'t gone. \r\nEver the optimist! \r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(8943,5469,'Boyko Blagoev','boyko@freesofiatour.com','http://www.freesofiatour.com','46.40.114.147','2011-08-29 21:25:51','2011-08-29 19:25:51','Hey, thanks for mentioning us again!\r\n\r\nCheck out how the star was actually moved:\r\nhttp://freesofiatour.com/blog/the-red-star-is-gone\r\n\r\n:) It\'s quite a funny story - right in the middle of our tour.\r\n\r\nLooking forward to the future museum. I hope it\'s not \"Bulgarian\" in the sense you are referring to. It\'s at the end of the world but at least it\'s near a metro station. So I really hope for a modern and accessible museum :) I am not even sure if they would have an internet site but the place would probably soon go viral...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.215 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(8945,5469,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-29 22:33:17','2011-08-29 20:33:17','@Boyko great piece on your blog! Isn\'t it interesting how the museum name has changed in just a few months from the Museum of Totalitarian Art to that of Socialist Art?! Oh what a difference a name makes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8943,1),(8946,5450,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-08-29 22:35:20','2011-08-29 20:35:20','@Ruth In Sofia I have a hunch that most people if they are running are doing so in some of the bigger parks but it\'s true no one really seems to be out running on the sidewalks for health. The people you see running are usually running for or after a bus!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',8937,1),(10415,5663,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2011-10-09 17:52:14','2011-10-09 15:52:14','Съгражданин = fellow citizen, not homeboy/girl : )\r\nOtherwise, I\'m just wondering what Kennedy would\'ve said if he was in Hamburg or something ;)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.51','',0,0),(13373,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-06 13:32:34','2011-12-06 11:32:34','@Maya Thanks! I\'m working on it but I\'ve got a lot of yogurt to eat.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13366,1),(13374,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-06 13:33:44','2011-12-06 11:33:44','@Комитата the problem of course is that I like to do things perfectly the first time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13370,1),(13375,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-06 13:37:10','2011-12-06 11:37:10','@Ira I am not sure that I\'ll ever eat enough yogurt to make an actual yogurt making machine worth the money I\'d spend buying it. I mean I don\'t even have a microwave which I think would probably get more use out of than a yogurt machine.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,1),(13376,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-06 13:38:22','2011-12-06 11:38:22','@Farmer Wait. What clues are there that this is sheep\'s milk yogurt? How can one tell what kind of yogurt it is just by looking?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13368,1),(10421,5663,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-09 18:56:30','2011-10-09 16:56:30','@Joe I wondered about the translation because I looked it up too but the woman who interviewed me for Sofia Live translated it specifically for me as \"homeboy-homegirl\" so I decided to stick with that. Oh and it sounds hipper.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10415,1),(13381,5932,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-12-06 16:07:04','2011-12-06 14:07:04','The result can\'t be bad, only different than expected ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',13374,0),(13382,5932,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-12-06 16:13:16','2011-12-06 14:13:16','When I lived with my father abroad for about 4 years, well before globalization, there wasn\'t yoghurt in the shops and we made our own yoghurt at home with ordinary fresh milk that we bought from the supermarket. It was ok. You don\'t need a machine at all. It can become a little thinner if you make a mistake, but quite edible.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',13374,0),(9017,5445,'Elsa','elsa.macbebekin@gmail.com','http://macbebekin.com/','71.173.74.195','2011-09-01 21:36:20','2011-09-01 19:36:20','Oh, the idea of all these flavors mixed together makes me dizzy! It sounds tremendously delicious: I\'ll look forward to using up some of the last tomatoes of summer in this pie soon!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(13383,5932,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-06 16:34:32','2011-12-06 14:34:32','You do know someone who makes yogurt. For the first ten or so years we lived in Louisville I made yogurt every few days.  You may have even had some when visiting as a baby. Somehow I got out of the habit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(13385,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-06 16:38:03','2011-12-06 14:38:03','@Ruth Very cool. I actually suspected that you or MoM or maybe even Aunt Sharron had made yogurt but I had no real memories of it. Given all of the responses I\'ve had, it doesn\'t seem all that hard to do and maybe I\'ll give it a go sometime in the near future. You know... when in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13383,1),(10390,5658,'Carole','cs432@georgetown.edu','','71.178.109.67','2011-10-09 13:04:05','2011-10-09 11:04:05','Loved reading this... with Georgetown being weirdly cupcake crazy, I would probably enjoy them much, much more in Sofia than here. Have told so many people this month about you and your adventures, Carolyn. You\'ve made me want to adopt a central European country of my very own! Got any ideas?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.187 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(9150,5518,'Claudia Verellen','jcverellen@hotmail.com','','98.237.237.178','2011-09-08 06:01:42','2011-09-08 04:01:42','Hi Carolyn!\r\n\r\nI just started back to work too.  I teach younger students....much younger (developmental preschool).  Anyway, I thought you\'d be interested to know that our school custodian is from Bulgaria.  I gave him your address, so maybe he will write.  His face really lit up when I told him about your blog, so I think that he is probably homesick.\r\n\r\nJim and I really enjoy reading your blog!  Love to you and your family.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.50 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Safari/534.50','',0,0),(9152,5445,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-08 06:27:14','2011-09-08 04:27:14','@Anonimnikoff lucky you! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1','',9144,1),(9153,5518,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-08 06:29:38','2011-09-08 04:29:38','@Claudia Verellen Wow. Thanks so much for your comment and I totally understand feeling homesick and needing something to check-in on to feel more connected.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1','',9150,1),(18229,6476,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-03-30 16:06:11','2012-03-30 14:06:11','Well, glad to hear that things are headed in a better direction! :-) Greenberg is a convenient place, but I would not recommend it for anything beyond purely simple things. The Bulgarians who recommended Pirogov were right from one perspective - one of the best doctors in the country work there. However, your observation of the place and the way it is run (or not run) are quite correct, unfortunately. In addition, since you are not Bulgarian, you would be paying for examinations and tests no matter where you go (in fact a lot of Bulgarians who either are not \"zdravno osigureni\" or want a better opinion, would be paying as well). Thus, whether you went to Tokuda or Pirogov, you would have probably paid something that is not largely different. I personally would prefer going to Tokuda, because it is run much better, although I am sure Pirogov has better doctors (although the ones I\'ve met in Tokuda seemed quite good too). However, the facilities, the administration, and the efficiency between the two places cannot be compared (and sadly, Pirogov loses on these points). Even if Tokuda costs more, I\'d still go there. Back in 2009, I had some strange health issues, and somehow the people in Tokuda managed to get me to see three different specialists, to get several blood and urine tests, and to have a head MRI, in just two days (and I haven\'t made an appointment in advance). All for the price of less than $300. I was very impressed by the orderly, efficient, and polite manner of the staff (the majority of which seemed to speak fairly good English) and by how clean the place was (and the fact it was incredibly easy to navigate, given the proper signs that happen to be in both Bulgarian and English). I think this is the reason Tokuda gets recommended to foreigners; not because foreigners can pay more and Tokuda is epxensive. Try picturing a foreigner with a serious health issue, who speaks no Bulgarian and has no Bulgarian friends, trying to navigate a place like Pirogov...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(18233,6476,'anonimka','anonimka@mailinator.com','','207.38.198.74','2012-03-30 17:09:25','2012-03-30 15:09:25','If you go to most NYC hospitals, you will see 3-4 rows of patients in the hallways of their ER\'s with no privacy whatsoever. It is also not unusual to see a cockroach on the floor or in the bathroom... Sometimes patients have to wait for a bed for 24-48 hours in these conditions.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(9165,1302,'Kaiser','sopmodm4@yahoo.com','','99.120.186.228','2011-09-08 16:41:51','2011-09-08 14:41:51','You really haven\'t noticed yet? Most Bulgarian women DO NOT OWN AUTOMOBILES! Even relatively poor Americans own some old funky car, Bulgarian women are walking everywhere and even when they take the bus or train they walked several blocks to get there. Americans are conditioned to start up a car and drive to anything more than a city block away while cars are saved for long trips and vacations in Europe. Of course America is as dangerous as Afghanistan for an attractive woman walking alone so maybe it\'s better to be a fat woman in America and a thin woman in Bulgaria?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110830 Firefox/3.6.21 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C) GetMiroToolbar/1.2','',0,0),(12420,5813,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.4','2011-11-12 13:11:46','2011-11-12 11:11:46','Technically, quinoa is not a grain. Of the more popular foods, it\'s most closely related to spinach.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(9188,5540,'Brian','trvl_far@yahoo.com','','213.240.202.14','2011-09-09 10:56:23','2011-09-09 08:56:23','The Ladies Market. They should be required to buy a few things that are more typically used in Bulgaria than in other places,  чубрица perhaps, or maybe the ingredients for a Bulgarian dish. \r\n\r\nOne of the places on your list is closed for a while, but I won\'t say here which one - let them discover it themselves.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0','',0,0),(12422,5813,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-12 15:09:36','2011-11-12 13:09:36','@Krum ha, ha. Maybe I should have read the wikipedia entry more carefully before linking to it. Quinoa is a \"pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain.\" Thanks for your comment.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12420,1),(9193,5540,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-09-09 15:05:06','2011-09-09 13:05:06','I might add Sofia Central Marketplace to buy some olives or sweets, also good for people watching.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.220 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12430,5813,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.4','2011-11-12 17:57:45','2011-11-12 15:57:45','I hesitated for fear of coming off as pedantic :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',12422,0),(9199,5540,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-09 22:58:47','2011-09-09 20:58:47','@Lauren and @Brian These are both great suggestions. I guess I didn\'t manage to think much past Vitosha Street this morning when I was making my list!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1','',9193,1),(12431,5813,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-12 18:46:57','2011-11-12 16:46:57','@Krum Don\'t worry about a thing!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12430,1),(9205,5540,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-09-10 02:32:24','2011-09-10 00:32:24','What was the name of that big indoor market that was close to the Women\'s Market.  It was a great place for a cup of coffee while it poured rain. Is that the Sofia Central Market that Lauren identified.  \r\n\r\nWhy do you call the outdoor one where you bought the dishes the Women\'s Market and Brian called it the Ladies Market?  Is it just a translation thing?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(13100,5885,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-11-29 20:20:53','2011-11-29 18:20:53','I\'m just glad to hear the headlamp you wanted for Christmas last year has come in handy.    Love you!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(11876,5761,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','77.85.196.29','2011-10-28 10:33:56','2011-10-28 08:33:56','Looks like this one could have been your cake - http://goo.gl/gFbdP',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(9209,5540,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-10 07:21:25','2011-09-10 05:21:25','@MoM Wow. Even after a short trip a few years ago you\'re exactly right. The Sofia Central Market is the market we ducked in for a coffee in the pouring rain and the Women\'s Market can be translated a few different ways into English from the Bulgarian word: женски.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9205,1),(9213,5520,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-10 12:24:03','2011-09-10 10:24:03','@Adrian Nikolov Wow! Thanks so much. I hope this didn\'t take too long for you do!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9149,1),(13104,5885,'charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.226','2011-11-29 22:11:27','2011-11-29 20:11:27','The question for me on this sort of thing, is when is it independence, and when is it obstinacy? I am also independent, to the point that I have to check myself, sometimes. I do things myself when I could ask for help, and do something much more efficiently with assistance, and at very little imposition on the person helping me. However, I think this light bulb thing falls under creativity, not stubbornness!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(13106,5813,'charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.226','2011-11-29 22:15:50','2011-11-29 20:15:50','I think that quinoa has become fairly popular in the states since you left. Or, you are just not hanging out with enough vegan hippies!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0','',0,0),(10780,5658,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-13 12:01:42','2011-10-13 10:01:42','@lora and @Nadya Ahhh.... I see. Very cool. I will definitely come by and check out +tova place. It sounds like just the kind of place I like!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',10584,1),(9237,5540,'galarad','galarad@mail.bg','','78.40.141.51','2011-09-11 14:47:46','2011-09-11 12:47:46','A bit late but here you are some suggestions:\r\n\r\nYou can add the St. George church, considered to be the oldest building in Sofia - it is located in the courtyard of the Sheraton Sofia Hotel. \r\n\r\nBattenberg Mausoleum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battenberg_Mausoleum) and the little garden around it is a perfect place to eat a sandwich and drink a fresh from FreshBrake that is nearby (Shisman 12A street - I think you haven\'t been there because you haven\'t blog about it :) ) - one of the best places for fresh food in town.\r\n\r\nLast thing, you can visit Arena di Serdica hotel (very close to the back of the National Art Gallery, http://www.arenadiserdica.com/en/contact-us/). It is build on top of some excavated ruins from the amphitheater of the Roman city of Serdica and you can drink a coffee there watching the ruins.\r\n\r\nFor even more inspiration, you can check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_Sofia\r\n\r\nEnjoy :).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.218 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12479,5817,'jack doe','mail@mail.com','','31.185.209.69','2011-11-14 01:11:11','2011-11-13 23:11:11','They are probably unsure about the American rules of engagement and playing it safe.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(9241,3317,'Daniela','danjon88@gmail.com','','221.128.3.135','2011-09-11 18:56:06','2011-09-11 16:56:06','Hi Karolinka, let me try to explain: the minute you turned 29 you started your 30th year. And this is what the Bulgarians count. It is similar to the way we count the centuries, so kind of logical actually. This is the way the older generations of Bulgarians ount anyway, so sometimes there is a confusion (especially when I am discussing my age with my grandmother :-). I am Bulgarian living in Singapore and find it interesting to read your blog both from the \"local Bulgarian\", but also from the \"expat\" perspective - well done and keep it up!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22','',0,0),(9244,5551,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','204.250.12.246','2011-09-11 20:57:53','2011-09-11 18:57:53','Ha ha! Funny post! Sadly, when my bf told me an Ikea was opening in Sofia, I was excited. When one opened in my hometown, Salt Lake City, people (not me, I swear!) camped out in the parking lot for days to be the first to enter when it opened. \r\n\r\nI agree their stuff is cheaply made. But being a \"twenty-something\" with a limited budget, I fully plan on checking out the Sofia Ikea (I like how that rhymes!) out when it comes time to furnish my apartment.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(13129,5885,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-11-30 08:02:15','2011-11-30 06:02:15','@charlotte What?! Me be stubborn or obstinate. <em>Never</em>.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13104,1),(10040,5623,'Cristina','cristina.nigohosian@gmail.com','http://sofialive.bg','46.249.77.149','2011-09-28 10:23:41','2011-09-28 08:23:41','Carolyn, Hi!\r\n\r\nI haven\'t found your e-mail address so I\'m writing you in the comment form. I work for http://sofialive.bg/ and we want to make an interview with in when you come back from Germany? Please write me on the email I put on the comment form if this will be possible. Best: Cristina.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(9269,5551,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2011-09-12 17:17:24','2011-09-12 15:17:24','Personally, I truly think that IKEA is great and I love it. Yes, it is not expensively made furniture that relies on quality. No, there are other stores for that. IKEA relies on modern design that can be fit in really small spaces and targets the young, urban crowd (whether in Europe or in USA) that cannot afford to buy two-story, four bedroom, four bathroom house in the suburbs/outskirts/etc. and then fill it with ridiculously expensive and equally ridiculously bulky and oversized furniture. In other words, IKEA targets young people with moderate income that live in urban areas and have to bring up families in sometimes very small spaces. And IKEA makes the most of it. And in order to be affordable it cannot be great quality. Oh, let me think there for a minute - the truly ridiculously expensive furniture stores, do they really offer that great of a quality??? Plus, I think people can pick and choose - some like IKEA for its kitchen ware, curtains, blankets, sheets, etc., others like it for the furniture, and so on. I personally like the ideas and designs for small spaces. Given that Sofia has been inundated with literally every crappy European store chain there is (not to mention the influx of \"shopping malls\"!), at least IKEA offers something that people who live in urban Sofia need.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(9271,5374,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','77.77.32.200','2011-09-12 18:10:26','2011-09-12 16:10:26','You know the macheesmo.com guy? Small world. I loved his margarita shrimp tacos recipe. In the initial moments after this blog post went up, it occured me that traffic from there could go over your monthly bandwidth contract, is that what happened?\r\n\r\nCoincidentally, someone I know who\'s also American asked for recipes with cucumbers, just before your guest post there. And those were the two I shared also. Do you want me to email you my comments on the difference in the recipes, I think it might be interesting?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(9275,5540,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-12 19:41:23','2011-09-12 17:41:23','@Комитата What a great suggestion. Thanks so much!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9264,1),(9276,5374,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-12 19:44:26','2011-09-12 17:44:26','@Krum Yes in fact Nick (of Macheesmo) and I have been friends since we lived together in a group house in Washington DC for three years. Among other things, I was one of his first taste-testers and I was there the night he met the woman who is now his wife. I am an incredibly lucky person. I think there\'s a chance that you\'re right about the traffic issue and my blog crashing. The worst part was that I was traveling and it wasn\'t easy for me to fix.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9271,1),(9277,5551,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-12 20:04:00','2011-09-12 18:04:00','@Whitney, Kellie and Diana--So yes the post is a little tongue-in-cheek and I did this deliberately. I do like Ikea but I think that the whole idea of Ikea is a little ridiculous. I also don\'t like how I feel in Ikea--I look around and think: yes, that thing would make my life better/easier/happier and I do need it even though before I\'d see said object I\'d never considered the fact that I might need something like that. Generally speaking, I know that the shop is needed needed and that there\'s a market for it among both Bulgarians and expats alike but I just wonder: at what cost? That\'s probably because I believe in buying locally as much as possible and supporting local business.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9269,1),(9280,5540,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','77.77.32.200','2011-09-12 21:01:24','2011-09-12 19:01:24','I must join Комитата there, it\'s a great and one of the most authentic parts of town!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',0,0),(9285,5551,'Марин','mguergov@yahoo.com','','212.43.60.225','2011-09-12 22:22:00','2011-09-12 20:22:00','Some of IKEA subcontractors are Bulgarian furniture manufacturers. If you buy from IKEA (even in other country) there is a great chance to support the Bulgarian business.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.51','',0,0),(9301,5561,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-13 05:50:40','2011-09-13 03:50:40','@MoM <em>Gesh.</em> I think that the two are different. My lessons are grammatically driven so the skill set is different than going to summer camp and getting more experience at just talking, talking, talking to little kids who won\'t correct you if you\'re wrong. I. corrects me when I am wrong but that\'s what she\'s supposed to do.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9289,1),(13487,5932,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-08 16:49:42','2011-12-08 14:49:42','\r\n(Oops, That got lost in the last reply.)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13403,0),(13488,5932,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-08 16:52:13','2011-12-08 14:52:13','Obviously the site is automatically reading code in the reply box somehow.  My response was \"Grin\" between a more than and a less than sign.  Both times the whole entry disappeared. Weird, just weird.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13486,0),(13486,5932,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-08 16:47:49','2011-12-08 14:47:49','',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13403,0),(10090,3578,'Dina','dfehrenbacher@gmail.com','http://yarn.fulbright.bg/','98.255.48.207','2011-09-29 18:20:03','2011-09-29 16:20:03','Hi Karolinka,\r\n\r\nI\'m a former Fulbright ETA as well, from this past school year of 2010-2011. \r\n\r\nAt the end of the year, another Fulbrighter and I created the website/project \"Yarn,\" a storytelling project showcasing Bulgarian Youth Voices. Our former students share stories and opinions on the past, present, and future of Bulgaria.\r\n\r\nAs an English Teacher, I think you\'ll find it interesting. And, because your blog is at the intersection all-things-Bulgaria and the English Language, I think your readers will appreciate it as well. As our goal is to bring attention to the voices of youth, we would love to show it to as many people as possible. Perhaps you\'d be interested in posting it?\r\n\r\nhttp://yarn.fulbright.bg/\r\n\r\nCheck out our \"About\" section for more details on the project.\r\n\r\nAll the best from the US.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(10086,5623,'Brian','trvl_far@yahoo.com','','184.88.180.28','2011-09-29 16:26:25','2011-09-29 14:26:25','Sorry to be off-topic but I\'m not sure how to otherwise respond to your tweet about the cupcake place. So in case you haven\'t yet found out the details, see here:\r\n http://take-a-cake-bakery.blogspot.com/\r\nThe cupcakes are delicious. If when you go Zlatka is working there, tell her Brian sent you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22 GTB7.1','',0,0),(13482,5932,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-12-08 15:49:26','2011-12-08 13:49:26','this is not true, it\'s even ridiculous. more than half, or even more than two thirds of the yoghurts sold, right there in the supermarket, have the bacteria alive and well. \r\n\r\ndon\'t mix up capitalism and preservatives in one place. it\'s so outdated',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',13404,0),(13481,5000,'vasileia maria samiotou','vasieliasamiotou@gmail.com','http://www.novalisterra.gr','79.107.221.71','2011-12-08 15:14:08','2011-12-08 13:14:08','Dear Carolyn,\r\n\r\ni found your describing yourexperience in thassos very amusing, and i have to mention that i am really glad you are in love with the place.\r\n\r\nlet me inform you on my behalf that i am in love with the island to , not only for its beaties but also for the quality times you can have, with the unique scenery.\r\n\r\nSince we are cooperating with lots of bulgarian people who just love Thassos,\r\ni would be really glad to dicuss with you or any other the possibilities....\r\n\r\nlooking forward to discuss further.\r\n\r\nAvailable to contact also at info@novalisterra.gr\r\n\r\nKind regards,\r\nVasileia Maria Samiotou\r\nNovalis Terra',0,'0','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; EasyBits GO v1.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(10079,5623,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-09-29 12:48:58','2011-09-29 10:48:58','Dude\'s weekend includes a full night program, don\'t forget ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(10986,5697,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','134.2.80.113','2011-10-15 11:03:14','2011-10-15 09:03:14','Wooow, you are getting more and more famous evry day!That\'s amazing!Go girl!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100713 Firefox/3.6.7','',0,0),(13749,5959,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-14 16:40:12','2011-12-14 14:40:12','Yeah, Jill, and send some to me! :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13718,0),(12437,5811,'Jay','jay.rangelov@gmail.com','','12.116.183.250','2011-11-12 22:34:14','2011-11-12 20:34:14','You know, Mladost is vhere I grew up (bl43). Reading all those blogs really sent me back in the 80\'s, to my childhood... To the time when Mladost 1A was nothing but .. corn field.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(12438,5811,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-12 22:59:09','2011-11-12 20:59:09','@Jay Thanks for your comment!! What a strange and wonderful thought that you were growing up in Mladost in the 80s while I was tucked away in a tiny town in the States and now I am living in Mladost 1A.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12437,1),(12442,5811,'Jay','jay.rangelov@gmail.com','','12.116.183.250','2011-11-12 23:18:08','2011-11-12 21:18:08','In the 90\'s we used to gather in Mladost 1A at the Purple Kafe. God, not even sure if that one still exsists :)\r\nWant another strange thought? I left Bulgaria in \'07 moving to US. Define Irony .. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',12438,0),(16661,6278,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.238','2012-02-20 00:27:08','2012-02-19 22:27:08','Yep, change is usually good. But don\'t feel bad about not having anything to write about. It will come. In the meantime just enjoy life :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0a1) Gecko/13.0a1 Firefox/13.0a1','',0,0),(13254,5910,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-02 19:41:32','2011-12-02 17:41:32','@Bobby oh gesh. I meant to write <em>immediate</em> family. It\'s been a long week. I guess I could try to intimidate them with threats of Merry Christmas and Have a Happy New Year...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13242,1),(11110,5699,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-10-17 00:25:38','2011-10-16 22:25:38','Perhaps you should also consider paying attention to (&amp; taking pictures of) the furniture when you are in a very Brooklyn-Etsy cool cafe.  Walla Walla is a bit of a hip furniture design backwater and any bit of uber-cool inspiration we could get would be better than good! dAd',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(10123,5623,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2011-10-01 00:28:00','2011-09-30 22:28:00','So what I take away from this (other than wanting to drink that beer) is that you have a super cute short haircut! I like it! Also, I\'m glad you had a fun weekend.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(10139,5623,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-02 21:26:40','2011-10-02 19:26:40','@Charlotte Hey thanks! I got my hair cut in August after summer camp.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10123,1),(14213,5746,'Galin','galin7rizov@yahoo.com','','71.81.135.214','2011-12-23 02:58:06','2011-12-23 00:58:06','I like how you described the show. It is hard to tell in the beginning who is being objectified.  After having watched a few series I find it downright offensive to Bulgarians because it has a very limited scope of what is showing(gypsy ghettos, remote villages with toothless seniors and that\'s basically it). I don\'t think it is in any way produced or directed by Americans only Bulgarians can poke fun of themselves like that and humiliate themselves on purpose. And the saddest thing is that many Bulgarians who have never been abroad will be less confident and think they are coming, as Corey puts it, from a \"third world country \" which is such an ignorant statement that I won\'t even comment on it.\r\n\r\nThe equivalent of this show in the US would be me and a friend walking through the projects of East Saint Louis interviewing hookers and pimps in the first episode and then maybe staying in a meth house in a trailer park with some hosiers for the second episode being astonished by the chemical wizardry of making meth.\r\n\r\nA lot of the strange \" customs \" on the show ( like eating raw fish) would have drawn a totally different reaction from the Americans if the show was \"genuine\" since they are common or shared by many European countries. All over the Mediterranean some fish is eaten raw. I actually ate some raw fish in the French Quarters in New Orleans so I wouldn\'t think that the Americans will come with the reaction \" OMG WHAT SAVAGES !!!!! \". \r\n\r\nThere are a lot of ugly and beautiful things in Bulgaria as there are in the US, Germany, South Korea and almost every country. I\'ve seen both in America and I can assure my fellow Bulgarians that life in America is not as in the movies and 99 % of the flashy new cars and material possessions are on a lease and the American dream is just an illusions for millions of Americans.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(10158,5643,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-10-03 15:59:25','2011-10-03 13:59:25','The idiom is \"by and large\" which I mention only because you have non-English speakers reading your blog; it is better that they get the correct version of the idiom.  \r\n\r\nIn reading your last two blogs it took me back to your first year in Sophia.  I realized it was challenging, but this reminded me how hard you worked at it and with what good humor you managed it.  You do good work, Carolyn.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(10144,5640,'Bethany','editor@jetsettlersmag.com','http://jetsettlersmag.com','99.47.97.118','2011-10-03 06:12:02','2011-10-03 04:12:02','Hello Carolyn,\r\n\r\nI found your blog while looking for talented expat writers and photographers.  I am the editor of Jetsettlers Magazine, a new online magazine for expats around the world to share their adventures.  We’d love to have a voice like yours in the dialogue.  We are looking for articles on daily life, adventures, food, must-see things and places in your new city, entertainment, photography, and excerpts and reviews of books for, by, and about expat life.  If you would be interested in contributing content to our community, please contact me.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\nBethany\r\nJetsettlersmag.com',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.187 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12717,5842,'Doriana','doriana@gbg.bg','','62.73.113.14','2011-11-21 08:34:55','2011-11-21 06:34:55','My guess is that in places where there has been metro for 50-100 years, there used to be, for several decades probably, signs \"Stand right, walk left\". Even if these signs are no longer there, pleople know this rule and observe it. The problem with Sofia\'s metro is that no one thought of putting the signs in the first place. Perhaps it\'s not too late to do it  now, with the new lines opening next year. Hopefully.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12720,5842,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-11-21 10:14:15','2011-11-21 08:14:15','I also think that people just don\'t know this rule. Or they don\'t find any sense in climbing the escalator and saving what - 3 seconds? instead of standing still. Isn\'t the point of escalators to actually avoid climbing stairs? Besides as you already know Bulgarians love to break the rules accompanied by the routine reply \"Who are you to tell me what to do!\" What\'s more Bulgarians in general don\'t care about others. Entering the metro don\'t make an exception \"It\'s only me who matters and I don\'t care that you want to get off\".',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(12721,5842,'Калин','kabelincho@gmail.com','','82.39.49.208','2011-11-21 11:07:26','2011-11-21 09:07:26','I don\'t mean to disappoint you, but apart from the machines, which are a prime example of really really really bad design, none of the things you\'ve described are a quirk of the Sofia Metro.\r\n\r\nWhile I agree with all of your points, people should stand on the right on escalators, and they would damn well stand on the side of doors to speed everything up, even here, in neat-queue-on-the-bus-stop England people seem to use the metro in very much the same manner as you describe. Nobody stays right on escalators and people rush in as soon as doors open, tough luck if you want to get out. \r\n\r\nExcept in London, but you would be stampled to death by the people coming out of the underground cars and rushing up the elevators, so I think sticking to the \'rules\' is more of a survival thing there than common sense or courtesy.\r\n\r\nSo my point is, what you are describing is annoying as **** and the equivalent getting in and out of buses in Sofia has on some occasions made me homicidal, but, alas, it is not a Sofia thing, nor even a relatively new Metro thing. It\'s just people being plain stupid and inconsiderate, with no threat of a stampede to make them think twice.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(9558,5586,'coree','coreebrown@gmail.com','','188.74.80.174','2011-09-19 13:53:39','2011-09-19 11:53:39','I read this too and wondered who are these people? I\'ve always washed things in cold water- it keeps clothes in better condition. The only thing I was on warm is sheets and towels but I can\'t imagine subjecting paper weight knits and things to 90C.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.163 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(13403,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-06 23:30:44','2011-12-06 21:30:44','@dAd Sure thing but the real question is do you speak enough Bulgarian to communicate with Bulgarian sheep?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13396,1),(13404,5932,'i','ivanmanolov@yahoo.com','','71.239.44.4','2011-12-06 23:38:39','2011-12-06 21:38:39','carolyn, i have to dissappoint you by saying that the majority of the yoghurt brands you find at your mladost grocery store, have very little or no live cultures in them.\r\n\r\n10 years ago, we used to have one kind of yoghurt only, and it was real, and the jars were hard to open. now that the US is our favorite kind of capitalism, we are moving towards the kind of yoghurt people by in the states:  Yoplait - containing no live cultures, powdered milk, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, and preservatives. \r\n\r\nit\'s kind of sad, people still think they are buying the real deal.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(13402,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-06 23:29:44','2011-12-06 21:29:44','@MoM Oh. Science. Well, I apparently had bad taste as a little kid. Sorry.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13392,1),(13401,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-06 23:22:07','2011-12-06 21:22:07','@Mandi Aw!! Thanks for such a kind comment. Are you making your own yogurt? Or have you found somewhere in the States to buy it?!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13398,1),(11559,5748,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-10-23 14:52:53','2011-10-23 12:52:53','Um, well we do do restrict alcohol during voting hours in the states.  You just haven\'t lived in enough states.  In Kentucky you cannot buy alcohol on voting day until after the poles close which – strange to me – is an early 6 p.m.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(11560,5748,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-10-23 14:54:18','2011-10-23 12:54:18','Yikes. Make that \"polls.\"',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',11559,0),(21572,6956,'Claudia Verellen','jcverellen@hotmail.com','','98.237.237.178','2012-08-07 04:05:41','2012-08-07 02:05:41','Jim and I are looking forward to seeing you and your family at Nick\'s wedding!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.57.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.7 Safari/534.57.2','',0,0),(22599,7168,'Elena','rain.ena@gmail.com','','85.91.148.6','2012-09-24 11:27:41','2012-09-24 09:27:41','In fact the original Memento in Sofia is NONE of these places :) It is a small bar, located in a residential area, not so far from the center. It has amazing coffee, very good tea, and the crew will always suggest interesting cocktail combinations. And it was the first. The others just borrowed its name :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1','',22571,0),(21161,6900,'Svetlina','svetlina.vitanova@gmail.com','http://vitanova.wordpress.com/','62.90.159.110','2012-07-22 18:00:43','2012-07-22 16:00:43','The melons that are green inside are called Turkish melons. I guess you had 4 years of relatively bad luck. Relatively because many people actually prefer the green melons.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12846,5855,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.170','2011-11-24 00:11:31','2011-11-23 22:11:31','Hey guys, I know it could be very difficult for you, but chins up. There are many locals who would love to meet you and get to know you. Many of the younger crowd speak English, so if you struggle with Bulgarian at first, you can always resort to using your native tongue :) People are generally very happy and even impressed when they meet a foreigner who\'s trying to learn how to speak Bulgarian. What Carolyn mentioned about accepting different kinds of invites and just getting out there is really important.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(11403,5733,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-10-21 01:35:20','2011-10-20 23:35:20','I really entertain myself reading about your emotions with scented toilet paper. \r\n\r\nFor me - it doesn\'t matter at all and usually I don\'t notice it. \r\n\r\nSometimes when I do, I ask myself - what does smell like this. It turns out to be the toilet paper. OK, whatever...',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Linux 2.6.22) NetFront/3.4 Kindle/2.0 (screen 600x800)','',0,0),(13434,5939,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-07 16:26:28','2011-12-07 14:26:28','Boy, I\'m with you on the jet lag thing.  Some folks are more vulnerable to it than others; I, like you, find it a special kind of torture.  Even an hour of jet lag to Chicago sets me back a day.  It absolutely stuns me that you have never been to England.  You need to ask Your MoM to connect you with Jane.  When we visited years ago with the kids we had a wonderful dinner with them, you would enjoy meeting her.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(9576,5586,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-09-19 18:23:46','2011-09-19 16:23:46','I have always used cold since Cheer marketed the \"TempaCheer\" product which was designed to dissolve in cold water.  Now, \"always\" is a vague term, but I do know that the only time I used warm water consistently was for cotton diapers.  That was clearly 30+ years.  \r\nIt strikes me as odd the phrase in the NYT article that said: \r\n       \"Newly formulated laundry detergents can wash most clothes perfectly well in cold water...\" \r\nLove,\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(9577,5586,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','204.250.12.246','2011-09-19 18:48:43','2011-09-19 16:48:43','I have always washed my clothes in cold water as well. I only wash towels and bedding in hot water. My reasoning, perhaps flawed, is that cold water won\'t set stains. If a stain doesn\'t come out I have the chance to treat it and wash again. Wheras if I wash in hot water a stain will be set and there is no going back! I don\'t know if that is true or not, but in my mind it makes sense! Also, growing up in a house with only one bathroom, hot water was precious and there was nothing worse then jumping into the shower only to have cold water hit your body because someone in the house was doing their laundry and using up all the hot water!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(11414,5733,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-21 07:03:20','2011-10-21 05:03:20','@The Sad Troll Isn\'t that the point? <em>Everyone</em> does.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11399,1),(11416,5733,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-21 08:45:45','2011-10-21 06:45:45','@Комитата Well that\'s what I am aiming for.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11403,1),(14308,5968,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-24 17:34:55','2011-12-24 15:34:55','Merry Christmas, Carolyn. Will there be a Christmas Eve service in your celebration?  \r\n\r\nAs for the cookies, mothers never tell you this, but mostly those cookies are a way to keep excited children busy, especially children who like to make things as the Emigh children did.  Your parents knew how to keep you happy. :D They probably didn\'t enjoy the cookie making as much as they enjoyed you enjoying doing it.  Oh, and those are really cute cookies.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111113 Camino/2.1 (like Firefox/3.6.24)','',0,0),(12770,5842,'Polly','vpolly@gmail.com','','66.90.167.39','2011-11-22 07:53:08','2011-11-22 05:53:08','lol you\'ve discovered Bulgaria. there is no order, and it doesn\'t make sense, and it\'s like people designed things with their ass. the swiper being on the wrong side made me laugh. it\'s like a couple of years ago when they built a section of the highway and it was made so badly that cars kept flying off the turn. or like when in my hometown they decided to put tiles down on the sidewalks in a day, they worked too hastily, and stole half of the cement, so now 5 years later the sidewalks are falling apart. i mean come on.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12773,5845,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-11-22 12:06:05','2011-11-22 10:06:05','Wow, what a Herculian task!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12776,411,'Thanksgiving Bulgaria Style','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=227','91.196.124.221','2011-11-22 12:26:00','2011-11-22 10:26:00','[...] and this post on the other dishes we made my first year at ACS. Or maybe you want to read about my very first Thanksgiving in Sofia. It’s hard to believe that was four year ago!! Four [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.2.1','pingback',0,0),(12777,5842,'Мария','maria.manolova@gmail.com','','92.247.230.155','2011-11-22 12:58:15','2011-11-22 10:58:15','Except that in most Western countries the 3 seconds you save climbing the escalator are 3 seconds more that you use for work. Bulgarians don\'t seem to be too bothered about work hours though, so everything makes perfect sense. \r\nWhich is rather frustrating if you\'re the one trying to save 3 seconds because you actually HAVE something to do and you WANT to get it done faster.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',12720,0),(10221,5640,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-10-06 14:18:54','2011-10-06 12:18:54','I didn\'t know about your Scrabble experience and I\'m sorry to hear about it. But what\'s really important is that even after facing the reality in Bulgarian public schools and dealing with all the difficulties of being a foreigner abroad especially in such a chaotic, illogical and disordered country as Bulgaria you still wanted to stay another year and give it a try. That only means that you\'re an adventurous, optimistic and courageous person who can distinguish the good and important things in life. Keep it up! :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(9636,5080,'Tix','tigerx@abv.bg','','87.126.7.100','2011-09-20 14:14:16','2011-09-20 12:14:16','Hey Karolinka! Mnogo hubav blog (Cyrillic: Много хубав блог)!\r\n\r\nYour blog is a nice finding! A friend of mine has a job in America (US-FL). He works about 3 month and then returns for another 3 here (BG). Every time, at least first few days, he is shocked by the way we do the usual things here in Bulgaria! So, I can\'t even imagine how hard it could be for a stranger (American). It seems that you are doing very well ;) \r\n\r\nKeep going, keep walking, keep writing so we can all read this nice blog...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.163 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(9641,5586,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.152.148','2011-09-20 16:16:52','2011-09-20 14:16:52','Yes, I agree.  But then this sense of being struck as odd by what is written happens for me with lots of things that current commentators and writers note.  All too often much of what is remarked on has been known for years; it\'s just they didn\'t know it.  Perhaps this is the mark of more years lived than they have lived, but I also can\'t help viewing it with some wonderment that they don\'t bother to do a little more research on the topic they are remarking on.  Admittedly, I didn\'t bother reading the article, it may have been the author was trying to reaffirm the energy saving element of the topic.  The two have not often been linked although a moment of thought would bring cold water and energy saving together without much effort.  As for the Germans, the laundry room is the Waschkuche – washing kitchen.  Historically laundry was done by stirring clothes in very hot water over a fire; even 40 years ago the water for washing was plenty hot.  The up side of this was that the clothes were extremely well made and lasted forever.  Oh, and they were very clean too, perhaps sterile.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',9576,0),(9650,5591,'Kalina','kalina_elitsina@yahoo.com','','96.231.129.142','2011-09-20 21:57:24','2011-09-20 19:57:24','I accidentally stumbled upon your blog and find it utterly fascinating. I am actually a Bulgarian who moved to the DC area when i was 12 (12 years ago, hard to believe!) So i experienced the reverse :) I miss Bulgaria daily since i haven\'t been back in 7 years (school, work, family...). Reading about your detailed encounters with Sofia and Bulgarian culture and buildings and looking at the pictures...well, lets just say your blog quenches this amazing thirst in me to be back home. I hope to go back maybe next summer, although i don\'t have many friends left there (facebook has made it a bit easier to reconnect). Either way, i am on page 77, loving every word i read :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22','',0,0),(9651,5591,'Kalina','kalina_elitsina@yahoo.com','','96.231.129.142','2011-09-20 21:57:53','2011-09-20 19:57:53','Oh P.S. I used to live in Mladost 1! :D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22','',0,0),(11577,5748,'Hristo Velev','Hristo.Velev@gmail.com','','95.42.196.34','2011-10-23 18:04:37','2011-10-23 16:04:37','That was introduced well before the vote buying. As with the reflection day, the idea us to cool of the passions so the election can run smoother. Btw, great blog :)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Android 2.3.6; Linux; Opera Mobi/ADR-1110171336; U; en-GB) Presto/2.9.201 Version/11.50','',0,0),(12282,5802,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-08 06:39:44','2011-11-08 04:39:44','@Комитата I suspected as much but then I worried that with the posting of a single billboard I moved from young and cool-ish to well, old.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12274,1),(12283,5802,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-08 06:41:37','2011-11-08 04:41:37','@Andreytcho Right?! And I\'ve spent enough time thinking about it. Heck I wrote a blog post about the damn thing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12266,1),(9675,5596,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','83.228.3.176','2011-09-21 12:47:12','2011-09-21 10:47:12','\"Thoughts? What could these desserts from the 1970′s and 1980′s be?!\"\r\nOld and moldy?\r\n\r\n(sorry, that joke had to be said)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.21 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(13552,5952,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-12-10 14:20:30','2011-12-10 12:20:30','There were souvenir mugs with the logo of the fair, when I was there. Some of my friends bought the mugs and drank from them ;-)\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it too!\r\n\r\nhttp://komitata.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post_29.html',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12280,5802,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-08 06:35:48','2011-11-08 04:35:48','@dimi Humm... I want my own billboard in Mladost. Now the only question is what would I put on mine. I\'ve got to think about that.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12273,1),(12281,5802,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-08 06:37:03','2011-11-08 04:37:03','@Peshka Your guess is as good as mine. It\'s kind of weird when something like this looms over the bus stop. You can\'t help but stare at it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12265,1),(9680,5596,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-09-21 15:04:47','2011-09-21 13:04:47','I have very vivid memories, but how could I explain them in English...\r\nThere would be several famous desserts, sold nearly everywhere in Bulgaria, but seldom more than 2-3 types at a time:\r\n- \"The little rock\" - it looks like a rock, it is soaked in some sweet sour syrup (sour cherry?) and covered in chocolate\r\n- The  \"8\" kifla - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kifli - It is a kind of sweet twisted pretzel in the form of the number 8, tastes like kozunak\r\n- \"Triguna\" - triangular sweet with the taste of baklava, but baked separately, not cut\r\n- \"Tolumbichki\" - a much bigger variety of the tolumbichki, sold in Turkish sweets shops\r\n- Thin chocolate cakes with rose buds, made from sweet butter\r\n- \"Cat\'s tongues\" - small elliptical sweets, usually used to decorate icecreams \r\n- The kifla with jam and the kifla without jam ;-) you could not definitelly tell the type of jam\r\n- Kifla with lokum\r\n- \"Maslenki\"\r\n- \"Orehovki\"\r\nThere are more, I just wonder how to describe them',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.163 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11584,5748,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-10-23 22:28:43','2011-10-23 20:28:43','By alcohol ban they don\'t mean beer :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(20665,6850,'I. V.','ivvid@abv.bg','','77.70.85.44','2012-07-01 22:25:29','2012-07-01 20:25:29','The reason why you might prefer to buy tickets online is to ensure that they don\'t get sold out before you can make it to the ticket office.\r\nThe beer thing is probably because they don\'t want the fans to get drunk and start a fight or break something. It happens regularly at football games.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1','',0,0),(9684,5596,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-09-21 17:27:40','2011-09-21 15:27:40','16 eggs in one cake, Wow!  Was it a big cake, to feed lots of people? I had a recipe for a cake with 6 eggs and felt really decadent.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.22) Gecko/20110902 Firefox/3.6.22 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',9669,0),(9688,5596,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.152.148','2011-09-21 19:53:36','2011-09-21 17:53:36','I wasn\'t the least bit hungry for sweets until I read this list.  Generally I don\'t even care for sweets, but these sound marvelous.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',9680,0),(12274,5802,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-11-08 00:59:17','2011-11-07 22:59:17','Probably this is one of those stupid „teaser“ ad campaigns... It should make you wonder for days untill you see the final billboard. \r\n\r\nSo, in your case it has reached its goal ;-)\r\n\r\nMy way of coping with this stuff - when I see a stupid billboad I say to myself one of the following:\r\n„Not again.“\r\n„OK. Whatever“\r\n„I am not getting excited or curious“. And I don\'t\r\n\r\nAnyway, good observation.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.106 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12273,5802,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','80.109.105.92','2011-11-08 00:38:27','2011-11-07 22:38:27','Hmmm. This was similar http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/270631_2211703889451_1153118283_32635219_5395013_n.jpg on Tsarigradsko.\r\n\r\nA lot of times in Sofia when ad agencies don\'t have enough clients to fill up their advertising space they give the space cheaply/for free to people for a practical joke.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(24455,7428,'Uncle Jim E','jfemigh@aol.com','','99.122.44.100','2012-12-25 03:37:00','2012-12-25 01:37:00','Wishing you all the best on Christmas and a very Happy New Year!  We hope that your broken bone heals rapidly!\nJim, Robin, John and Anthony',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(23110,7255,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','67.2.40.36','2012-10-22 05:30:38','2012-10-22 03:30:38','Oh, Koprivshtitsa! I always loved your posts about the town, so I HAD to go when I was in BG last spring. It was every bit as magical and charming as you described. Now this post makes me want to head back in a few weeks when I return to Sofia. I need to stock up on jam and honey myself!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1','',0,0),(12324,5802,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.226','2011-11-09 15:42:14','2011-11-09 13:42:14','Write a blog on it to alert us to watch it.  I\'m off to Baltimore to meet Anna and may miss the chance to find out what the mystery is if not reminded!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',12314,0),(11632,5748,'mrrtt','xfk.dgt@gmail.com','','87.121.218.87','2011-10-24 18:28:24','2011-10-24 16:28:24','yeah they do mean beer - everything intoxicating is banned but the truth is, all those tea cups people drink from in cafes on election day? full of liquor.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11627,5733,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.176','2011-10-24 15:33:14','2011-10-24 13:33:14','So I\'m not alone! I HAAAAATE scented toilet paper. Not to mention the fact I\'ve heard doctors warn against it. The chemicals in it can cause all kinds of trouble and allergic reactions.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(23523,7305,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-11-12 16:31:01','2012-11-12 14:31:01','@K Great question! It is more expensive than most Bulgarian restaurants but I find this is true with most foreign/international foods. I think that the pasta was 12 leva, the zucchini was maybe 6 leva and the salmon spread was maybe 7. Beers were 3-ish. I wasn\'t shocked by the prices or anything and I definitely was shocked by the prices at Kymbare.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',23521,1),(21967,7026,'where the Deer and the antelope play&#8230; &laquo; Work, Play, Eat, Live Local','','http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/where-the-deer-and-the-antelope-play/','69.170.134.165','2012-08-23 06:01:16','2012-08-23 04:01:16','[...] month, Jill and I spotted six deer just after we left our family cabin.  I slowed our car to a stop and the deer weren&#8217;t too concerned.  I took a couple of [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(19989,6776,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-06-04 16:06:40','2012-06-04 14:06:40','For those who may not be familiar with the prom traditions in Bulgaria, and who may feel shocked by the photos in the Vice magazine, let me just clarify a few things. As someone who did have a prom in Bulgaria, who have attended many proms of family and friends, and who belongs to a bit older generation, I think I know a few things. The \"style\" (if one can refer to it with this word) portrayed by Vice magazine is rather the exception than the rule. I suspect that the photographers of the magazine had to go out of their way to find these particular \"stylish\" people, and I also suspect that those photos were not taken in some of Sofia\'s best high schools, but rather in poorer areas, that may have more of certain minorities in them. As such, I do not think those photos are representative of what prom in Bulgaria is. Furthermore, no such \"style\" and \"debauchery\" existed prior to 1990. Things were a lot more respectful and tame prior to those years. The current trend in Bulgaria of chalga listening young people with limited education , and overly sexually dressed (or undressed, depending on the occasion) younger and younger girls, is relatively new to Bulgaria and if someone researches it, would probably date it back to the mid to late 90s. I do have photos of my mother\'s prom, which shows my mother in a beautiful and intricately made floor length long sleeve dress, style and creation thanks to the exquisite sawing skills of my grandmother. My mother\'s classmates look equally stylish. Picture a classy fashion magazine from the 70s. That\'s what these prom photos look like. In other words - nothing to do with the photos from Vice magazine today. And while according to a famous Spanish author \"Freedom is everything\", my personal opinion is that freedom (whether individual or societal) is probably only good if you know what to do with it. It is a precious commodity that should be highly appreciated, treasured, and used wisely.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(13089,5871,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-11-29 17:09:37','2011-11-29 15:09:37','I wonder if wassail isn\'t just the medieval term that got associated with and then applied to mulled beverages when engaged in wassailing.  After a little poking on the web myself I ran across this: \"The very name, wassail, comes from wæs hæil meaning ‘Be healthy’ which in Anglo-Saxon was used as a salutation or toast in its own right.\"',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13059,0),(12447,3581,'George Trichkov','georgetrichkov@abv.bg','','87.246.19.80','2011-11-13 02:07:48','2011-11-13 00:07:48','Hello, \r\nmy suggestion is to start reading of stephen king .The genial american writer.\r\nwww.stephenking.com \r\nI will be happy if we can talk in Sofia privately. \r\nHave a nice day.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12448,1775,'George Trichkov','georgetrichkov@abv.bg','','87.246.19.80','2011-11-13 02:17:17','2011-11-13 00:17:17','www.stephenking.com \r\nI suggest to start reading the genial american writer Stephen King .\r\nI am a bulgarian doctor and I will be happy if we can talk or meet in Sofia.For me is always pleaser to talk with inteligemt persons as you.\r\nHave a nice day. \r\nMy E mail is georgetrichkov@abv.bg',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12449,3581,'George Trichkov','georgetrichkov@abv.bg','','87.246.19.80','2011-11-13 02:24:54','2011-11-13 00:24:54','Hello again \r\nI would like to say that I am a bulgarian doctor and I will be happy always to meet with inteliegent and smart persons as you.For me is interest to see you in Sofia.\r\nHave a nice day. My E amil is georgetrichkov@abv.bg',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12455,3581,'George Trichkov','georgetrichkov@abv.bg','','87.246.19.80','2011-11-13 07:23:24','2011-11-13 05:23:24','Щом знаете български препоръчвам  ви да прочетете книгата Консумативното общество  от доцент Кристиян Банков ето и линк към нея предполагам , че ще представлява интерес за вас.\r\nhttp://www.novavizia.net/products/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.html\r\nпоздрави и успех',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12982,5852,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2011-11-27 05:29:59','2011-11-27 03:29:59','We missed you for the Thanksgiving festivities and will miss you for the Christmas holidays as well.  \r\n\r\nPerhaps it is time for us to make it less easy for you to live abroad! I don\'t really mean that.  You have grown in so many ways.   \r\nLove you,\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(10465,5658,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-10 05:37:02','2011-10-10 03:37:02','@Anonimnikoff I love it. I have a similar list in my classroom. The thing is the English I use at school is more formal than the English that populates this blog and I think that\'s okay. This said, I\'ll give it go.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10455,1),(10455,5658,'Anonimnikoff','notmyemail@notmyemail.com','','207.38.235.177','2011-10-10 02:52:16','2011-10-10 00:52:16','It\'s your blog but I vote for a moratorium on \"pretty great\". While at ACS, Lindsay Moran had both words on her \"banned\" list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Moran',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23','',0,0),(13817,5977,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-16 06:43:25','2011-12-16 04:43:25','@Veselin Thanks so much!! Maybe you can find your own notebook somewhere. That is if all the 10 year old girls didn\'t snatch them up yet... But really, Happy Holidays to you too!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13799,1),(12375,3578,'CARA','caraeddo@gmail.com','','24.20.7.64','2011-11-11 04:15:37','2011-11-11 02:15:37','Hi Carolyn! My name is Cara, I live in Eugene, Oregon and I\'ve loved following your blog for the past few weeks. Your American, humorous point of view has been the perfect introduction to Bulgaria for me. My husband and I are traveling to Sofia for one week (we arrive Nov. 16th)  for general adventure and to visit my dad, who is the make-up artist on the film \"Expendables 2\".  Maybe it\'s a little weird to ask since we\'re complete strangers, but...wanna meet up for a drink or something while we\'re in town? We\'re not creeps or criminals or anything, I promise. Ha. Feel free to email me anytime to talk further!\r\n-Cara',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.52','',0,0),(9864,5596,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-25 21:00:27','2011-09-25 19:00:27','@Стойчо and @Комитата Thanks for the suggestions. I\'m looking forward to trying out all of these new-to-me desserts and sweets.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',9728,1),(10663,5676,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-12 11:45:31','2011-10-12 09:45:31','@Роберт Иванов Hummm I know and love “плескавица.” I wouldn\'t say it\'s a hamburger exactly but it\'s tasty. I\'ll definitely check out Pala Burger.  Speaking of pleskavitsa, the NYT ran an article about the dish last winter titled \"<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/dining/20balk.html?ref=dining\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Balkan Burger Unites all Factions</a>.\"',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',10652,1),(21756,7002,'Kellie','connorsk@gmail.com','','78.90.176.250','2012-08-17 09:47:31','2012-08-17 07:47:31','Hi, funny Mexican food is the one thing my husband misses the most about lving in Sofia.  Two days ago he tried to make some nachos but they didn\'t turn out as good as the States!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3)','',0,0),(19717,6756,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-05-22 21:54:47','2012-05-22 19:54:47','Actually you are probably right about 7ish being the point of reference for scary quakes. I spoke to my father who is a construction engineer and he said that 6 should really be no problem for the building and that most problems start upwards towards 7. Also, most buildings that collapsed in Italy where almost medieval.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',19714,0),(19729,6728,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-05-23 06:51:04','2012-05-23 04:51:04','@Drun you make a good point when it comes to the physical geography of Europe. The distinction in my post regarding the States, England and Europe may not be 100% clear but it has more to do with the fact that there are huge differences in applying to university in these places--the timing, the applications, the letters of recommendation and the like. As such, at ACS we discuss these school separately using the categories above.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',19722,1),(14494,6052,'Jo','petunias27@gmail.com','','50.71.86.152','2011-12-29 02:26:48','2011-12-29 00:26:48','Hi again,\r\nDon\'t publish this post please.\r\nI\'m doing an international adoption and will be in Sofia for 2 weeks with my 6 year old child. I would love to connect if you have a chance. You can email me at petunias27@gmail.com\r\nI\'m hoping that you would have time in your busy schedule for me.\r\nJo',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(11902,5761,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-28 13:52:44','2011-10-28 11:52:44','@Andreytcho I think you\'re right. Thanks!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11876,1),(14493,6052,'Jo','petunias27@gmail.com','','50.71.86.152','2011-12-29 02:20:15','2011-12-29 00:20:15','Hi Karolinka,\r\nI\'m arriving in Sofia on January 7th and was wondering if I should bring my winter boots. Your pictures indicate that there is alot of snow but it might have all melted with the nice weather you\'ve been getting.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(11905,4249,'AP1974','angel_redd@hotmail.com','','74.243.49.253','2011-10-28 15:10:29','2011-10-28 13:10:29','I am American and would like to say that I actually (blushing) enjoyed this video and even recommended it to one of my professors. (sheepish grin)  I am a History major and am graduating soon.  My last history class is a class on Eastern Europe and as a World History major I must say I am thoroughly enjoying it.  We began the class by reading about Bulgarian History and when I found this silly little video I was pleased and I watched the entire video smiling at the earnest and melodramatic attitude of the host.  I had never dreamt of visiting Bulgaria before this class or this video.  However I honestly became excited about the historical context of this fine city while watching the video and began to consider it on my list of places to visit.  I hope that when I do, I meet people like Carolyn and TAfricanski or Apcho, not to leave any of you other fine Bulgarians out ;), as I enjoyed TAfricanski\'s humor quite well and felt that Carolyn was misunderstood, and Apcho seemed quite compassionate.  As for others who have been not so hospitable, we have them here in America too.  In fact, I would venture to say they are everywhere.  No sense in arguing with a fool, least you forget which one of you are the fool. :) I enjoyed the video and blog and shall probably present it to another American one day. smile. If you have a more appropriate representation of your country do give me another address and I shall incorporate it into my video collection. ;D',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) SearchToolbar/1.2','',0,0),(10652,5676,'Роберт Иванов','subscriptions@robi-bobi.net','http://www.robi-bobi.net','82.146.15.6','2011-10-12 10:27:20','2011-10-12 08:27:20','Try Pala Burger (they have one small \"бургераджийница\" in Studentski grad, near Winter pallace). Order \"плескавица\"\r\nthey might not have standard US burger feel&amp;look, but are one of best burgers in town (if not The best)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11906,4249,'AP1974','angel_redd@hotmail.com','','74.243.49.253','2011-10-28 15:12:21','2011-10-28 13:12:21','I will try to find this one as well. :)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) SearchToolbar/1.2','',8016,0),(11911,5586,'Rumi','rumyana_d_dimitrova@mail.bg','','95.111.32.27','2011-10-28 17:26:13','2011-10-28 15:26:13','Strange that I see this article now. As for me, I tried to wash clothes in cold water but it\'s not as good as hot water. Plus you do not kill all the bacteria with cold water. That\'s why underwear and bedding should always be washed in hot water I think. Well, on most of the clothes it is written that you cannot wash them in water hotter than 40 degrees. And as many of my clothes cannot be washed in water hotter than 30 degrees, I wash all delicates in 30 degrees (It\'s rather strange that you don\'t use degrees). And as for the 90 degrees - it is necessary sometimes and this way you kill most of the bacteria but you can only wash white bedding or clothes this way. I never use this programme either.\r\nI think it\'s better for the environment if people wash their clothes in a way that bacteria can be killed and I think it\'s better to kill them with more natural methods (high temperature) than with chenicals.\r\nWhitney, what you are saying is really strange to me. What\'s that system where you don\'t have hot water inthe bathroom if someone is doing the laundry? As far as I know the washing machine boils the water itself and it doesn\'t matter if the water coming is hot or cold? Did you use any different type of washing machine? I still don\'t get it.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11913,5761,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.144','2011-10-28 17:50:34','2011-10-28 15:50:34','If by rice pudding you mean \"мляко с ориз\", it was definitely a very traditional 80\'s dessert in Bulgaria. Tiramisu definitely was not an 80\'s dessert as it appeared in Bulgaria much later.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.53','',0,0),(19740,6756,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.63.179','2012-05-23 19:18:34','2012-05-23 17:18:34','It also matters what kind of soil the earth quake is centered in.  Bay fill in San Francisco shook like a bowl full of jelly in 1989, other areas were damaged less.  Clay soil in my part of the country tends to radiate the waves further than most western soils; the New Madrid quake in the early 19th century was felt as far away as New York.  I once was startled to hear your g-grandmother Ola Marr comment quite matter of factly that the San Francisco earthquake was \"quite a jolt,\" as if she had experienced it herself while living in Del Rio, Texas, a mere 1,600 miles or so away.  It didn\'t occur to me to ask her exactly what she experienced.  Mostly I\'m just glad your earthquake neither hurt nor unduly frightened you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(13698,3581,'Milena Efremova','office@atlantictour.bg','','95.42.16.19','2011-12-13 16:23:31','2011-12-13 14:23:31','Dear Karolinka!\r\n\r\nMy name is Milena Efremova. I am a Managing Director of a travel company Atlantic Tour. We are specialized in providing tourist services for foreign visitors to Bulgaria. The reason why I am writing you is a bit unusual. We plan to produce a brochure of our company which is supposed to look more like a travel magazine then a standard brochure. It will be directed for American, British, Australian and all English-speaking markets. We want to escape from the standard cliche travel brochures in \"broken\" English. We would like to collect and put together impressions and experience of foreigners living in Bulgaria. Basically the idea is to publish some travel notes written on native English about major tourist attractions in Bulgaria which would intrigue our audience.  \r\nI could send you more details in case you would be intersted to help us in this project. I would really appreciate your reply regardless if its positive or not.\r\n\r\nMany thanks!\r\n\r\nMilena\r\nPS. I really enjoyed reading your blog. I am happy that someone sees Bulgaria in its positive side.',0,'0','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0)','',0,0),(13705,5959,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-12-13 19:06:26','2011-12-13 17:06:26','One of the things I have always loved about these is that I almost always have all the ingredients on hand.  Usually I can make them without a trip to the store.\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(19608,6687,'Claudia Verellen','jcverellen@hotmail.com','','98.237.237.178','2012-05-19 02:45:28','2012-05-19 00:45:28','Happy Birthday, Carolyn!  Don\'t forget that your birthday is also the 32nd anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington.  You and Ben have close to the same birthday, just 1 year apart (he was 32 on April 30).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.55.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.5 Safari/534.55.3','',0,0),(13799,5977,'Veselin','vklinchev@gmail.com','','92.247.210.120','2011-12-15 23:22:05','2011-12-15 21:22:05','Pure awesomness is what this post is! Why? Because I am Bulgarian and I never felt so touched about these such regular Bulgarian things. Gotta appreciate those little things in life! Many thanks reminding me. \r\n\r\nMerry holidays,\r\nVeselin',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(19441,6663,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2012-05-11 21:41:59','2012-05-11 19:41:59','What I think is being addressed here is what I have heard discussed about the difference between being \"bilingual\" and \"bicultural\".  A non-native speaker who has skill as an educator can teach a language and even the literature of a different nation or culture.  The native speaker who has skill as an educator can teach the language in the context of the culture in which the language is used.\r\n\r\nDoes the value of understanding another culture trump the value of having Bulgarians employed in teaching Bulgarians.  I\'m sure there are many differences of opinion.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(21231,6898,'i','ivanmanolov@yahoo.com','','50.131.22.128','2012-07-25 19:18:09','2012-07-25 17:18:09','related to the importance of the bomber coming from Schengen, my favorite segment on the Daily Show last night was about the bombing in Colorado last week. someone on ABC had googled bomber\'s name and found that a man with the same name has been associated with the Tea Party in Denver. seriously, what does that have to do with anything? not to mention, it turned out this wasnt the same dude, and no apology was  given whatsoever.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',0,0),(13754,5959,'charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2011-12-14 20:17:05','2011-12-14 18:17:05','I\'ve been planning to make these to bring to work on Friday. I had all the ingredients already, and apparently, great minds think alike.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(25406,7513,'Шарена Сол','vebelcheva@yahoo.com','http://www.sharenasol.com','95.87.228.7','2013-02-20 10:38:37','2013-02-20 08:38:37','you gave me some great ideas with that post:) going to visit the wok to walk asap',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0','',0,0),(22963,7112,'LAhipster','Vytone@aol.com','','46.10.178.72','2012-10-13 18:38:24','2012-10-13 16:38:24','I\'ve been enjoying your blog this afternoon/evening as I sit here at Nu Boyana. I\'ll spare you the story of why I am here but as it stands, I\'ll have Monday, Tuesday and half of Wednesday to explore Sofia. I was going to simply follow some of the NY times recommendations but now believe you could steer me better. Would really appreciate a few recommendations for this curious Californian. I want to see the hip, artistic, fresh and new Sofia, maybe with a couple of classic touristy sites thrown in as well. \r\n\r\nThanks in advance for your time.\r\nPeace!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A405 Safari/8536.25','',0,0),(13718,5959,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','71.221.217.50','2011-12-13 21:24:44','2011-12-13 19:24:44','Then why don\'t you make them more often?....  dAve',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',13705,0),(10009,5545,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-09-27 20:43:23','2011-09-27 18:43:23','I am so glad that you wrote about this-  I have actually considered writing you to ask if you knew of tampons with applicators being available somewhere here, but then I thought that would just be too weird, haha.  So thanks!  What a relief.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.186 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(10012,5545,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-09-27 21:09:55','2011-09-27 19:09:55','@Lauren I love it. You should feel free to email any questions you have. Even the crazy ones. I can\'t promise that I\'ll have an answer but I\'ll help you if I can.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10009,1),(10594,5658,'Nadya','nad_ka@abv.bg','','213.226.63.155','2011-10-11 18:08:00','2011-10-11 16:08:00','Glad you like it, just a small remark - Supa Star and Take a cake are not own by the same people but are designed by the same architects FUNKT (funkt.eu). They also did the Taqueria place @Shishman str. JFYI.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.20.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.4 Safari/533.20.27','',0,0),(15548,6127,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-18 09:05:19','2012-01-18 07:05:19','@Ira Oh I am sad to have missed this other market. I guess this means that I have to go back and visit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15482,1),(15549,6127,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-18 09:06:14','2012-01-18 07:06:14','@Sarah The cider was amazing. In face, really the whole thing was. Thanks for such a great suggestion!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15544,1),(15544,6127,'Sarah','sarahreid1@gmail.com','http://dailynibbles.com','132.198.31.235','2012-01-18 05:50:13','2012-01-18 03:50:13','SO happy that you made it to Borough Market and had a wonderful time! It can get a little crazy in the summer. I bet this is the ideal time to visit. Oh, and I bet it was so beautiful around the holidays. I adore the hot cider pic. Mmmm, makes me want some right now.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7','',0,0),(13196,5809,'Nedyalko','n_dimitrov@abv.bg','','79.132.16.101','2011-12-01 12:56:01','2011-12-01 10:56:01','Maybe it is time to go home.',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.1; AskTbUT2V5/5.13.1.18107)','',0,0),(13152,5772,'Vienna,Thanksgiving and Mulled Wine','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=597','91.196.124.221','2011-11-30 17:21:26','2011-11-30 15:21:26','[...] shopping and playing around with a friend in Vienna. I headed to Vienna with my friend A.–we also went to Rome together. It’s nice to have friends to travel [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.2.1','pingback',0,0),(10716,3581,'Hrant Topuzyan','hranttop66@yahoo.com','','212.25.60.129','2011-10-12 22:53:12','2011-10-12 20:53:12','Здравей Каролинка.Попаднах случайно на статия за теб и ми хареса всичко което казваш и как го казваш.Нарочно пиша на моя език ( един вид помощ за усвояването му ) и не те поправям ако нещо не е съвсем както трябва граматически в говоримия или писмения ти български.Дори намирам това за забавно.\r\n Впечатлен съм, че си избрала България.Ще поясня защо.Имам роднини в Америка.Там са от 50-те години на миналия век.Сестра на майка ми, нейния съпруг и четирите им деца със техните семейства.Живеят в Калифорния и 2003-04г. бях там за почти три месеца.Няма да описвам преживяванията си там.Само ще спомена, че едната ми племенница ( niece ) е учителка по английски и се канеше като теб да преподава в чужбина.Беше решила в България, още повече че тук щеше да има роднини.За целта беше помолила баба си - моята леля - да я понаучи на български и беше се отказала, решавайки че е твърде труден.Така че поздравления за смелостта ти и за упоритостта в упражняването на нашия език.Между другото преди години в Сливен, където живеят родителите ми и сестра ми се бях запознал с една група мормони - деца от различни краища на САЩ.Та имаше едно хлапе, Дерек Олред се казваше - помня името му , което е странно за мен понеже съм физиономист ( а да видим ще разбереш ли тази дума ?) но не помня имена - което за две години научи езика до степен да използува типично български изрази. На въпроса How are you? отговаряше - \"чат-пат\", за нещо което не знае казваше \"хабер си нямам\", което е нещо от рода на \"I have no clue\"  и други от този сорт.Накрая преди да си замине говореше с нас само на български.Ние със сестра ми му говорехме на английски, той мискинина му с мискинин ( а това как ще си го преведеш ? ) отговаряше на български.Казвам това за да поощря българския ти, като се надявам да остане несъвършен за да е по-весело общуването с теб.\r\n Слагам блога ти в моите Bokmarks и ще го следя редовно.Хора като теб са като глътка чист въздух на място пълно със задушлив дим.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12489,5817,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-14 06:32:57','2011-11-14 04:32:57','@Ivet Ah! So the overly campy feel of the whole thing is potentially there on purpose!! That\'s good to know. It make the billboard a little less creepy at at 7am.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12474,1),(12490,5817,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-14 06:33:55','2011-11-14 04:33:55','@jack doe then I guess there are a lot of us playing it safe.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12479,1),(12491,5817,'Traveller','mitcom@mail.bg','','65.95.92.74','2011-11-14 07:04:39','2011-11-14 05:04:39','Your Bulgarian tutor is trying to tell you something?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12501,5817,'Стойчо','stojtscho@yahoo.com','http://patepis.com','212.174.9.186','2011-11-14 14:33:33','2011-11-14 12:33:33','Basically, I said this: I work with lots of teenage boys and they are quick to laugh and to joke around but the Bulgarian men I know who are my age are much more serious and less quick to laugh and joke around (which I think is sad).\r\n\r\nУффф, мога да го обясня, но ... много пиене ще трябва...\r\n\r\n\"2. Какво си мислят шофьорите, когато намаляват на пешеходна пътека, за да ме оставят да пресека? Струва ми се, че повечето дават газ, щом ме видят. Понякога не мога да не се зачудя дали тези възпитани шофьори изобщо знаят “правилата” тук.\"\r\nЕла на гости в Турция (в провинцията съм) и ... българските шофьори ще ти заприличат на австрийци ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.106 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12503,5817,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-11-14 14:47:48','2011-11-14 12:47:48','The people on the billboard are from a popular Bulgarian TV fictional series about local elites in fictional Pernik. It is a satire of the political class, the showbiz, the media, the charity in modern Bulgaria (esp. in small cities), as they are done by local „aristocrats“. The series is too stupid for my taste, but the characters\' wardrobe is believable.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(10814,5672,'Krista','krista.greiner@gmail.com','','64.132.156.10','2011-10-13 18:55:49','2011-10-13 16:55:49','I\'m sooo glad you posted this! I had given up hope of it ever being used but it seems to have entered it\'s renaissance. Let me know what you try and how it turns out :) Miss you!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(10817,3578,'gonzalez','bo.66@abv.bg','http://www.facebook.com','46.55.180.83','2011-10-13 19:10:57','2011-10-13 17:10:57','have you ever been in my town Plovdiv?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12506,5811,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.211','2011-11-14 16:12:11','2011-11-14 14:12:11','I had a brush with a cold last week. It was annoyingly exhausting at the start and by the and I was running out of tissues. Thankfully, I managed to avert it with some Aspirin C, Sterimar salt water, a couple of Fervex-s, and some barbell squats for good measure.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111113 Firefox/11.0a1','',0,0),(12508,5817,'Jay','jay.rangelov@gmail.com','','12.116.183.250','2011-11-14 20:06:21','2011-11-14 18:06:21','Karolinka,\r\n\r\nIf you want to understand other cultures, you have to approach them with an open mind. That includes men. And women. Do not compare what you see to what you are used to - that will only make it more complicated or even impossible to figure out. In other words - \"When in Rome ...\" :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(12507,5817,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.211','2011-11-14 16:39:40','2011-11-14 14:39:40','Just make sure you\'re students are making the distinction between what is masculine and what it is to be a man, as these diverge. Masculinity is more often linked with big lumpy oafs, stubble and expensive car are optional. And I wouldn\'t consider anyone a man, if he can\'t cook or wash a couple of dishes, no matter how masculine. \r\nI also think when they say the should be strong, they mean having big muscles to flex to their mates or supposedly impress girls (and muscle size and strength are not a 1:1 correlation). And while some supplements (fish oil, etc...) are all right, others are not.\r\nThat dad, with the suitcase-carrying son, I think he\'s trying to teach his son manners. Holding the door open, offering the lady they\'re with a hand when getting off the bus/tram/car...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111113 Firefox/11.0a1','',0,0),(10822,3578,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-13 20:26:52','2011-10-13 18:26:52','@gonzalez Of course!! I\'ve probably been twice a year for the last three years. I heart Plovdiv.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10817,1),(10826,5672,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-13 21:08:47','2011-10-13 19:08:47','@Krista Yes, yes. I think the cookbook is a real treasure!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',10814,1),(12609,5828,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-17 21:12:54','2011-11-17 19:12:54','@Traveller I\'ll consider this. There does seem to be a lot of interest in the whole thing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12607,1),(12611,5817,'Rumi','rumyana_d_dimitrova@mail.bg','','95.111.32.27','2011-11-17 22:53:39','2011-11-17 20:53:39','ol, I think that a truely supportive man who treats women with respect will never let a lady carry her heavy bag :)\r\nWhen it comes to muscles equality is just not possible. I honestly think equality between sexes was possible when physical labour was no longer the main way to support a family. Because women cannot work in mines for instance. I personally think America has gone too far when it comes to equality between sexes - after all some natural laws cannot be changed on request. And I know many men who do help at home and at the same time carry ladies\' bags :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',12576,0),(16487,6259,'Mandy','Mandyd1229@gmail.com','','108.129.21.138','2012-02-14 04:04:39','2012-02-14 02:04:39','I will look into that book. It sounds interesting.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.46 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(12962,5842,'Peter','vokaladz_e@mail.ru','','83.228.63.139','2011-11-26 18:58:00','2011-11-26 16:58:00','About standing on the right:\r\nThis is a cultural issue, and I think it is largely incompatible with the Balkan psychology.  It is a pedestrian version of cars giving way to ambulances, police and fire trucks, except that here you (voluntarily) give way to other humans. You have to admit that other people could possibly have more important things to do. People don\'t like to be overtaken when driving, and here you want them to just stand a watch someone run  by? This requires certain humility, which is  rare.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111107 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.24','',0,0),(19437,6647,'Sara','sarkkutje@gmail.com','http://dailyvisualinspiration.wordpress.com','212.50.93.221','2012-05-11 16:33:10','2012-05-11 14:33:10','I recently moved to Bulgaria, and I\'ve been trying to start studying Bulgarian... by myself. It\'s just a little bit overwhelming to study it just by myself. Do you know where I could get help with studying Bulgarian? I could really use that :)!\r\n\r\nAnd good for you to starting (and continuing) on writing in Bulgarian! ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19','',0,0),(12013,5761,'Jenny','Jnikol11@yahoo.com','','166.205.10.155','2011-10-30 18:49:47','2011-10-30 16:49:47','I miss the Bulgarian desserts...skalichki, orehovki, medenki, torti, mlechen sladoled, and kifli s marmalad!! I have been trying to get a Skalichki recipe for years but have been unsuccessful. Especially now that I am pregnant, I crave them even more. I made kurabiiki the other day to calm myself haha Well, you enjoy the sweets for all of us overseas;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(12522,5811,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-15 07:01:03','2011-11-15 05:01:03','@Bobby I like the \"the barbell squats for good measure.\" That\'s not a cure I\'ve ever considered. Sounds like it worked well enough!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12506,1),(12523,5817,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-15 07:04:22','2011-11-15 05:04:22','@Bobby I condensed my discussion of masculinity and femininity for the sake of a blog post. I\'d agree with your statement about men and washing dishes/cooking.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12507,1),(12524,5824,'Tom Marshall','thomas.c.marshall@gmail.com','http://theothereurope.wordpress.com/','213.226.63.62','2011-11-15 08:45:47','2011-11-15 06:45:47','Thanks for the shout out! I\'ve been a fan of your blog for months, ever since we laid plans to move here. See you in person someday, hopefully ;)\r\n\r\nTom',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1','',0,0),(12525,5824,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-11-15 08:57:15','2011-11-15 06:57:15','@Tom Marshall Of course! I\'ve really been enjoying your posts about life in Sofia. It\'s a Sofia that I recognize but it\'s nice to read about the city from a different perspective. Hope the adventure of living here is treating you and your family well!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12524,1),(12534,5817,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.165','2011-11-15 17:22:16','2011-11-15 15:22:16','You were very gentle and polite :) Many of the local women aren\'t very happy with the gender expectations. I think women, at least in Bulgaria, adapt faster to modern world changes, and fast-paced life in general, which is a double-edge sword. They are expected to handle way too much - career, domestic life, childcare, ridiculous standards of beauty, you name it. On top of it they are not to compete too much with the boys. What I mean is that a woman is expected to contribute to the household budget, but if possible, not earn more than her husband, cos it\'s gonna hurt his fragile ego, you know. At the same time, despite handling her job responsibilities, she\'s the one to pick up the kids from school, help them with homework, cook every night, clean and do the dishes, while her husband watches TV. Even if she\'s a surgeon, a banker, or a CEO, heck, even if she\'s the only breadwinner in the family, she\'s the one to keep the house sparkling clean and the kids well fed. And still look youthful and sexy, of course. When young women marry guys from, say the US, Germany, or Sweden, you can often hear young Bulgarian men labeling those girls as devious sluts who only marry a foreigner for the money or citizenship. What they don\'t get at all is that those women fell in love with someone who treats them as equal and doesn\'t consider washing his dirty socks himself a task denigrating his manliness. Of course, many young people don\'t stick to that norm, but still receive veeery mixed messages. Not that men have it easy. Ask a young dad who wants a day off to take his kid to a doctor\'s appointment. Or, heaven forbid, use his paternity leave (guaranteed by law). Or any man who simply refuses to act like a Neanderthal macho.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(12535,5822,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.1','2011-11-15 18:24:26','2011-11-15 16:24:26','So what happened to the old computer? Did it go to the  happy hunting grounds of silicon chips?  :) By the way what brand is that monitor on the picture Samsung, AOC? It seems awfully familiar. I believe I used to own the same mode, only I cannot remember which of the two brands it was Samsung or AOC.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.53','',0,0),(12537,5676,'Cvetan Stoilov','big_cizzo@yahoo.com','','78.90.30.229','2011-11-15 22:48:55','2011-11-15 20:48:55','Hi Karolinka, \r\nMy name is Cvetan (Цветан) and its nice to meet you!\r\nI was doing a google search for \"the best burger in Sofia\" and I saw your site.\r\nI have had a craving for a great burger for over a year now (since the last time I was in the US - I went to college in VA, also my mom lives in IL, so I visit often) and I have been on something like a \"quest\" to find a really good, traditional hamburger here in Sofia!\r\nI live in Mladost and it\'s funny, but I didn\'t know about this bakery place, however your article intrigued me and I will try and visit it asap.\r\nIn the meantime, I thought that I would share my burger findings with you and your readers, I actually have only one decent place so far,  called \"бар на края на Вселената\" (http://www.vselenata.com). They have one location in downtown Sofia and one in the \"Student\'s town\" (they also have one in Mladost, but they don\'t serve burgers there!!! :D ). \r\nThat burger is 100% beef and they serve it with something, that can be described as an omelette patty and really good wedged, crispy potatoes with honey mustard sauce (they are deeeeeeeelicious :) ). Its not a big portion and it costs like 5.50 lv, but it\'s pretty much the closest thing to a traditional US burger, that I\'ve had here (not counting the junk at McD\'s and BK)\r\n\r\nAnother place (unconfirmed yet, by me personally at least) is a bar called Flannigans, located in the Radisson hotel, right across from the Parliament (Народното Събрание).\r\nA couple of US basketball players (playing for one of the teams here in Sofia) highly recommended the burgers there and from what I see on google - other people seem to be confirming this and I am actually about to check them out this week!\r\n\r\nI really am on a \"hunt\" for a really good burger and if you get any more chance encounters like this one with the \"Brown Bakery\", I would appreciate hearing about it! I will make sure that I follow this article and if you are interested I will share my experiences as well!\r\n\r\nAgain - nice to meet you (I actually read some of the other articles on your site, your story is cool) and thanks for the burger info!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24','',0,0),(11003,5697,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-10-15 16:12:22','2011-10-15 14:12:22','Always famous with us, no need for TV! \r\n:-D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(17254,6397,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','85.187.154.18','2012-03-07 20:18:55','2012-03-07 18:18:55','Poor Carolyn!Get better as quickly as possible;)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(13241,5891,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.192','2011-12-02 16:41:51','2011-12-02 14:41:51','And now I want cake. I somehow missed this when I was in Vienna, but I\'ll seek it out next time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111201 Firefox/11.0a1','',0,0),(13242,5910,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.192','2011-12-02 16:56:36','2011-12-02 14:56:36','Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December\r\nand each separate dying ember wrought it\'s ghost upon the floor.\r\n\r\nDecember kinda surprised me too. There I was, mid-November, minding my own business and bam! out of nowhere - December 1st.\r\nWait, your \"intimidate family\"? Just what exactly are you writing on these postcards? :D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111201 Firefox/11.0a1','',0,0),(16180,6220,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2012-02-04 16:30:55','2012-02-04 14:30:55','Did you ever catch someone cheating? I am just curious : )',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61','',0,0),(13243,5910,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.192','2011-12-02 16:58:21','2011-12-02 14:58:21','(and here I am, placing apostrophes where they have now business being)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111201 Firefox/11.0a1','',13242,0),(13244,5910,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.192','2011-12-02 16:59:04','2011-12-02 14:59:04','no*\r\nI fail so hard...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111201 Firefox/11.0a1','',13243,0),(12039,5746,'Silvia','silvaboz@abv.bg','','77.85.30.193','2011-10-31 15:55:15','2011-10-31 13:55:15','The show is based on the shock one gets at the differences between cultures - i.e. civilization world versus \'do it yourself \' life of people, who neglect everything that can\'t be done by themselves, living close to the nature .',0,'0','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; GTB7.1; AskTbFXTV5/5.13.1.18107)','',0,0),(17251,6393,'Soup Me! in Sofia | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2624','91.196.124.221','2012-03-07 19:51:00','2012-03-07 17:51:00','[...] Soup Me! in Sofia  via Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria by karolinka on 3/5/12 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(17252,2656,'Soup Me! in Sofia | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2624','91.196.124.221','2012-03-07 19:51:19','2012-03-07 17:51:19','[...] My friend A. wanted to try it out.  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Emotionally, it can be translated liike \"A time of loss\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(16673,5970,'seascrambler','seascrambler@abv.bg','','178.16.131.155','2012-02-20 10:39:18','2012-02-20 08:39:18','\"Време разделно\" means \"A time of divide (split, tear apart)\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1','',0,0),(16672,5970,'Рая','raya.deleva@gmail.com','','95.87.229.50','2012-02-20 09:49:59','2012-02-20 07:49:59','You amaze me with your willing to know and feel everything about Bulgaria.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(12571,5817,'Rumi','rumyana_d_dimitrova@mail.bg','','95.111.32.27','2011-11-16 19:57:01','2011-11-16 17:57:01','For the first time did I realize there are no gentlemen in the US :) Do they really not help women carry their luggage? I can\'t believe that. I do believe in equality but no matter  how equal we are men will be stronger than women so it\'s ridiculous to let a woman carry something heavy when a man can help. And do men not open the door for ladies in the US? Almost all my friends and collegues keep the rule ladies first and I find this nice.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(11059,5697,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','67.2.41.157','2011-10-16 04:41:42','2011-10-16 02:41:42','That\'s awesome! Congrats!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12070,2274,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-01 20:26:51','2011-11-01 18:26:51','@Tijana I don\'t know. I am sorry. I sat in a class with students at ACS. Good luck finding a class.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12066,1),(12576,5817,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.186','2011-11-17 00:51:49','2011-11-16 22:51:49','Caroline, your blog post made me pay closer attention to similar news. Just read about the results of a survey conducted among Bulgarian teenage boys and girls. They were asked to describe their ideal partner. 70 % of the girls said they\'d like their partner to be understanding, supportive, and treat women with respect. Above 50 % of the boys said they\'d want their partner to be charming, smart, assertive and career oriented. Very different from their grandparents\' and even parents\' generations. And definitely not what the media usually make young people out to be, of course :) Unfortunately, there was a note that according to some of the people who conducted the survey many Bulgarian girls turn into timid and passive women who are not used to fight for their rights and stand their ground firmly.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(12066,2274,'Tijana','tijana.maksimovic@gmail.com','','84.233.160.78','2011-11-01 18:25:25','2011-11-01 16:25:25','Hi,\r\nI was wondering if you can recommend me here i could go for photography classes  in Sofia. Not a whole semester, more like few lessons, at least to cover basics.\r\nI\'ve looked on the internet, but havent been very successful. Especially with cyrilic. :)\r\nthanks!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MS-RTC LM 8; InfoPath.2)','',0,0),(12582,5817,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-17 06:52:55','2011-11-17 04:52:55','@Rumi Well of course the problem is that American guys have to deal with independently minded American girls. Girls who have been taught that we can do anything just as well as they can--like open doors and carry our own luggage. So guys don\'t know what to do.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12571,1),(12585,5761,'Jenny','Jnikol11@yahoo.com','','99.47.138.80','2011-11-17 08:36:32','2011-11-17 06:36:32','Blagodaria mnogo za receptata!! Shte bude izprobvana:)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(18154,6471,'Hristo Velev','Hristo.Velev@gmail.com','','141.0.11.77','2012-03-28 22:54:39','2012-03-28 20:54:39','Wow,a review of pirogov, and you\'re still alive you tell the story? :) My experience with them was nothing but sheer misery :) Not my fav thing about home, the healthcare system. Still, most of the small private clinics and dentists are much much better.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Android; Opera Mini/6.5.27452/27.1366; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 Version/11.10','',0,0),(15614,6153,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','134.2.82.192','2012-01-20 11:16:36','2012-01-20 09:16:36','Well, I found myself in the same situation. I have lived for only 6 months here in Germany and my stay is on its end,but I have to admit that my attitude towards clothes has changed.Back in BG I used to have waaaaay more than I actually need. As you wrote \'anything I buy I’ll have to move at some point\', so this makes me realize that I have to buy the things that I would really really like to have and no more. Like you, I am glad for this transformation in me, I really am.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100713 Firefox/3.6.7','',0,0),(13261,5910,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-03 00:05:53','2011-12-02 22:05:53','After reading this entry they are probably already \"intimidated!\"',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',13254,0),(12607,5828,'Traveller','mitcom@mail.bg','','174.91.126.60','2011-11-17 20:58:28','2011-11-17 18:58:28','Intercultural dating can be a pain in the a**.\r\n\r\nBased on the last several blog entries and your amazing tutor\'s suggestions, perhaps you could sate readers curiosity and write about the challenges and fun benefits of dating in a different culture?\r\n\r\nPerhaps such a topic is of interest to a lot of the readers of expat blogs. Finding activities to enjoy and meet people can be difficult and time consuming, on top one loses all their previous social contacts. There also seems to be some sort of a \"you are leaving soon\" attitude from other people, who might not take things seriously. But I think there is also an \"exotic\" factor in the expat\'s favor. I think an expat has a significant leeway compared to a local and I don\'t know if it\'s wrong or right to use that :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(11126,5709,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','217.9.232.218','2011-10-17 07:26:53','2011-10-17 05:26:53','You can do what Bulgarians do in this case - buy a little, cheap heater to battle the cold days before the central heating is on. \r\nAnd it\'s also amazing to  me how you manage to write a decent post so early in the morning. What\'s your secret? :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11128,5709,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-17 07:33:18','2011-10-17 05:33:18','@Ilian I could buy one and I\'ve thought about it but about the time I am serious and think: this weekend. I\'ll buy one this weekend. The heat comes on. As for morning posts, it\'s sheer determination (and the fact I know I wont have much time later today).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11126,1),(14282,6032,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-24 08:23:38','2011-12-24 06:23:38','@Robyn Aw, Thanks so much friend. Miss you but I am looking forward to our adventure in July!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',14262,1),(11145,5709,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.144','2011-10-17 10:53:40','2011-10-17 08:53:40','\"I have a hunch that Hemingway wasn’t really an oatmeal kind of guy.\"\r\nNope, he was more like a \"rum at 6am\" kind of guy from what I\'ve read :).',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.53','',0,0),(12612,5817,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.183','2011-11-18 00:50:39','2011-11-17 22:50:39','Historically, there were women and even children who worked in mines, you know. Lots of them. And out in the fields, too. But I digress. Equality is not about being 100% identical. It\'s about being able to enjoy the same freedom and responsibility as everyone else. It\'s about the pursuit of your own happiness. Does it mean every woman has to become a heavy weightlifter? Of course not. But if there is a woman who wants to be that and nothing else, no one should stop her. Same applies to men, of course. It\'s funny how you think America has gone too far, there isn\'t a single country on the Earth where men are discriminated against more than women are. You actually tickled my curiosity, why do you think it\'s too far? I am genuinely interested, it\'s good to hear different points of view. As long as we don\'t bore to death the lovely hostess :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',12611,0),(12094,5772,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-02 19:54:16','2011-11-02 17:54:16','@Robyn Me too, me too!! Miss you tons.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12089,1),(12095,5772,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-02 19:54:59','2011-11-02 17:54:59','@Bobby There\'s time for these things and Rome is an easy flight from Sofia. Email me when you get a chance and we\'ll set something up!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12081,1),(12096,5772,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-02 19:56:00','2011-11-02 17:56:00','@MoM Ah... okay. I guess that you\'re right. And the best part about working at an American school abroad?! Thanksgiving. I\'ve got another four-day weekend this month.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12091,1),(12622,3581,'George Trichkov','georgetrichkov@abv.bg','','46.47.94.240','2011-11-18 10:35:08','2011-11-18 08:35:08','Какво мисли Стивън Кинг откри цитат на Стивън Кинг\r\nМалките деца са единствените истински добри човешки същества. (Сблъсък)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12091,5772,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-11-02 18:15:38','2011-11-02 16:15:38','I have a correction which I make simply because I am jealous.  Your life is not \"Work. Holiday. Work.\"  It is actually, HOLIDAY!, work, HOLIDAY!, work HOLIDAY!\r\nLove you,\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(12089,5772,'Robyn','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','164.106.108.26','2011-11-02 16:38:51','2011-11-02 14:38:51','Travel is wonderful, and even better with my favorite travel buddy. I can\'t wait until we can do it again! (Lativan keeps showing up in linguistics homework examples. Clearly a sign from above) :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(12625,5832,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-11-18 12:43:05','2011-11-18 10:43:05','I like Carolyn when she threads boldly on any explosive topic. Marriage isn\'t what it used to be. \r\n\r\nBeing chivalrous is, actually, pleasant, when you see that the other side accepts the game. \r\n\r\nOtherways, it\'s outward nasty. \r\n\r\nThat\'s what the rumours, going around about American women are here among Bulgarian men - that you can be shouted at or even sued for being „sexist“ if you try to be a gentleman in the USA, especially in the workplace. \r\n\r\nI don\'t believe it is so bad - an older lady would never get offended by some politeness, even in America.\r\n\r\nAnd postindustrial society is better suited to women, this is 100% true.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.120 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12082,5748,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.51','2011-11-02 11:15:23','2011-11-02 09:15:23','Don\'t worry that you don\'t care about keeping up with the political posturing. Neither do I. Frankly, if I turn my back to a TV debate, I wouldn\'t know which representative is talking at the moment. And since you can hardly go a day in Bulgaria without hearing about politics, you still get the cliffnotes of the whole situation. \r\nAnd vote buying has been around for some time, I think. I remember a story one of my professors told us once. Years ago, some foreign inspector came to observe the elections, see if there\'s anything irregular. When Bulgarians pointed out to him how voters were paid in jar lids, he saw nothing strange. He couldn\'t conceive of the idea that people considered them valuable and sold their votes for them. Jar lids.\r\nSo you can imagine how readily they\'d take the 100-200-300 lv.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20111101 Firefox/10.0a1','',0,0),(12081,5772,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.51','2011-11-02 11:12:34','2011-11-02 09:12:34','Hey :) I\'m glad you had a great time. I\'ve always wanted to go to Rome, but still haven\'t. Closest thing I\'ve done is take virtual tours in Assassin\'s Creed 2... \r\nExplore, wander and get a little lost (and then find my way) is exactly what I want to do when I visit a new city, and I imagine that\'s what I\'d do when I get to Rome one day. I don\'t want to be with the tourist crowds. \r\nAnd speaking of loyal readers, I haven\'t been around lately, but I\'m back. I had lots of stuff going on, should tell you over tea sometime. Don\'t think I stopped liking your blog or anything.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20111101 Firefox/10.0a1','',0,0),(15934,6192,'Kamilah Gill-Reed','kmeelah@yahoo.com','http://kgillart.blogspot.com/','50.90.32.239','2012-01-29 21:24:11','2012-01-29 19:24:11','That\'s a very interesting event. I think I\'ve heard a little bit about it before. Nice photos :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_2) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.77 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(15935,6192,'momchil','karabulev@yahoo.com','','188.126.13.39','2012-01-29 21:39:10','2012-01-29 19:39:10','You should definitely visit Simitli too but maybe next year, because their festival is right after the NYE.\r\n\r\nSome photos - http://fakti.bg/kultura-art/27958-kukeri-prevzeha-simitli\r\nand videos - http://vbox7.com/user:yuritanev?p=allvideos\r\n\r\nAnd one more thing - kukeri is plural of kuker.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1','',0,0),(17653,1302,'diana','didit0__@abv.bg','http://none','157.252.162.176','2012-03-18 05:26:42','2012-03-18 03:26:42','Truth is that most Bulgarian women do not exercise. (or at least didn\'t used to, going to the gym is slowly gaining popularity) Many of them just eat very little portions of food maybe 2 - 3 times a day. But even those who eat normally, like myself, eat good Bulgarian food. We eat plenty of fresh produce, yogurt and even though we indulge in pastries sometimes (banitsa) it\'s so delicious and filling that you won\'t eat too much. Portions are smaller in Bulgaria and we walk everywhere as someone above had mentioned. I\'ve been living in the US and exercising 6 times a week, and yet, when I go back to Bulgaria I drop a couple pounds without even trying. Of course, genes have to do a lot with it too. I\'ve been thin all my life. The \"heaviest\" I\'ve ever been was my first winter in the States when I weighed 125lb (56kg i think). I usually weigh around 51-52kg.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.79 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(13371,5932,'Ira','ira.ruseva@gmail.com','http://iruseva.blogspot.com/','164.143.240.34','2011-12-06 12:32:24','2011-12-06 10:32:24','It will probably last till the weekend and will get too sour after that. The supermarket stuff lasts for weeks - but it is only because it is full of preservatives. \r\nTo make home-made yogurt you only need milk (full fat, the fattier the milk, the thicker the yogurt) and yogurt. I\'m not quite sure you can do this with UHT milk, but it is fairly easy finding a baba on a Sofia street to sell you real milk in a plastic bottle. :) You heat the milk to body temperature (that\'s if you put your finger in it you can\'t actually feel if it is either warm or cold), don\'t let it boil, than pour into a clean jar, put one or two spoonfuls of yogurt (best from the home-made stuff you have, the bacteria looks like it has done a great job), don\'t stir. Here comes the tricky part, you need to keep the jar with a lid in a warm place, not hot, as too hot and bacteria will die, too cold and bacteria will not be able to do its job. My nan usually wraps the jars in an old scarf and leaves them close to the печка (one of those in village houses that burns wood), for a lack of печка, my mum leaves them in the oven at the lowest setting for a while and than wraps them in an old sweater or baby blanket. :)\r\nTo make life easier, though Tefal has started selling a yogurt making machine! Def Bulgaria will be a good market for it! :) Good luck!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(13370,5932,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2011-12-06 12:25:04','2011-12-06 10:25:04','Actually, it\'s rather easy to make homemade yogurt. You need a 1 spoon of your favourite yogurt, 1 litre of fresh milk and a pot (or 2 jars). The spoons may be four, it\'s when you make yogurt you get the feel of the right quantity.\r\n\r\nYou boil the milk, you let it cool until it is hot, but drinkable. Then you stir well the yogurt into it.\r\n\r\nYou pour it into the jars (or the pot), wrap them carefully into a blanket or something similar. The idea is not to let it cool quickly. \r\n\r\nYou leave it overnight and voila! The yogurt is ready. Not many things can go wrong, but be prepared for disappointments until you get it ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12146,5780,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-11-03 23:13:36','2011-11-03 21:13:36','The orange pumpkin picture – my first thought was that it had been carved to look like a bird.  My second thought was, maybe not.  My final thought, well maybe.  What do you think?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.1.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(12145,5780,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2011-11-03 23:03:39','2011-11-03 21:03:39','I would like to eat all of that, please. It looks like you had a blast. When are you going to take me to Rome?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(13367,5932,'s','savamane@gmail.com','','195.212.29.190','2011-12-06 11:15:30','2011-12-06 09:15:30','Home made yogurt lacks some preservatives, so it\'s not really recommended to keep it for more than 3-4 days.\r\n\r\nMaking your own is actually not hard at all. You just need regular milk. Boil it and then let it cool a bit. Not exactly room temp., but slightly warmer. Then beat some yogurt (preferrably the home made one you have) and mix it in the cooled down boiled milk. General rule of thumb is one full spoon of yogurt for every liter of milk. Mix it up a bit, but gently and place it somewhere warm. Covering it in blankets next to the radiator will work great. It needs 4-5-6 hours to thicken.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(13368,5932,'Farmer','Farmer@tarsijena.com','','77.85.196.29','2011-12-06 11:27:11','2011-12-06 09:27:11','This looks like yogurt from sheep\'s milk, and if you had problems opening the jar that means it\'s very well preserved.Wouldn\'t surprise me if it tastes just as good next week. The opened one is good for 2-3 days tops then it becomes too sour.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(11208,5712,'Traveller','mitcom@mail.bg','','65.95.186.230','2011-10-18 08:35:51','2011-10-18 06:35:51','How are you holding up?\r\n\r\nYou look great on that Sofia Live pic.\r\n\r\nHug!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(13366,5932,'Maya','maya.nikova@gmail.com','','15.195.185.83','2011-12-06 10:53:17','2011-12-06 08:53:17','Hi, eat the yogurt preferably before the end of this week otherwise it will become too sour :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(11211,5712,'Drun','bsg@abv.bg','','173.36.196.6','2011-10-18 10:12:42','2011-10-18 08:12:42','Heh, interesting, probably my misunderstanding on your last sentence, but just to make it clear - the orange pumpkins are the ones you need for the banitsa :) Plenty of them all around the country - http://navigator.receptite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tikva-cigulka.jpg , we call them цигулка (the one on the picture) and свинска (probably different shape, no idea, honestly I never got the difference...). \r\n\r\nAnd the green ones you bake, puree, etc. BTW I hope you don\'t throw the pumpkins seed, do you? We never do, we just roast them no matter what the pumpkin is :)\r\n\r\nActually it shouldn\'t be very difficult to find orange pumpkins in Sofia - I am sure you are familiar with all those people selling in random places and depending on the season cabbage, water melons, xmas trees, pumpkins, etc. Usually when there are green pumpkins, there will be also orange ones, just ask them for цигулка haha, and you are on your way to your баница с тиква :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11214,5712,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-10-18 10:50:09','2011-10-18 08:50:09','I\'m thinking of making pumpkin banitsa (тиквеник) this weekend sо you can surely have a piece or two when you come on Sunday (if you\'re lucky and I\'m still inspired to make it till the weekend). ;)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(16293,6243,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-02-08 13:16:50','2012-02-08 11:16:50','@Милен Hum. Thanks for the info. I suspected as much because really if students are going to school why are the rest of us?!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',16291,1),(18590,6501,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2012-04-08 06:26:05','2012-04-08 04:26:05','Was it a private home? It must have been amazing.  \r\n\r\nOn the other hand, your building across the street, appeared to be originally designed for apartments.  I did not get the impression it was a home remodeled into apartments.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(12651,5832,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-19 12:02:59','2011-11-19 10:02:59','@Комитата Ah! Thanks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12625,1),(11238,5712,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-18 18:45:34','2011-10-18 16:45:34','@Ivet Yum, yum, yum... тиквеник!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',11214,1),(11239,5712,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-18 18:52:56','2011-10-18 16:52:56','@Drun The pumpkins I know in the states are <a href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pumpkin&amp;um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;sa=N&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=637&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=Iw3QgPrUEc0ZlM:&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.aftonapple.com/pumpkins.htm&amp;docid=3XqJZAUHEu9C9M&amp;imgurl=http://www.aftonapple.com/pumpkins.jpg&amp;w=600&amp;h=432&amp;ei=062dTvaZFsbAtAaK-vGFCQ&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=646&amp;vpy=317&amp;dur=2125&amp;hovh=190&amp;hovw=265&amp;tx=105&amp;ty=91&amp;sig=118220026907221266453&amp;page=1&amp;tbnh=124&amp;tbnw=165&amp;start=0&amp;ndsp=22&amp;ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0\" rel=\"nofollow\">round and dark-orange</a> and orange inside and the ones I see all over Sofia are round and green on the outside and orange on the inside.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',11211,1),(16290,6208,'Bulgarian Excursions','bulgarianexcursions@aol.com','http://www.bulgarianexcursions.com','195.177.87.195','2012-02-08 13:02:49','2012-02-08 11:02:49','Although I am Bulgarian your comments about Bulgaria are always interesting for me as I get another point of view on Bulgaria and even learn new things. Keep travelling around Bulgaria, sharing your experience and making photos. You can even make some money from your hobby I think as some sites like mine about <a href=\"http://www.bulgarianexcursions.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">holidays in Bulgaria</a> might like and buy your photos.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:12.0a2) Gecko/20120206 Firefox/12.0a2','',0,0),(15690,6155,'Claudia Verellen','jcverellen@hotmail.com','','98.237.237.178','2012-01-23 03:46:55','2012-01-23 01:46:55','Glad you\'re feeling better.  I can imagine how much your parents worry with you being so far away!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7','',0,0),(16291,6243,'Милен','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.1','2012-02-08 13:08:11','2012-02-08 11:08:11','\"The email instructs us that while the kids aren’t coming in for school for three days because of the bad weather and unsafe road conditions as teachers we’re still expected to go to school!!\"\r\n\r\nApparently you should blame your principal for this. My mother is a teacher at a public school in Sofia and they are not required to go to school for these three day when the students will be off as well.\r\n\r\nYou could be grading papers, preparing lessons, etc. at home during these three days just as well.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61','',0,0),(11244,5712,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-10-18 21:16:01','2011-10-18 19:16:01','I was eating lunch and reading your blog.  I decided to google \"Dancing Pumpkins\".  There is a lot of stuff out there but here is one that people seem to love (kids) or hate. (adults?)\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZjc38FkJ84',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(11245,5712,'Lyubo','lyuboboy@abv.bg','','95.111.11.2','2011-10-18 21:39:36','2011-10-18 19:39:36','The best way is violin baked sugar/печена цигулка/ of oven or pumpkin with rice and milk!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',11239,0),(11246,5721,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2011-10-18 21:43:02','2011-10-18 19:43:02','I think I did better than Andreycho.  \r\nI listened to the whole thing, but after about 6 minutes in I could only understand Carolyn since there were no more subtitles.  (insert sad face here)\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(11247,5712,'Lyubo','lyuboboy@abv.bg','','95.111.11.2','2011-10-18 21:43:29','2011-10-18 19:43:29','http://www.picvalley.net/u/2445/2871318131498681911251465333j5tMHVKOhOd2gN5mfIf2.JPG',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',11239,0),(12837,5855,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-23 19:16:15','2011-11-23 17:16:15','@Janine Of course! I am happy to. I don\'t think that you\'re alone in all of this. It\'s hard work getting established in a new city--let alone a new country. Sometimes you have to cut yourself a little slack and be okay with being sad. It\'s only natural.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12823,1),(13541,5932,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-10 06:26:45','2011-12-10 04:26:45','@Mandi I\'d agree with that. Not all of the Bulgarian yogurt I\'ve had is quite as thick that that but the flavor  and texture of Bulgarian yogurt is pretty similar to that of the Trader Joe\'s Greet Yogurt (which I\'ve had and love).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13523,1),(21774,7013,'Green','zoro@abv.bg','','78.90.219.139','2012-08-18 07:15:34','2012-08-18 05:15:34','Hi K,\r\nI wonder what are you doing with the picked fruits and vegetables?\r\n\r\nBR\r\nG',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.79 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(22493,7148,'Cody','reverber@gmail.com','','206.18.112.129','2012-09-19 00:09:27','2012-09-18 22:09:27','I try boza every time I go to Bulgaria, hoping to acquire the taste, so far unsuccessfully. My wife grew up drinking it (accompanied by banitsa) as a schoolgirl in Sofia.  \r\nI have always read (and been told) it is made with millet/просо. (Of course I never thought to read the ingredients before.) This could be the difference that makes Harmonica taste better to you.\r\nThere was, IIRC, a boza craze in Europe a few years ago when it was rumored that regularly drinking boza could make a woman\'s breasts grow larger.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(13540,5949,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-10 06:24:01','2011-12-10 04:24:01','@Elena Well, welcome back! The grocery store Hit in Mladost is probably the best place to go for taco \"supplies\" salsa and flour tortillas. I have yet to see corn tortillas in Sofia.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13529,1),(11264,5721,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.128.98','2011-10-19 04:26:04','2011-10-19 02:26:04','Andreycho,\r\nThank you for the sub-titles and for posting the interview on You Tube.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11269,5721,'Adrian Nikolov','adrnikolov@yahoo.com','','75.25.59.1','2011-10-19 05:31:30','2011-10-19 03:31:30','Carolyn,\r\n\r\nI know Bulgarian well enough; English is my daily-life language and also the one I am trying to become better at, for about 20 years now. My opinion after watching the clip:\r\n\r\nYou are clearly the only person behaving normally and capable to handle (and lead) a conversation, being able to “commit to the moment”. The “hostess” is mediocre and unnecessarily enthusiastic, Tzvetana Maneva (referred to as “the old lady” in the subtitles) is un-adequate, and I have no idea why the lady next to you was there at all…\r\n\r\nI hope the Bulgarians participating in your life are open-minded enough to realize what a resource you are and try to intelligently learn from you.\r\n-Adrian',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; yie8)','',0,0),(11273,5721,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-19 06:45:21','2011-10-19 04:45:21','@MoM Well, I think it just depends on your working definition of \"better.\" I imagine that your version is much less snarky!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11246,1),(11274,5712,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-19 06:46:04','2011-10-19 04:46:04','@Lyubo Yum. This sounds great!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11245,1),(13437,5932,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-12-07 17:30:46','2011-12-07 15:30:46','You can also make \"таратор\" or \"айрян\" with the home made yogurt you have :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(13436,5939,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-12-07 16:53:09','2011-12-07 14:53:09','London and ...wait for it .... Paris!!! Are you going to have an amazing holiday or what? :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(12205,5791,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','217.228.48.112','2011-11-05 21:21:51','2011-11-05 19:21:51','You saved the best part of the story for the last blog, or at least that\'s the case for me!\r\n\r\nNow I am dreaming of going there:)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.106 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12678,5832,'Anon','anon@notmyemail.net','','207.38.198.74','2011-11-20 04:51:22','2011-11-20 02:51:22','This is my fave read on the topic. Very thorough, and, of course, probably uncomfortable for some. http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24','',0,0),(11305,5721,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-10-19 16:44:54','2011-10-19 14:44:54','I must agree with Adrian. The whole show - the `hostess` and both her Bulgarian guests have no clue at all what they are talking about. Only Carolyn is talking reasonably and is trying to make sense of it all. I wonder why our tax money is spent on such shows. \r\nBut, it\'s another piece of valuable Bulgarian experience for Carolyn and now we know for sure - we can lure her to spend here another year ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11308,5721,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-19 17:26:20','2011-10-19 15:26:20','@Комитата Ah! Thanks. The funny thing was that on the show, I was the one who felt a little crazy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',11305,1),(11311,5721,'sophillarosa','sophillarosa@gmail.com','http://sophiainbulgaria.blogspot.com/','92.247.200.131','2011-10-19 17:39:07','2011-10-19 15:39:07','I loved watching this! It felt like so many moments in my life when colleagues or students ask me if I\'m really happy in Bulgaria. And they\'re so surprised that I don\'t find it insufferable or at least difficult to put up with things here. Perhaps it helps that I don\'t understand all the background stuff, such as what the other guests on the show were talking about, or all the political nonsense... But I think it\'s wonderful that you can represent  such a positive outlook on things that many of us share.\r\n\r\nPS- You looked great! Very professional and cheerful, as always. :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11315,5721,'Mina','tytyhyhy@yahoo.com','','85.130.52.224','2011-10-19 18:51:36','2011-10-19 16:51:36','Tzvetana Maneva (“the old lady”!?) may not be commited to the moment but I\'d never call her inadequate. What would be the point of having as a guest someone at her age and with her wisdom and personality if you expect her to blabber some common nonsense anyway?\r\n\r\nAnd Carolyn, you looked great and your smile was so kind.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11317,5721,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-10-19 18:56:40','2011-10-19 16:56:40','@Mina Right! I have to say that Tzvetana Maneva was very nice to me. After the show BHT drove us all home and Tzvetana got out before me. She remembered my name and said good-bye to me. I thought she was lovely.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2','',11315,1),(12158,5780,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2011-11-04 09:30:37','2011-11-04 07:30:37','It looks like a boat to me, a gondola or something :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',12146,0),(14189,5999,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','http://delayeddepartures.blogspot.com','78.90.19.128','2011-12-22 14:13:10','2011-12-22 12:13:10','You\'ve inspired me :D I\'m making these for the Christmas Eve dinner table!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7','',14024,0),(12151,5761,'o.l.','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.176','2011-11-04 01:42:53','2011-11-03 23:42:53','Jenny, do you speak Bulgarian? Here\'s a recipe for skalichki that seems authentic. \r\nIn Bulgarian:\r\nСмиламе 2 пакета бисквити ( обикновени или Закуска). Прибавяме 250 гр. масло, 3 суп. лъж. какао, 1/2 ч. ч. прясно мляко, 1 ч. ч. пудра захар, 1 ч. ч. смлени орехови ядки и пакетче ванилия. Оставяме сместа за 1 час в хладилника. Оформяме малки скалички, които потапяме в шоколадова глазура (разтопен шоколад с бучка масло). Поръсваме ги с кокосови стърготини.\r\nIn English:\r\n250 g (about 0.5 lbs) of plain cookies, crushed. Basically any flour/sugar/butter cookie or shortbread would do. Add 250 g butter, 3 table spoons cocoa powder, 1/2 cup milk, 1 table spoon powdered sugar, 1 cup crushed walnuts, 0.2 g vanilla powder extract. Mix all the ingredients well and stick in the fridge for an hour. Then you roll into skalichki and dip them in melted chocolate/butter mixture. Sprinkle with coconut. Voila!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(15139,3578,'Christine','chris.niederberger@gmail.com','','68.39.177.36','2012-01-07 22:04:34','2012-01-07 20:04:34','Zdravej Karolinka,\r\n\r\nJust wanted to say \'kudos\' to you on a very successful and well-written blog!  Your stories really hit home for me since I am married to a Bulgarian and have spent some time in Bulgaria visiting family and traveling.  I really like your new Bulgarian blog on food and traveling!! Like you, I also really have a passion for Bulgaria, which is why I\'m looking to spend some time in Sofia this summer and do a Bulgarian language program.  \r\n\r\nI\'m wondering if you can give me some advice.  You\'ve clearly taught English for many years now and are familiar with the capital...while in Sofia, I would like to teach EFL perhaps part-time or with a short term intensive English langauge program.  Are you familiar with any programs at the American College of Sofia?  I have been an ESL teacher in the States for five years now.  \r\n\r\nHope you had a nice holiday season....we made Banitza for New Year\'s here at home and even put in the little \'kusmeti\'!  Christmas time and New Year\'s in Bulgaria is always a special time. : )\r\n\r\nChestita Nova Godina!\r\nChris',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; MS-RTC LM 8; SLCC1; MS-RTC S; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.3; USPortal)','',0,0),(12728,5842,'Miroslav S.','wildroosters@yahoo.com','','85.118.193.146','2011-11-21 14:39:11','2011-11-21 12:39:11','I ride the metro everyday and I makes me crazy. I had been used to riding the metro in New York, but the cars there are wider and there are less riders. I always seemed to get a seat on the NY subway, but in Sofia I always stand. I think it\'s the mass of people that ride transit here in Sofia that make it cut throat. At rush hour, if I don\'t plan to be quick about getting a seat, then I won\'t get one. And everyone else feels this same way. The only thing that I feel bad about is as a gentleman, I should always give my seat to an elder or a lady, but if I played by these rules, then I would never ever get a seat in any case. After working 10 hours a day on my feet, I\'ll take the blame for not being a gentleman.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',12721,0),(12740,3578,'rocket','r-33@hotmail.fr','','87.126.173.150','2011-11-21 19:22:30','2011-11-21 17:22:30','hey kiki :)  just came across your 5th ave pizza review and figured id reach out to more anglos here :) no triabva da govorya v bulgarski sushto :)  do skoro!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.04 Chromium/14.0.835.202 Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12741,5842,'Rumi','rumyana_d_dimitrova@mail.bg','','95.111.32.27','2011-11-21 19:27:20','2011-11-21 17:27:20','I share your sentiment about standing on the right - nobodu does it and it drives me crazy. I was in Seoul where the metro is big and nice and there everybody kept that rule although, trust me, if you think Sofia metro is crowded then I would never reccommend you going to Asia...\r\nBut I think the problem with standing on the right is that people just do not know this rule. I have seen just some small sticker at the National Stadium station and they are not easy to notice. So people are not to blame although I do admit I sometimes get so irritated that I just tell those standing in front of me at the escalator \"Stand on the right, please!!!\"\r\nI don\'t understand the etiquette of not making an eye contact though but maybe it\'s a cultural thing - some peoples are just colder and some are warmer. I personally prefer the warm ones ;) But I have met and had wonderful conversations with many people I met on the train, bus, etc. One friend from London was so shocked that I had done this and said that he would never think of talking to random strangers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12742,3578,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-21 19:29:00','2011-11-21 17:29:00','@rocket Hey thanks! How long have you been in Sofia?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12740,1),(12750,5676,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-21 22:01:40','2011-11-21 20:01:40','@Cvetan Thanks for the comment!! I am not sure that I\'ll ever find the same kind of hamburger that my dAd makes but here\'s a little more to add to the mix. I read this review of a hamburger on this Peace Corps Volunteer\'s blog about a <a href=\"http://sofiqm.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/shimmy-shimmy-ya/\" rel=\"nofollow\">17 leva hamburger</a>. She claims it\'s well worth it. I don\'t know. That seems a little crazy. But maybe it\'s worth checking out. It\'s at Concept Cafe and Restaurant (12 Ivan Vazov Street).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12537,1),(13409,5932,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','174.23.127.126','2011-12-07 01:16:53','2011-12-06 23:16:53','I want to like yogurt. I really do! I just can\'t get over the tanginess, makes me think it\'s gone bad even when it hasn\'t. I have read a lot about Lactobacillus bulgaricus, it sounds like it\'s amazing for digestive health. Maybe I will be adventurous when I get to BG and give yogurt another try.  \r\n\r\nGood luck eating all yours before it goes bad and in your yogurt making endeavors!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12752,5842,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-21 22:43:47','2011-11-21 20:43:47','@Rumi Ah, good to know about the signs!! I\'ll keep to the right.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12741,1),(12177,2832,'Beth Dawson','Beth.dawson2963@gmail.com','','212.73.134.134','2011-11-05 00:24:20','2011-11-04 22:24:20','Just had some of this wine here in\r\nBulgaria. Any idea where we can buy it in the US?',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(11399,5733,'The Sad Troll','sadtrolllllllll@obviouslyfakemail.bg','http://thesadtroll.blogspot.com/','95.63.37.194','2011-10-20 23:07:32','2011-10-20 21:07:32','who gives a shit?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12778,5845,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','77.77.32.200','2011-11-22 13:06:30','2011-11-22 11:06:30','Where did you get the червени боровинки? (lingonberries, Vaccinium vitis-idaea)? I thought they went out of season recently, did you find them frozen? Are the darker ones dried cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon)? Is there any way to buy them somewhere in Sofia?\r\n\r\nThanks in advance :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(12780,5845,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-11-22 13:54:38','2011-11-22 11:54:38','@Krum The cranberries in this recipe are dried. You find them at Hit and sometimes at Billa. Last year for a very, very sort time there were fresh cranberries in bags at Hit. I haven\'t seen any this year. Then again I have stepped foot in Hit in at least two months...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12778,1),(11428,5737,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','85.130.6.235','2011-10-21 14:33:27','2011-10-21 12:33:27','Ten years younger and prettier. Thumbs up!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(11429,5737,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-10-21 14:50:18','2011-10-21 12:50:18','@Комитата Ha, ha, ha. I guess that 30 is the new 20!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',11428,1),(12781,5845,'Uncle Jim','jfemigh@aol.com','','99.122.44.100','2011-11-22 14:07:20','2011-11-22 12:07:20','Great Grandma Who Who would be proud of you!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(12223,5795,'Anonimnik','notmyemail@notmyemail.com','','207.38.198.74','2011-11-06 17:25:31','2011-11-06 15:25:31','IMO there are two ways to interpret \"kyufteta from meat\" (1) a humorous reference to \"kayma from meat\" (ground meat from meat), that is, ground meat not having cheap extenders: store-bought kayma has been notorious for many years for having added ingredients, and/or  (2) it may also refer to the usual practice of adding bread (or breadcrumbs) to meatballs in many recipes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23','',0,0),(12220,5795,'Andrey','nero2@abv.bg','http://wahregedanken.blogspot.com','77.70.61.85','2011-11-06 16:02:00','2011-11-06 14:02:00','\"Kufteta with meat\" are advertised as such, because in the past kufteta were mabe from everything...literally. Kufteta are made by mostly from Ground meat, which can contain some non-eatable parts of the animal for cheaper producing. I think SkaraBar wanted to say with \"...from meat\", that their kufteta are made by 100% meat(pork and beaf)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(18064,6452,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.53.10','2012-03-27 03:00:04','2012-03-27 01:00:04','The Faculty Follies feels like it has been going on for some time now.  Night after night as in the 22nd, the 23rd, the 24th, the 25th and the 26th (so far).  Quite an event!  Why do I say this?  Every time I visit your page I read \"Tonight! Faculty Follies\" and I think, oh gosh, again tonight?  Oops, no that was last week.  So how did it go? And what was the poem?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.1.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(12789,5845,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-11-22 16:12:05','2011-11-22 14:12:05','Wow, you even have table decorations!  Remarkable work all the way around. Beautiful dressing and turkeys. What interests me a lot are all those ovens - at least a dozen on both sides of you.  It\'s hard to imagine using so many ovens even in a school lunchroom.  How many people does the school typically serve in a day? How many ovens are there?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(12790,5842,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.213','2011-11-22 17:28:31','2011-11-22 15:28:31','I saw signs that read \"stand to the right\" when I was in Vienna, but there were still people on the left. I guess people here just don\'t think about how the whole thing would work faster. Same as with getting on and off - they don\'t think. I always try to stand to the side while there are people getting out. When it\'s me that wants out and there\'s a crowd in front, I tend to be mean and just pass by them REALLY close. Enough to make them as uncomfortable as possible, without actually bumping into them. In some cases I make it look like I barely stopped myself from crashing into them, because they\'re in the way. Hopefully next time they\'ll stand to the side, when someone\'s getting out. \r\nThe ticket hole is uncomfortable, but for me it\'s not because it\'s on the left - I have two hands, I just grab my ticket in the left one. I\'ve never put it there with my right hand. However, because the bars are closer together on the left, one tends to stay further to the right, therefore the ticket hole is not as close to the body, as it would\'ve been on the right.\r\nMy solution for the escalators is simple - I take the stairs. It\'s faster and it\'s fun to watch the crowds at the bottom of the escalator. Silly people.\r\nAnd I didn\'t know that thing about the eye contact in DC. I\'ll keep that in mind, if I go there. Here there\'s not much to do other than to look around at people. It\'s not like you can enjoy the view from the window. You don\'t stare, but if you meet someone\'s eyes, big deal. It just means they are looking at you as well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111121 Firefox/11.0a1','',0,0),(12791,5813,'A’Tuin Coffee &amp; Dinner','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=325','91.196.124.221','2011-11-22 17:40:22','2011-11-22 15:40:22','[...] A&rsquo;Tuin Coffee &amp; Dinner  чрез Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria &#1086;&#1090; karolinka на 11-11-12 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.2.1','pingback',0,0),(12824,5855,'Janine','janinevassilev@gmail.com','','130.204.194.218','2011-11-23 13:10:12','2011-11-23 11:10:12','Hi Whitney.\r\nMy name is Janine, and am the persone who asked Carolyn for the advise. I to am married to a Bulgarian man, and yes it is great to have your own translater. It is not an easy move to make and leaving my family behind was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do. My husband arrived in BG 6 months befor i arrived, so i was lucky to land and arrive to a home that was already up and running. We have a 2 year old daughter, who was so good on the flight here, in general, she is very good. Having family and friends does make the move alot easier, and I hope that you enjoy your stay. Dont get shocked when you do have small breakdowns, they do happen, just go with the flow, they get better, as Carolyn said, but it takes time, and even then, you will still have those days. \r\nI would love to become friends, as I think we will be able to relate to many things.\r\nYou can email me T janinevassilev@gmail.com\r\nHope you have a safe flight.\r\nRegards\r\nJanine',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',12820,0),(18669,6526,'Blogging Sofia | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=3276','91.196.124.221','2012-04-10 01:45:59','2012-04-09 23:45:59','[...] Blogging Sofia  чрез Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria &#1086;&#1090; karolinka на 12-4-8 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(12265,5802,'Peshka','petarzahariev@abv.bg','','87.126.98.25','2011-11-07 22:44:58','2011-11-07 20:44:58','i guess it means \"obicham te\" - \"i love you\"... watching it for 5 minutes now and this is the best i can think of..',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010031422 Firefox/3.0.19','',0,0),(12266,5802,'Andreytcho','blog@andreytcho.com','http://andreytcho.com','92.247.223.191','2011-11-07 22:47:10','2011-11-07 20:47:10','It\'s one of those signs that don\'t mean anything, but makes you think WTF. Then it turns out it\'s something totally not worth your time :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(12263,5795,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-07 21:54:07','2011-11-07 19:54:07','@sophillarosa Yes, please! Do you have plans for this weekend?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12259,1),(12261,5795,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-07 21:51:02','2011-11-07 19:51:02','@Charlotte I don\'t know. I a kilo is a lot of meat but we can give it a go when you come to visit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12255,1),(12262,5795,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-11-07 21:52:46','2011-11-07 19:52:46','@Krum Thanks for the confirmation! I knew that SkaraBar was delicious. It\'s nice to hear it from someone else as well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',12258,1),(12259,5795,'sophillarosa','sophillarosa@gmail.com','http://sophiainbulgaria.blogspot.com/','92.247.229.189','2011-11-07 21:18:45','2011-11-07 19:18:45','yum yum yum! hope the three of us can hang out together soon!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.106 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(12258,5795,'Krum','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.162.14','2011-11-07 20:45:10','2011-11-07 18:45:10','As a Bulgarian who\'s had kyufteta and similar things in a lot of palces all my life, in both Bulgaria and in neighbouring countires, Skara Bar definitely has the best kyufteta in Bulgaria, and possibly on the Balkans. And more importantly they\'ve maintained the quality for years, although at one point they had to switch from two kyufteta or kebapcheta per dish to three.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11492,5742,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','72.147.139.170','2011-10-22 17:58:09','2011-10-22 15:58:09','Wonderful, I love this.  Must send it to Chris.  There is a unicycle painted on the asphalt in our park right along with a bike.  It\'s a notice that you must watch for people cycling that he loves. But this is better.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2011091218 Camino/2.0.9 (like Firefox/3.0.19)','',0,0),(18025,6452,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2012-03-25 23:11:30','2012-03-25 21:11:30','Is the poem a secret? ;-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.83 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(15242,6075,'Nacho','nachoyague@gmail.com','http://www.nachoyague.net','78.128.95.179','2012-01-10 20:56:12','2012-01-10 18:56:12','Any recommendation? .. I got totally identified by your post cos i use to travel that way.. And as you... I´ve never been in London Before .. I´m going there for 4 days in March..\r\nAny TO DO stuff ? :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(15243,6052,'Nacho','nachoyague@gmail.com','http://www.nachoyague.net','78.128.95.179','2012-01-10 21:00:53','2012-01-10 19:00:53','If you are looking a good art releated Magazine, Check JUXTAPOZ  http://www.juxtapoz.com/',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(12255,5795,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2011-11-07 19:54:51','2011-11-07 17:54:51','For the record, I would totally order meat by the kilo with you! This looks delicious.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(12246,5791,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.211','2011-11-07 12:00:54','2011-11-07 10:00:54','Ug, I hate having to wait in line when I go somewhere. I remember wasting at least an hour at the line for the Berlin TV tower. And that\'s after sitting for another hour at the cafe, waiting for our number to come up. But still, I\'d wait that and more for the Sistine Chapel. \r\nAlso, that photo up there - pretty cool!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20111106 Firefox/10.0a1','',0,0),(12243,3581,'hudaska liliya','lili86_39@mail.ru','','85.26.186.126','2011-11-07 10:52:43','2011-11-07 08:52:43','здравствуйте королина я видела,что вы искали сведения о моем дедушке Худаска Эдгард Августович,я хотела уточнить -вы по просьбе кого-то искали,или он ваш родственник,ответьт пожалуйста',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; ru; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23','',0,0),(12820,5855,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','67.2.41.156','2011-11-23 09:11:01','2011-11-23 07:11:01','Carolyn, \r\n\r\nAs someone who is moving to Bulgaria in just over a month, this post was timely.\r\n\r\nMany thanks to the person who asked you the question, it\'s one I have often wondered about myself.  \r\n\r\nI know that I will miss home at times and that it will be a HUGE adjustment for me, but I am so looking forward to the adventure. \r\n\r\nI think in my case, it helps that I am married to a Bulgarian and, thus, have a built in network of family and friends (as well as a translator) from the moment I step off the plane. I do think, however, that this could also give me a false sense of security and limit how much I learn and \"put myself out there.\" So, I am making it a goal to get out on my own, learn the language, make friends, and just generally explore the new country I call home.\r\n\r\nI feel truly blessed to have this opportunity, which is one many people dream of having but never do. I am sure you feel the same way. \r\n\r\nThanks for the advice on what to do when the homesickness and blues find me. It\'s a huge help knowing others are in the same situation and are thriving. \r\n\r\nHoping we can meet up some time in Sofia, \r\n\r\nWhitney',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(11507,5742,'Nikola','snoop4oo@gmail.com','http://www.nikolaovcharski.com/blog/','95.111.70.250','2011-10-22 21:28:51','2011-10-22 19:28:51','Haha, It is very good',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',0,0),(12823,5855,'Janine','janinevassilev@gmail.com','','130.204.194.218','2011-11-23 12:59:09','2011-11-23 10:59:09','Hi, just want to say thanks for the time you have taken to reply to me. Knowing that I am not th eonly one to feel or to have felt like this does help. I miss my family in SA alot, but I have so much to be happy for here in BG. Its like you said, all will be fine, and then all of a sudden you feel low.  I find myself feeling sad for my daughter, alothugh she is only 2, she has no friends, as the other Bulgarian children her age are not happy to accept a new face, and they often land up running away from her or swearing at her, and as a mom that is truely heartbreaking to see your child go through. It seems t times we are each others only friends. I have managed to find a play group for her, so i hope that it will be a help. She as well as I, have to start learning Bulgarian more seriously. \r\nAnyways, thanks once again. \r\nRegards\r\n\r\nJanine',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(12314,5802,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-11-09 08:26:04','2011-11-09 06:26:04','@dAd well apparently all it takes is my dAd and google to solve the mysteries of life.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',12312,1),(12312,5802,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2011-11-09 07:28:14','2011-11-09 05:28:14','I don\'t think that some old guy would have to suggest to a young and cool-ish individual that she could do a Google Search for \"@\',Mmmmm@~te!\".  She might find a You-Tube piece... dAd',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(20964,6873,'Kellie Gurgutov','connorsk@gmail.com','','15.195.185.82','2012-07-13 08:47:17','2012-07-13 06:47:17','sounds amazing...... look forward to heaing more',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3)','',0,0),(16496,6238,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-14 18:33:34','2012-02-14 16:33:34','@Lubo This whole thing is a very interesting problem. Thanks for the article.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16495,1),(20171,6792,'MerlinAndRebecca','merlinandrebecca@gmail.com','http://merlinandrebecca.com','46.252.53.68','2012-06-11 18:55:07','2012-06-11 16:55:07','Hi Karolinka! Not sure of another way to contact you about meeting up in Sofia.  We got your email and now have set dates for the city.  Email us? (merlinandrebecca@gmail.com)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(16495,6238,'Lubo','lluubboo@gmail.com','http://architectbulgaria.com/','79.100.13.46','2012-02-14 18:28:59','2012-02-14 16:28:59','This relates to the Slovak survey mentioned above. Only Milka was complemented for selling goods of the same quality in both Eastern and Western Europe. More on this: http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=856635',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.77 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(13518,5545,'Tampons, Peanut Butter, and Ziploc bags &laquo; Girl Meets Bulgaria','','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com/2011/12/09/tampons-peanut-butter-and-ziploc-bags/','72.232.7.64','2011-12-09 14:19:27','2011-12-09 12:19:27','[...] (Thanks, Karolinka, for the tip on tampons!) [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(21695,6980,'Elena','el4o2_bear@abv.bg','','85.187.154.18','2012-08-14 21:15:31','2012-08-14 19:15:31','Congratulations for your brother\'s wedding!\r\n\r\nP.S. Your hair do really looks perfect :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.75 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(21696,6994,'R.','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','76.111.70.229','2012-08-14 21:58:29','2012-08-14 19:58:29','R. would like to state for the record that I think that rakiya got extra strong in your basement! \r\n\r\nOr I have gotten extra-boring in my 3 years back in the states. There needs to be more rakiya in the U.S. higher education system!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',0,0),(23036,7246,'Drun','imsi@gmx.com','','173.36.196.7','2012-10-17 17:12:18','2012-10-17 15:12:18','Ooh, this is good, I hope they open it soon as this is my junk food of choice (if I have no choice and should go for junk food haha). But I am curious to see if it will make it in Bulgaria :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0','',0,0),(18873,6531,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','71.219.142.236','2012-04-17 07:36:06','2012-04-17 05:36:06','I completely agree with you, Carolyn. There is something magic about Veliko Tarnovo. I only visited once about a month ago (and even hurt myself), but I have such fond memories of the city. It is one that I definitely plan on visiting many more times in the future and I also cannot imagine ever tiring of it. \r\n\r\nI am looking forward to seeing more posts on your Spring Break travels. I hope to visit Romania soon after I return to Bulgaria, so I am looking to your posts for some advice and inspiration!\r\n\r\nHappy {late} Easter, btw!\r\n\r\n-Whit',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(21974,7026,'ol','olix@seznam.sk','','88.203.248.189','2012-08-23 12:10:16','2012-08-23 10:10:16','It reminds me of my childhood. I love cabins, creeks and breakfast in the morning. Everything tastes better!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',0,0),(21975,749,'Vlado','Vlado_pmg@yahoo.com','','85.95.85.118','2012-08-23 14:28:35','2012-08-23 12:28:35','Stop lying. Bulgarian boza has got nothing to do with the Turkish junk named after the Bulgarian drink - it\'s not even produced from the same ingredients.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',450,0),(20517,6831,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-06-24 19:35:08','2012-06-24 17:35:08','@Stan Aw. What a nice thing to say. I had a great time at the lake and I am looking forward to going back. I adore mussels so maybe I\'ll track down the restaurant that you\'ve recommended next time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.56 Safari/536.5','',20510,1),(20518,6831,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-06-24 19:43:51','2012-06-24 17:43:51','@K I think there\'s a pretty good chance that it was a сом or in English a catfish. The pictures that I googled showed GIANT versions of the fish but I scaled it down in my mind and it seems like a good fit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.56 Safari/536.5','',20512,1),(22372,7145,'Maggie','magskortcheva@gmail.com','','84.40.91.202','2012-09-15 11:17:02','2012-09-15 09:17:02','You can usually find it in the bigger bookstores/printing centers like Orange, OfficeOne, Mania Print. Asking for картон size A4 should do the trick.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_4) AppleWebKit/536.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Safari/536.25','',0,0),(24982,7467,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','68.189.139.105','2013-01-24 07:48:46','2013-01-24 05:48:46','I\'ve watched the weather in Sofia and since the it has been purely \"winter\" I think you have a right to be uninspired. \r\nWhen you were in Walla Walla in August and bought more than one pair of winter boots I expected to read about them.  How are they working out for you on the slippery cobblestones of your adopted city? Just don\'t tell me you were wearing a pair of those new boots when you broke that bone in your hand.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0','',0,0),(22371,1844,'Paola','plat_12@hotmail.com','','46.249.71.81','2012-09-15 08:16:04','2012-09-15 06:16:04','Hi!\r\nOn my search for helpful sites about Bulgaria I found your blog and quickly was like....\"hey, I know her!\" :D\r\nIt\'s Kevin\'s wife here, just to say hi and that I really like your posts. \r\nSee you around!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_4) AppleWebKit/536.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Safari/536.25','',0,0),(22331,7138,'Yana','y.makaveeva@gmail.com','http://-','92.98.48.177','2012-09-13 00:51:57','2012-09-12 22:51:57','Hey Carolyn,\r\nI\'m following your blog for quite sometime, and seeing this post I couldn\'t stop myself but offer to help.\r\nI think I can help you with the homemade cheese. The kit is not as important as the process so let me know if you still need a hand.\r\n\r\nHave amazing day,\r\nYana :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(20516,6831,'Drun','imsi@gmx.com','','190.143.167.149','2012-06-24 18:46:19','2012-06-24 16:46:19','I really like seeing you converting into a Bulgarian :) Having beers every now and then. And not bothering with what signs say, hahaha. Good life!\r\n\r\nEnjoy!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1','',0,0),(18880,6531,'Dropping in on Veliko Tarnovo | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=3294','91.196.124.221','2012-04-17 13:35:23','2012-04-17 11:35:23','[...] Dropping in on Veliko Tarnovo  чрез Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria &#1086;&#1090; karolinka на 12-4-16 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(24401,7417,'Melly','melissa@melissaroberts.org','','108.54.27.220','2012-12-22 18:44:11','2012-12-22 16:44:11','Karolinka, capelets have your name all over them! You should DEFINITELY get one. So sorry to hear about your hand, hope it heals quickly and that you have a good Christmas / New Years. xoxoxoxo',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0','',0,0),(22381,7145,'Juliana','julianawilhoit@hotmail.com','','77.85.231.20','2012-09-15 16:30:33','2012-09-15 14:30:33','I found it at Carrefore the other day, a large pack for about 3 leva.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_4) AppleWebKit/536.25 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Safari/536.25','',0,0),(25443,3790,'Nom nom nom&#8230; | Not all who wander are lost','','http://notallwhowander2.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/nom-nom-nom/','76.74.248.215','2013-02-23 13:17:17','2013-02-23 11:17:17','[...] yesterday I danced in a Balkan dance festival (alas, no traditional costumes). I defer you to my colleague&#8217;s blog for details and her photos. Some more pictures and possibly video to [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(23979,7358,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-12-03 06:47:18','2012-12-03 04:47:18','Quick update: I\'ve contacted everyone who\'s left me a comment on the blog and I\'ll put your postcards in the mail this week. Anyone else who would like a postcard just leave me a comment and I\'ll get in touch with you. I know that I said in my post I\'d send out 5-10 but my MoM gave me a donation to help support the Rozhen Observatory and the ACS fundraiser so I can now easily send out 15 additional post cards!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/23.0.1271.95 Safari/537.11','',0,1),(22091,7098,'Melly','melissa@melissaroberts.org','','108.46.110.103','2012-08-29 17:33:57','2012-08-29 15:33:57','Whoa, year five?!?! That doesn\'t seem possible. Just stopping in to say hi. Miss you, friend! xoxo',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',0,0),(22092,7098,'pei wu','peisquared@gmail.com','','46.249.71.79','2012-08-29 18:31:16','2012-08-29 16:31:16','They only closed down the area behind Billa more restrictively today, though the construction\'s been there for a while. They do leave the area open before and after the main work crews are there, so you don\'t always have to walk around - I got through this morning at about 8:30 and just now around 7:00 p.m. I\'m not sure you\'re actually SUPPOSED to walk through it even then, but everyone does, and the workers have never said anything to me. \r\n\r\nAlso Billa now has the delicious Elite crackers that the snack bar at school has (maybe I am late to the party, but I\'d never seen them there before).\r\n\r\nI thought you weren\'t going to read Divergent/Insurgent until the 3rd book came out, eh?? ;-)\r\n\r\nWelcome back, karolinka! Look forward to catching up soon.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.83 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(13523,5932,'Mandi','mandirhall@gmail.com','','216.141.152.163','2011-12-09 18:57:37','2011-12-09 16:57:37','Trader Joe\'s has a super thick Greek yogurt that his BG aunts say closest resembles Bulgarian yogurt...  I have been so nervous to make it myself! Your blog has inspired me, though... So, we\'ll see! So for now, I\'m training my tastebuds to love the super-thick plain Greek kind for any future trips to Sofia!  :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',13401,0),(13529,5949,'Elena','elena.radeva@gmail.com','','85.187.23.87','2011-12-09 21:15:46','2011-12-09 19:15:46','Oh, tacos in Sofia! I just recently (less than a month ago) moved back to Sofia after 11 years in Dallas, Texas. Still enjoying the traditional Bulgarian food I\'ve missed so much but sometime soon I know I would start craving Mexican food...Good to know I can buy ingredients (taco shells or tortillas) from here.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.874.121 Safari/535.2','',0,0),(15951,6192,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-30 08:40:08','2012-01-30 06:40:08','@momchil sounds good to me. I love a good festival!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15935,1),(16502,6255,'Elizabeth','robichaux.e@gmail.com','','74.80.47.29','2012-02-15 03:26:32','2012-02-15 01:26:32','Can you please explain what a marshrutka is? I haven\'t heard of it yet.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(20567,6837,'Sarah','sarahreid1@gmail.com','http://dailynibbles.com','132.198.28.39','2012-06-27 05:14:47','2012-06-27 03:14:47','I just got Gone Girl for my ereader! I\'ve heard it\'s an exciting summer read, and I figure I\'ll need something light from work/trying to learn Japanese.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.57.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.7 Safari/534.57.2','',0,0),(16504,6255,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-15 06:38:33','2012-02-15 04:38:33','@dimi Absolutely!! I can\'t agree more. Unfortunately until fines are in line with fines in Western Europe we\'re not actually funding and supporting public transport.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16473,1),(16505,6255,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-15 06:42:34','2012-02-15 04:42:34','@Elizabeth Marshrutkas are privately owned mini-buses that run specific routes that the city transport lines do not. They are slightly more expensive 1.50 leva versus 1 lev and they do not stop at designated bus stops you just tell the driver when you want to get off. Likewise, you can flag the marshrutka down anywhere on its route. Here\'s what <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshrutka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wikipedia has to say about marshrutkas</a>.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16502,1),(17667,5795,'Tram Lines #20: Opalchenska Metrostation to Iskar Depot, and #23: Mladezhki Teatur to Druzhba 2 &laquo; Running for the Bus as the Doors are Closing&#8230;','','http://sofiapublictransport.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/tram-lines-20-opalchenska-metrostation-to-iskar-depot-and-23-mladezhki-teatur-to-druzhba-2/','69.170.134.166','2012-03-18 12:41:12','2012-03-18 10:41:12','[...] fast food, one again without any soy fillers. I went a couple of months ago with my friend Ms. K. Past the canal, the Sakazov turns into Boulevard Madrid. At the end of Madrid at the Poduyane [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(17067,6343,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-03-02 06:41:48','2012-03-02 04:41:48','@Robyn! We missed you too. There was a lot of laughing about a certain night in Sofia a few years ago!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',17054,1),(17068,6353,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-03-02 06:43:08','2012-03-02 04:43:08','@Robyn! Don\'t worry, I am wearing a martenitsa just for you and when/if spring ever arrives, I\'ll hang it on a blooming tree for you too!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',17053,1),(17069,6353,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-03-02 06:45:33','2012-03-02 04:45:33','@Спас Колев Interesting! I\'d always kind of wondered about the story and the way Baba Marta and Khan Asparuh got together on the 1st of March. It seemed an unlikely pair. As in, not a likely grouping of myths for the same day and the same activity.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',17032,1),(13655,418,'Tina','tina@sweetsbytina.com','','46.12.171.80','2011-12-12 18:12:53','2011-12-12 16:12:53','Thanks Carolyn for your reply :)  I think Bulgarian classes are a must.  If we do decide to move I will try to contact you, would be mice to meet you some time in the near future (by the way my husband is American too). I also have a home-based cupcake business which I would love to move to Sofia :)  Let\'s see what the future holds for us!\r\n\r\nTake care,\r\n\r\nTina',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.51.22 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.1 Safari/534.51.22','',13645,0),(13663,418,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-12 20:37:22','2011-12-12 18:37:22','@Tina Of course!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13655,1),(13829,5977,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.wordpress.com','174.23.127.126','2011-12-16 10:21:41','2011-12-16 08:21:41','I for one am jealous! I would love a couple of notebooks like that. I would use them for my Bulgarian language lessons. I\'ll have to search for some of my own when I get to Sofia.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(13830,5977,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-16 10:35:39','2011-12-16 08:35:39','Good point! @Ivet. I guess it\'s just the crazy foreigners who are going to be fighting over these notebooks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13826,1),(13831,5977,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2011-12-16 10:36:54','2011-12-16 08:36:54','@Whitney I\'ll keep my eye for you!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',13829,1),(13842,5959,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2011-12-16 18:50:47','2011-12-16 16:50:47','Please note that Karolinka directs you to the recipe above.  Please feel free to follow the directions.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13718,0),(13849,5973,'des von bladet','piginawig@dairyland.com','','77.160.34.215','2011-12-16 22:29:22','2011-12-16 20:29:22','(The second link (to The Migrant Bookclub) goes to Amazon.)\r\n\r\nThanks, I shall add these to my Infinite Reading List.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0','',0,0),(19183,6603,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.9','2012-04-30 20:04:30','2012-04-30 18:04:30','I\'ve never done yoga, so I don\'t know if and how it affects the toes, but I know how hard the going part can be in such things. I do weightlifting three times a week and quite often I\'ve had some reason not to go. Maybe I didn\'t get enough sleep last night, or I had work to do that day, or a million other things. So instead of missing workouts, I structured other stuff around them. You could do the same. I don\'t mean actually shuffle your schedule, but just think about yoga as the main thing you\'re doing that day. Like you don\'t have to go to yoga after school, you just have some classes before the yoga. And after yoga time, there\'ll be some dinnermaking and grading and what not.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0','',0,0),(13879,5986,'TN','tsvetty@yahoo.com','','82.137.110.61','2011-12-17 10:40:27','2011-12-17 08:40:27',':) It actually says on the slip that you have to go to blok. 555. This is where the postal office for your neighborhood is. \r\nOn the slip it is also marked that it is not a package but a large letter. Usually this means a book!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(18197,418,'Maeve','maevefmurray@gmail.com','','149.125.199.196','2012-03-29 20:41:47','2012-03-29 18:41:47','Hi Carolyn,\r\n\r\nI love your blog! I\'m an undergraduate student in the US and just found out I\'ve been selected as a Fulbright ETA in Bulgaria! I\'ve been trying to find the exact dates of the program, but the most any site says is September 2012-June 2013. Do you remember approximately when your Fulbright grant started and ended? (I have a possible commitment starting in June 2013 and want to know how much the two programs will conflict). Thanks so much!\r\n\r\nAll the best,\r\nMaeve',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.83 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(18199,6471,'P','preslava.laskova@gmail.com','','46.249.71.182','2012-03-29 21:07:58','2012-03-29 19:07:58','I had some bad experience with Greenberg as well:\r\n1. Needed my results in english - had to go back 3 times because of incomplete reports (for the record - I had very clear written instructions), not to mention the spelling mistakes.\r\n2. Had to go through some sexist comments as well - unprofessional, unacceptable, unexpected.\r\n2. Ended up being charged 30% more than they initially told me. Their comment \"Don\'t worry, you\'ll make the money\"\r\nNever going there again!!!\r\n\r\nAnyways, I hope you are feeling much much better. Can\'t wait to read about your next adventure or cooking advice :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0','',0,0),(13884,5977,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-17 14:12:55','2011-12-17 12:12:55','I agree with you and Whitney.  These notebooks are charming.  Jack asked Beth to bring him everyday things from Russia.  Among the items she chose were toothpaste and handlotion.  Too bad she wasn\'t in Bulgaria the home of exotic notebooks!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.1.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(18555,6501,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-04-07 10:57:47','2012-04-07 08:57:47','Ah I had no idea who he was. Thanks!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.6; en-us; GT-N7000 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1','',18516,1),(19386,6663,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-05-09 23:26:44','2012-05-09 21:26:44','Okay, I am sorry to spam here so much on one evening but I have skimmed through the 90 or so pages of literary delight that are the ministry\'s proposal and wanted to share some of the interesting stuff. In general nothing shocking but since you\'re a teacher it\'s always good to know whats going on. (FYI that\'s the original in Bulgarian: http://bit.ly/KblRhQ )\r\n\r\n-Paragraph 10 states, that international schools continue to operate under the agreement they were founded. (ACS is both Bulgarian and US certified, so I don\'t know which one would take presedence.)\r\n\r\nThe worrysome part might article 213 that states:\r\n(1) The positions of pedagogical (that right?) specialists are filled by Bulgarian citizens... [blah, blah boring stuff]\r\n(2) Then the second part talks about principals. \r\n[groan!]\r\n(3) The positions of pedagogical specialists can also be taken by:\r\n---1. Citizens of other member states. [i.e. of the EU]\r\n---2. Other nationals who are appointed by force of an international agreement.\r\n---3. Other foreign nationals with permanent residence.\r\n[My read of this is: The Ministry of Education wants you to have a valid visa to employ you. The agency that grants the permanent residency visa wants you to have work to get you the visa. I.e. no one wants to take responsibility and as long as you find an employer you\'re fine.]\r\n\r\nNothing shoking and the draft was entered for review by a committee so things may change and stuff. But anyway, legislatively I\'d be on the watchout for new laws concerning visa granting and work permits, not the education stuff.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(19384,6663,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-05-09 22:28:38','2012-05-09 20:28:38','Hey, I\'ll dig into this piece of legislation once I can dig myself out of underneath my pile of tasks but at first glance: don\'t worry! I have been living abroad forever and this is the most regular thing everywhere. In Austria before we entered the EU I had to prove that no Austrian or other EU citizen was suitable for a job to get a work permit. My friends who work in the States say that their company needs to prove to the US immigration office that they need that skilled worker. So I guess its will be just the same thing. \r\n\r\nBut guess what! English is required to teach English and you\'re native. Hence you\'ll be the most suitable for the job and get it anyway. Besides if a private institution claims they need a certain educated person for a position neither US immigration is able to really argue against a Bulgarian citizen, nor Sofia or Burssels can stop them from hiring an US citizen.  (Besides you have your permit already and once you get it it\'s really hard to revoke it or not extend it unless you comit a crime, even in Bulgaria. )\r\n\r\nCheers and please don\'t worry!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(13888,5986,'Yana','yana1608@yahoo.com','','88.73.129.199','2011-12-17 15:28:44','2011-12-17 13:28:44','The package slip says that it is a small package or a letter (not clear which was ticked first). Here\'s the address of the post office: ПС София - 129 ж.к. \"Младост\", бл. No 509, вх. А ж.к. \"Младост\" 1А, 1729, phone: (02) 877-54-14. I found this info here:\r\nhttp://www.bgpost.bg/files/custom/Post%20Office%20Sofia%20Last-1.pdf\r\nYour package was delivered on December, 13th, and you\'ll have 20 days to pick up. The slip also says that you have to go to the cashier counter. \r\n\r\nGreetings from a Bulgarian in Berlin :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_4_11; de-de) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.1.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(13889,5986,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-17 15:41:07','2011-12-17 13:41:07','@yana Thanks so much! I got my package maybe an hour ago!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13888,1),(13891,5986,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-17 15:42:06','2011-12-17 13:42:06','@TN Wow! Great guess. I think that it\'s either a book or a journal which is what my friend R. declared on the customs slip!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13879,1),(19378,6663,'nadejda','nadejda.kopanova@gmail.com','','194.9.7.17','2012-05-09 14:37:52','2012-05-09 12:37:52','Really? They want to do this? This is the biggest nonsense by far! I hope they will change those texts, they can\'t be THAT stuped, can they?',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3; .NET4.0C)','',0,0),(22360,7098,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','63.140.126.97','2012-09-14 12:13:46','2012-09-14 10:13:46','I really like it. I devoured the first book, but it took some time to get through the next few. It\'s a series worth getting into, I think It\'s definitely more than just your run of the mill fantasy series. And I hate to say it (maybe I am a book snob), but the HBO series does a pretty good job of following the story. So maybe you could check that out and see if it interests you before committing to reading the books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',22177,0),(22082,7035,'Spring Chinook Salmon in Mill Creek, Oregon&#8230; &laquo; Work, Play, Eat, Live Local','','http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/spring-chinook-salmon-in-mill-creek-oregon/','72.233.2.39','2012-08-29 04:09:50','2012-08-29 02:09:50','[...] their struggle just to return to spawn affected me on a really emotional level!&#8221;  Here is her take in her own words (and a bunch more pictures that I shared with her). Salmon [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library','pingback',0,0),(19380,6663,'Svetlina','svetlina.vitanova@gmail.com','http://vitanova.wordpress.com/','62.90.159.110','2012-05-09 15:51:42','2012-05-09 13:51:42','Being a teacher is a job. And that`s the rule in the EU - you need to prove that no Bulgarian is suitable for the job, then no EU citizen and then you import people from the Philippines to do it. This is a mechanism for protecting the country (from unemployment but not only). The same way I need a working Visa to work in Israel (and I`m waiting 2 months already), you need to prove to my country that we need your work. Of course, you have your chances - but the reason for you to win a job contest shouldnt be your mother tongue, it should be your teaching skills. We have more than enough skillful teachers here, dont you think so? Why shouldnt they take your place?\r\n----\r\nIn Bulgarian we dont say British English. The word for English comes from England. I know only one university where they teach American English - all the rest teach English and by that they mean British English.\r\n---\r\nAs I can see it, in the worst case you will need to attend a job interview and to prove that you can hold your position. If for your institution mother tongue is crucial, then why worry if you will get re-hired?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',0,0),(19381,6663,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-05-09 16:07:49','2012-05-09 14:07:49','I have not researched the issue (and I will) but at a first glance it seems that it maybe more related to the state of economic affairs in EU, rather than Bulgaria itself. I am not sure whether you are aware of this, but as a EU member state Bulgaria had to bring its legislation in compliance with the EU legislation (and that also includes the area of education). In addition, there may be different requirements for the teachers and their qualifications depending on whether the school is a public or private institution. All this being said, I am not excluding the opportunity that whoever was responsible for writing the act itself, did not do a very good job, and therefore, revisions maybe needed.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(19383,6663,'nadejda','nadejda.kopanova@gmail.com','','95.42.64.29','2012-05-09 22:20:03','2012-05-09 20:20:03','Ok but if for example you want to learn Russian or Chinese from a native speaker you can hardly employ an EU citizen to do that as neither Russia nor China are anywhere near to be a part of EU, what will you do? And does that means we cannot have - say an American professor of Physics for example teaching us new technologies? It is not only a matter of language teaching, but education in general. This rule if applied for general job openings should not include such fields as: education, science, sport and medicine! And there should be a difference in employment in private and in state institutions IMO.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010031422 Firefox/3.0.19','',19380,0),(22359,7138,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','63.140.126.97','2012-09-14 12:03:12','2012-09-14 10:03:12','Cool idea! I have a cheese-aversion, but I think if I made it myself I would be much more apt to eat it (rather than shy away from cheese like I normally do). Keep us updated with your results!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1','',0,0),(15574,6140,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2012-01-18 18:33:06','2012-01-18 16:33:06','When you are sneezing try drinking some hot green tea... well not exactly during the sneeze - but you know what I mean.  The first time that I drank the green tea, it was an \"accident\" - but I noticed that I had quit sneezing.  The second time I drank green tea (during a sneezing \"situation\") it was purposeful... I quit sneezing as well.  Perhaps this \"cure\" only works in Walla Walla - perhaps not.  Let me know if it works.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(16098,3276,'368dfx','gaffurabi@gmail.com','','195.249.186.73','2012-02-03 02:00:16','2012-02-03 00:00:16','Bulgaria ranks at the bottom of my international public toilets list. TP being a rarity in that country, they actually have some basins that your fæces do not go down to the hole. no, no, no...they have to sit on a cavity first. what were they thinking? \"imma see my lovely shit before i flush it down\"?',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.77 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(16099,3276,'368dfx','gaffurabi@gmail.com','','195.249.186.73','2012-02-03 02:02:10','2012-02-03 00:02:10','also another type of horror awaits in the lovely country of bulgaria: http://images.travelpod.com/tripwow/photos/ta-009a-bbc4-7e9b/old-men-s-room-toilet-kiten-bulgaria+12807169594-tpfil02aw-12535.jpg',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.77 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(17227,6393,'Dean','deandamato@yahoo.com','','68.83.2.251','2012-03-07 00:54:13','2012-03-06 22:54:13','Great site.  I am interested in communist art from the 1960\'s to the 1980\'s.  Do you know of any dealers in Sofia who specialize in communist art?  Dean Damata New Jersey',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8) AppleWebKit/534.50.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.6 Safari/533.22.3','',0,0),(17228,6389,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-03-07 00:55:51','2012-03-06 22:55:51','In case you\'re insterested in a pre-opening glimpse here are some pictures of your new metro stop in Mladost X. \r\nhttp://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=87959299&amp;postcount=1332\r\nhttp://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=87959381&amp;postcount=1333',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',0,0),(16104,6220,'Sarah','sarahreid1@gmail.com','http://dailynibbles.com','132.198.31.68','2012-02-03 04:38:20','2012-02-03 02:38:20','Haha...love that you made a meal list during test proctoring. Yay for real meals though! That pasta looks amazing, and weeknight easy. Besides the Pioneer Woman\'s Cajun Chicken pasta, I\'m pretty clueless as to how to make an interesting pasta dish. I\'ve got lemons and arugula, so I\'ll have to make this one soon.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7','',0,0),(17184,6389,'Mladost to Serdika | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2591','91.196.124.221','2012-03-06 00:08:47','2012-03-05 22:08:47','[...] to ride out to Mladost Market and write about the subway. I called my friend Ms. K, another teacher who also has a blog about Bulgaria, and invited her to hang out in the Mladost Metrostation [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(16655,749,'David','sealsd1@yahoo.com','','69.81.89.215','2012-02-19 22:59:07','2012-02-19 20:59:07','Alex, not sure if you found where to buy or if you just make your own but I found a place in Chicago (FYI: Chicago has a very large Bulgarian community) that sells Boza and ships free in the continental US.  Their website is www.bozausa.com. they sell by the case of 24 -16oz bottles at $3 a bottle.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',471,0),(16651,6285,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-19 17:36:23','2012-02-19 15:36:23','@K I am not really sure what\'s in the jar in terms of liver and entrails. I have two jars. The one in the photo is grey-er and the other jar is more red-pink in color.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16646,1),(16650,6285,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-19 17:33:22','2012-02-19 15:33:22','@Nikola Ovcharski Good point! I don\'t have any right now. ',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16648,1),(20939,6804,'no second chance','93114m@gmail.com','','212.122.176.58','2012-07-12 15:22:11','2012-07-12 13:22:11','may be you guys consider a snack a full meal, but I don\'t. What I expect from an american burger beside taste is SIZE. The burgers in this joint are a kid\'s meal by all standards. Service was sluggish and not very friendly. The fries came at the very end like a desert. With only half a dozen people waiting on their lunch break for a costly burger on a diet which takes a whole hour to get - I don\'t think this place is going to make it. They lost my business for sure.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.57 Safari/536.11','',0,0),(16648,6285,'Nikola Ovcharski','n.ovcharski@laptop.bg','http://nikolaovcharski.com/blog/','78.83.75.85','2012-02-19 15:10:08','2012-02-19 13:10:08','You forget something sour cucumbers - https://twitter.com/#!/blacksnoopy/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FEr4Th7y4',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(16644,6285,'K','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.211','2012-02-19 13:15:09','2012-02-19 11:15:09','Дреболии.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16639,0),(16646,6285,'K','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','87.121.52.211','2012-02-19 13:19:45','2012-02-19 11:19:45','It\'s probably sheep. You can make a yummy soup with it, for example, or a risotto-like dish. Is it mostly liver and entrails?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16640,0),(16643,5647,'Tony Godlove','Cascioli@freemail.com','http://www','122.225.68.125','2012-02-19 12:47:09','2012-02-19 10:47:09','Great clarification. I love to see clearly <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marcy Lu</a>',0,'0','Opera/9.64(Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.1.1','',0,0),(19050,6563,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-04-23 22:24:18','2012-04-23 20:24:18','Seriously, great post! (Which is really hard to achieve in the overcrowded genre of blogposts about traveling.)  A little bit personal, a little bit cliché, a little bit of history, a little bit of praising the sights. Just perfect!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(16642,6285,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','93.183.184.119','2012-02-19 12:33:57','2012-02-19 10:33:57','Mmmm. Most of this makes my mouth water! I am addicted to lyutenitsa. The store bought stuff just won\'t do, I need homemade all the way! Haven\'t tried the offal or slanina yet, but I am sure I will eventually. Every time we drive past one of the vendors on the side of the road selling all this stuff, I just want to buy everything in sight!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1','',0,0),(20546,6804,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-06-26 06:34:23','2012-06-26 04:34:23','@Anton Oh, I am sorry to hear that. What the cute brown-haired girl waiting on you? I\'ve had her twice and both times I thought she was great. Don\'t write them off yet, the burgers are so tasty.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.56 Safari/536.5','',20527,1),(16640,6285,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-19 12:00:00','2012-02-19 10:00:00','@Stan <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Offal</a>. However it may not be the best word to describe these preserves. I think that it\'s canned/preserved internal organs from a sheep (but I am not sure it\'s a sheep). I was told that I can heat it up on the stove with some onion. I\'m not sure I am brave enough.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16639,1),(16639,6285,'Stan','st.ganin@gmail.com','','78.83.103.78','2012-02-19 11:50:31','2012-02-19 09:50:31','As I native bulgarian I have to ask - what the hell is offal?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.21 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1041.0 Safari/535.21','',0,0),(19783,3581,'soregashi','temelkovv@gmail.com','http://temelkoff.blogspot.com','94.26.30.42','2012-05-25 13:54:41','2012-05-25 11:54:41','Oh, that\'s bullocks. \"единайсти\" and \"единадесети\" are both used in the literary Bulgarian, so don\'t worry about it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.52 Safari/536.5','',2467,0),(19782,6749,'soregashi','temelkovv@gmail.com','http://temelkoff.blogspot.com','94.26.30.42','2012-05-25 13:51:40','2012-05-25 11:51:40','Пак ми показваш странна и нова гледна точка за някои от най-тривиалните навици тук :). Хубав пост :).\r\n\r\nAnd yet again you give me a strange and new point of view for some of the most trivial habits here :). Nice post :).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.52 Safari/536.5','',0,0),(16635,6278,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-19 10:53:56','2012-02-19 08:53:56','@ilian Thanks! I hope the end of winter is very near!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16611,1),(21677,6929,'Kiril','gkicko@gmail.com','','217.154.199.74','2012-08-13 10:42:55','2012-08-13 08:42:55','Hey, I\'t love to hear the story of that Galaxy Note! I tried to search the blog for some old post that I may have missed, but I only found the one about the unsuccessful iPhone purchase from Mtel.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.75 Safari/537.1','',0,0),(13904,5986,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2011-12-17 19:58:17','2011-12-17 17:58:17','Those are amazing socks. Wait until you see them.\r\nNote: they are the result of trying to \"Live Local\" \r\nLove,\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(13907,5986,'dAd','djemigh@charter.net','','70.57.162.105','2011-12-17 20:38:50','2011-12-17 18:38:50','You can open the box because of the CHRISTMAS RAP around each item... little packages would look oh \"so cute\" (lifestyle blog terminology) underneath a small tree...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)','',0,0),(16681,5970,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-02-20 12:31:43','2012-02-20 10:31:43','@ikel It seems like a richer translation would be \"A Time of Loss\" rather than the current one because it encompasses the pervasive sense of loss in the film.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',16675,1),(16683,5970,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','131.130.238.236','2012-02-20 14:25:00','2012-02-20 12:25:00','What I like about the film is that it isn\'t as much anti-Turkish as anti-janissary. \r\n\r\nI still do think it would be important to mention some criticism or alternative reading of the book/film (I don\'t necessarily agree with everything I am about to write):\r\n-The book was ordered (i.e. not original idea of the author) and then written in only 75 days, which makes it suspicious of politically ordered literature. \r\n-I have read a decent amount of criticism about the historical accuracy. \r\n-The film was released in the 80s at a time when the Turkish minority was forcefully expelled from the country in what I regard as a last nationalistic attempt of the communist regime to justify its grip on power. Even the author of the book said that the main goal was to unify the nation.\r\n\r\nI am not saying the film is good or bad or whether it is nationalistic propaganda, but I still think it is important to think about all the motives that contributed to its making.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',0,0),(16684,5970,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-02-20 17:04:41','2012-02-20 15:04:41','The movie is based on a book and the actual title of the book in Bulgarian is \"Vreme razdelno\". The word by word translation of this in English would not make much sense as it would be something like \"Dividing times\". I would say that the actual meaning of \"vreme razdelno\" would more likely (in the context of the book and the hystorical background described in it) be \"Time to take a stance\" or \"Time to choose a side\". The reason for that becomes clear in the book (it cannot become clear in the movie) where towards the end, where the leading men in the village are being held prisoners of the Turks (or the convereted into Turks jannissaries), the major character Manol meets with Syuleyman Aga, who is being sent to meet with the Ottoman Empire\'s Sultan for the purpose of supposedly being given an award, when in fact they kill him and he never returns to the village and his wife (the book implies that this is because his sympathy for the Bulgarians and his refusal to forcefully convert them to Islam, and his aversion to violence). Manol and Syuleyman Aga meet in the prison, where Syuleuman Aga says to Manol that even though he has lost all his powers, he still has enough to set Manol free. Manol asks about the rest of the men. Syuleyman Aga says that regretfully he can\'t do anythign about them. Manol says that he will stay with his fellow villagers in prison awaiting his death. Syuleyman Aga says that a force bigger than Manol, and the villagers, and Syuleuman Aga himself, has come upon these lands, and everyone must pick a side, nobody can stay in the middle (\"doshlo e vreme razdelno\" - \"a dividing time has come\" or \"a time to choose a side has come\"). Manol answers that he has picked a side, that\'s why he is staying with his fellow men, but says he thinks Syuleyman Aga is still trying to stay in the middle. Syuleyman Aga realises Manol is ride, bids him farewell, and leaves to meet his unfortunate fate (which he knows in advance).  \r\nAlthough many would argue that the book was a political order during particular time in the Bulgarian history during the socialst regime, the book is still based on actual historical events that took place in Bulgaria (in particular the Rhodope mountain region). The book is also nicely written and has both literary and historic value. I do suggest that if you have a chance to find it in English that you read it, then the movie will make a lot more sense. As it often happens (at least this is my observation) when a movie is based on a book, rarely the movie is better than the book. I\'ve always liked to read the book and see the movie so I can reach my conclusions. \r\nThe violence in the book and in the movie is very different than violence from American perspective. It is not plainly shown as in mass murder scenes, etc. Instead, it is implied. But I think it is a very heavy violence - a violence where virgin girls are mass raped, men are being beheaded, impaled, or torn into four pieces by tying them to four horses and then getting the horse to ride in four different directions, people are starved, or kept with no water, mothers are forced to make a choice between converting or having to watch their children being slaughtered, and a little boy has to kill and cut off the head of his brother for the purpose of stopping the violence. \r\nMaybe all of this is exageratted, I don\'t know. None of us has lived through this period. But please do not think, that beheading, impaling, rape, or forced conversion did not occur during the period of time when the Ottoman Empire was coming from Asia and invading Europe (historical accounts of these events can be found in other European countries as well, not just Bulgaria).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(16685,5970,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-02-20 18:11:45','2012-02-20 16:11:45','Sorry, last sentence of first paragraph should read \"Syuleyman Aga realises Manol is right...\", not \"ride\" as I have written. That\'s what happens when one types fast and does not proofread...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(14766,6063,'Kellie','kellie_l_7@hotmail.com','','199.89.174.67','2012-01-03 18:13:26','2012-01-03 16:13:26','Girlfriend???  I have to give you a bad time...you do know I got a promotion to fiance...right :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(13940,5986,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-18 09:34:29','2011-12-18 07:34:29','@dAd I found the Christmas <del datetime=\"2011-12-17T07:27:30+00:00\">W</del>rap. I wondered if you\'d be able to sneak it in this year. I also found a giant Hersey\'s Kiss. Funny thing is, I\'d been thinking about Heresy\'s kisses recently. That\'s one candy I\'ve never seen here.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13907,1),(13941,5986,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-18 09:36:26','2011-12-18 07:36:26','@MoM I don\'t doubt it for a minute. It was just funny to see on the customs declaration.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13904,1),(13970,5999,'Lauren','babyinbulgaria@yahoo.com','','78.90.19.128','2011-12-18 23:25:21','2011-12-18 21:25:21','Very pretty!  They would make a lovely table decoration.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.63 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(18773,6501,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.37','2012-04-13 17:17:46','2012-04-13 15:17:46','That\'s a great example of how these things should be done. Keeping all the details and not cutting corners like with the National Art Galelry. Sadly, it probably already has graffiti on it. \r\nThere\'s another great buidling nearby, getting a facelift - on Malyovitsa street (ends a Graf Ignatiev between Popa and Shishman). Seeing how it\'s going, I\'m hopeful.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(15621,6153,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','109.199.236.16','2012-01-20 16:41:35','2012-01-20 14:41:35','I totally agree with you, Carolyn! I brought WAY more than I actually need with me to Bulgaria. I find myself rotating just a few outfits and I am totally fine with that. Instead of bringing so much useless clothing, I could have stocked up on other little comforts instead (the hot sauce I brought has been a big hit in our house!). And it has also dawned on me that I will eventually have to move all my stuff at some point--not looking forward to that! I think these little realizations about oneself and material possessions is a great lesson to learn.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',0,0),(19162,6606,'Robyn!','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','76.111.70.229','2012-04-29 04:19:13','2012-04-29 02:19:13','Oh Kosovo peaches! Lesson learned ;-) Well, at least now you will never make fun of me for not having a balkan stomach when it happens!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(19163,6572,'Robyn!','robyndyanrusso@gmail.com','','76.111.70.229','2012-04-29 04:23:55','2012-04-29 02:23:55','It IS a kürtős kalács!!! If I remember, I have a beautiful picture of you with one at the Vörösmarty tér  Christmas market!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(19527,6702,'helen','evelikova@hotmail.com','http://just-helen.blogspot.com','95.87.210.128','2012-05-15 12:36:46','2012-05-15 10:36:46','This is one of my most favourite books. \r\nAnd I\'m kind of surprised that you have a literature major without ever getting to read it.\r\nDo you enjoy reading Kurt Vonnegut?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19','',0,0),(19167,6572,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','77.28.31.168','2012-04-29 10:21:59','2012-04-29 08:21:59','Robyn, I miss you already. Luckily peaches aren\'t in season now.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.6; en-us; GT-N7000 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1','',19163,1),(19168,6549,'Стефан','sulkton@gmail.com','','218.199.195.124','2012-04-29 11:49:56','2012-04-29 09:49:56','I agree with Claudia Verellen. We want a book, man.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(14826,3581,'Maddie','Madalina@atlantic.ro','http://www.in.atlantic.ro','89.149.27.30','2012-01-04 16:49:59','2012-01-04 14:49:59','Hi Carolyn,\r\n\r\nHappy New Year 201! I hope it will be the best one yet.\r\n\r\nI stumbled across your website a while ago and have been reading your posts regularly so I feel as though I already know you. Your stories are always a pleasure to read, and also really entertaining. \r\nI live in Romania and work for a travel agency that does incoming tourism in both Romania and Bulgaria. \r\nWe are in the process of redesigning our brochures for the incoming department, and as they have always been more of a travel guide, rather than promotional materials, for the new brochures we are planning on having stories about Bulgaria from various contributors and various topics, of course.\r\nHaving read about your experiences living in Bulgaria, when this idea for the new brochures came up, I instantly thought about you - we would be very honored if you would consider writing a short 1/2 - 1 page description on one of the topics. \r\nI can gladly send you the topics as well as more information about our project and the brochure we have done about Romania - you now have my e-mail and I am really looking forward to hearing from you.\r\nThank you for taking your time to read my e-mail,\r\nMaddie',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.25) Gecko/20111212 Firefox/3.6.25','',0,0),(16708,6269,'Aunt Jane','jlaaker@centurytel.net','','207.118.117.137','2012-02-21 02:43:32','2012-02-21 00:43:32','you are the expert on craft projects!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; FunWebProducts; GTB7.2; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618; .NET4.0C; im_en_0002)','',0,0),(16705,5970,'A Time of Violence | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2173','91.196.124.221','2012-02-21 01:34:54','2012-02-20 23:34:54','[...] A Time of Violence  via Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria by karolinka on 2/19/12 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(16704,5970,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2012-02-21 01:34:16','2012-02-20 23:34:16','I\'ve never watched Part 2',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(16703,5970,'Комитата','komitata@gmail.com','http://komitata.blogspot.com','130.204.221.98','2012-02-21 01:33:45','2012-02-20 23:33:45','The political agenda behind the book  (there is a novel, written in the 60s) and behind the movie is 100% clear. When I watched Part 1 in 1988 I was totally disappointed by the poor interpretation of the book and the political bias. \r\nIt\'s an average sentimental propaganda movie.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(16208,6238,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2012-02-05 15:19:06','2012-02-05 13:19:06','http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=856635\r\n\r\n(it\'s in Bulgarian, but provides some insight into this topic)',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61','',0,0),(16265,6243,'Bahamamama','kuturak@gmail.com','','77.70.118.62','2012-02-07 22:29:59','2012-02-07 20:29:59','They meant pertinacious perhaps.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_2) AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7','',0,0),(16266,6243,'joe','joe@joe.com','','213.231.146.82','2012-02-07 23:20:48','2012-02-07 21:20:48','I never really knew that teachers have to go to school when the kids have this \"snow vacation\" thing. Now, as a grown-up, I find it a bit unfair :/ Go figure.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61','',0,0),(16301,6243,'K','civ_mail@yahoo.com','','77.77.32.200','2012-02-08 21:12:03','2012-02-08 19:12:03','My aunt\'s a public school teacher too, and they\'re required to go.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(14024,5999,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2011-12-19 22:24:17','2011-12-19 20:24:17','@Lauren They are so easy to make!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1','',13970,1),(22472,7148,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.225','2012-09-18 11:54:21','2012-09-18 09:54:21','I don\'t mind paying more for quality, especially where food is concerned. I aim to eat healthy and I like the idea behind \"bio\" and \"organic\" production. But I haven\'t seen any strict definiton of these two labels and I feel like people are buying that stuff just because of the words. Maybe I\'m pessimistic about the future and it makes me sad that we need such labels at all. When I was a kid, a lot of what we ate was what bio and organic are supposed to mean, and that was the norm. Then stuff happened, milk was no longer milk, juice is no longer juice and now, because the new stuff is bad, we rename the _old_ stuff. That\'s what I don\'t like. Call it nostalgic old-man ramblings :)\r\nThe milk vending machine is this: http://vbox7.com/play:2838ba0e39 and it\'s located on 10 Cherni Lom str., right near one of the bus stops at the railway station. You can find it on google maps and when you get there, you\'ll see it outside the building. You can bring your own bottles or buy from the guard in the building. He also has change if you don\'t have coins. If you go, try to go before noon, because sometimes the milk is sold out by 2-4 PM. It\'s 1.5 lv per litre and of course, you should boil it before you drink it.\r\nI\'ll mail you the map and directions for the farm :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0','',22450,0),(22141,7107,'Bobby','bobbystefanov@gmail.com','','87.120.221.45','2012-09-02 11:12:01','2012-09-02 09:12:01','I must say I\'m quite impressed with the new stations, or at least the few that I managed to see. Especially Serdika 2 - it\'s bigger than I expected. Though I was more interested in the ruins around the station. I saw a lot of them when they were uncovered and I was worried that half of them would be destroyed or covered again. I could very easily picture someone deciding that the street on top is more important or that old ruins can\'t stand in the way of progress or something like that. And at most they would just use different coloured tiles to show where the walls were, like in Serdika 1. Thankfully, everything I saw is still there, though apparently work is still being done there. I hope they make it so that you can walk past some of it, not just look at it through glass windows. At least the part between the Presidency and the Council of Ministers looks like it\'s going to be that way. I\'ll wait until everything is complete before praising the people responsible, but so far I\'m quite pleased. \r\nI think I\'ve mentioned it before, I have no problem using my left hand to insert the ticket at the entrance. In fact, I don\'t think it ever occured to me to cross my right hand over my body for this. However, the problem I have is that sometimes the machine apparently has trouble reading the ticket. I often have to pull it out a little and reinsert it a couple of times. This could be quite annoying, especially if you\'re in a hurry and the train is coming. \r\nAlso, welcome back to sunny, sunny Bulgaria :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0','',0,0),(17448,6319,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-03-13 15:57:47','2012-03-13 13:57:47','@Elly Nope. I\'ve never heard this superstition. Thanks for sharing!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',17447,1),(17449,6238,'Elly','elly_l@abv.bg','','94.190.188.162','2012-03-13 15:57:59','2012-03-13 13:57:59','I have worked in a Coca-Cola bottling company for 2 summers as student. I have seen the way the drinks are done and have tasted \"real\" Coca-Cola. It is way different and delicious than the one at the market. (also I couldn\'t sleep that same night probably because of caffeine in it, idk)\r\nI think same is with cosmetics - facial cream of the same brand is much more expensive abroad - we can\'t expect the same quality here for sure. Problem is - I want to spend more money for product with better quality. Stop this \"the cheaper - the better\"!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.78 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(17447,6319,'Elly','elly_l@abv.bg','','94.190.188.162','2012-03-13 15:10:30','2012-03-13 13:10:30',':)  \"...but I always went back up to get it\"...and no bulgarian ever told you it\'s bad luck to go back once you\'ve gotten out the door? this is one of the bulgarian superstitions, like never leave your bag on the ground.\r\nGreat blog, just rediscovered it and try to catch up',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.78 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(16237,6220,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-06 19:10:21','2012-02-06 17:10:21','@charlottle Hum. Well, I guess this is a case where more isn\'t necessarily better. Or you could use the same amount of lemon and cream and just increase the amount of pasta and arugula!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16236,1),(16236,6220,'charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2012-02-06 18:45:02','2012-02-06 16:45:02','I made this last night! However I decided it would taste even better with more lemon and more sour cream. It turned out very creamy and very lemony. While it was good, I think I\'ll try it again and follow the recipe exactly.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(15649,6153,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-01-21 10:41:36','2012-01-21 08:41:36','@Whitney I think that\'s how it always goes. Whenever I go on a trip, I think: I\'ll definitely need these things and then I worry that I\'ll need more. Of course, then I only end up wearing 3/4 of what I\'ve packed. I\'ve been trying to get better and better about this but even when I went to London and Paris for 2 weeks I still brought more than I needed in my carry on,',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',15621,1),(16771,2234,'sneakers info','Rotton@gmail.com','http://www.sneakersinfo.us','202.43.179.182','2012-02-22 09:58:26','2012-02-22 07:58:26','http://paylessshoesd.insanejournal.com/699.html',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3','',0,0),(16773,6325,'Catching up with Friends in Sofia | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2197','91.196.124.221','2012-02-22 12:46:06','2012-02-22 10:46:06','[...] Catching up with Friends in Sofia  via Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria by karolinka on 2/21/12 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(19129,6603,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.15.85','2012-04-27 15:01:44','2012-04-27 13:01:44','Age and toes aren\'t necessarily related.  Your great grandfather Jim Marr could put his hands flat on the floor in his 80s.  Of course, the length of your legs are probably the issue . . . surely they have been growing . . . isn\'t travel responsible for self-growth?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/533.19.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.1.3 Safari/533.19.4','',0,0),(15791,6155,'Andea','myr_dd@abv.bg','','82.6.186.23','2012-01-25 16:29:59','2012-01-25 14:29:59','I didn\'t recomment watching Slavi\'s show, whatever its worth might be, for its own sake, but only for the sake of its showing the experience of another American living in Bulgaria: I reckoned Carolyn might be interested in this, as a person in an analogous situation. \r\nNor did I do this to encourage her to emulate Mrs. Rodel in being “more Bulgarian than almost all Bulgarians”, if that\'s what you\'re trying to impute to my post. I simply said I find it astonishing that an American can be more Bulgarian than almost all Bulgarians.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BOIE8;ENGB)','',15781,0),(20229,6800,'I. V.','ivvid@abv.bg','','77.70.85.44','2012-06-14 09:52:36','2012-06-14 07:52:36','Well, if you want to participate in the discussions, you need to learn the rules. Football (I\'m not calling it Soccer) is like a religion in Europe and South America. The rules are fairly simple and easy to learn. I personally find the American Football a lot more complicated.\r\nThe rule you are referring is probably this one:\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(association_football)\r\nThe basic idea is that you can\'t have someone from the attacking team just standing behind the defending team\'s defense and waiting to receive the ball and score. The game can\'t function properly without this rule, since nobody will be trying to outrun the opponents anymore.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/536.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/19.0.1084.56 Safari/536.5','',0,0),(20230,6800,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://dimiz.net','131.130.223.91','2012-06-14 14:32:05','2012-06-14 12:32:05','He he, the thing about the clock not stopping is so true. As an European the general feeling is that Americans have a passion for sports with over-complicated rules using a lot of thechnology and/or equipment, while the sports we got from the Brits have rather vague rules and usually require less accessories. Also using new technology (like video-analysis) to make decisions is frowned upon here as opposed to the major leagues in the states.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.4) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.4','',0,0),(19871,6768,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','74.241.40.130','2012-05-29 15:02:19','2012-05-29 13:02:19','OH NO, we have to wait until later to find out how your prom turned out.  Dang.  Will there be pictures?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(19481,6672,'Claudia Verellen','jcverellen@hotmail.com','','98.237.237.178','2012-05-13 18:42:18','2012-05-13 16:42:18','I\'ve known your mom since college days, and we became friends by way of our husbands\' friendship.  LUckily we hit it off, and I consider her one of my favorite friends (even though I see her maybe once a year).  I really admire Jill.   Speaking of \"LIon, Witch, and Wardrobe\", do you remember us visiting you in Corvallis and going to see it performed on stage?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.55.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.5 Safari/534.55.3','',0,0),(19480,6672,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','75.139.191.96','2012-05-13 17:42:21','2012-05-13 15:42:21','Thanks for a wonderful Mother\'s Day read.\r\nLove,\r\nMoM',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0','',0,0),(15793,6161,'Diana','dianamjr@yahoo.co.uk','','128.173.232.214','2012-01-25 18:05:29','2012-01-25 16:05:29','While I do think that learning Bulgarian would certainly make you a lot more independent and make life in general a lot easier for you in Bulgaria, I also realize that Bulgarian is a lot more difficult to learn than English. In other words, I do think that as a native Bulgarian speaker, it was easier for me to learn English, than it would be for native English speaker to learn Bulgarian. Not to mention that Bulgarian words can be very tricky and have several meanings that depending on the context and the situation can lead to standing comedy at best, and serious misunderstandings at worst. For example: the word \"kosa\" in Bulgarian has two meanings: 1. hair (human hair located at the head); 2. scythe (an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass). But change just one letter in the middle of the word - \"z\" instead of \"s\" (and both z and s sound very close in certain words in Bulgarian) and you would have \"koza\" instead of \"kosa\". And \"koza\" means goat (the animal goat). One can only imagine what situation can occur if one goes to a doctor\'s office complaining of a problem with hair and changes the letter to \"z\" instead of \"s\". I think the doctor may get very offended and point out that he/she is a human doctor and not a vet.... That doesn\'t mean that one cannot encounter similar situations with the English language. As in a store where an elderly lady who has forgotten her reading glasses wanted to verify that the hair product in her hand was indeed hairspray by asking me to confirm it. I told her it was not hairspray but it was \"mousse\" (as in the hair product \"styling mousse\", which in Bulgarian would be \"piana za kosa\"). However, my pronunciation of \"mousse\" must have been dangerously close to \"moose\". As a result her eyes popped up and she said \"It\'s what?\". I repeated. She kept asking \"what?\". Finally, after playing this game for a couple of minutes, I realized she was very close to thinking I am either crazy or trying to make fun of her, so I found her a bottle of hairspray and gave it to her without mentioning any words....',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)','',0,0),(14065,6008,'Kellie','connorsk@gmail.com','','99.46.186.191','2011-12-20 15:48:58','2011-12-20 13:48:58','Dad\'s are the best, always keep you smiling........',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0','',0,0),(19126,6603,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','217.9.232.218','2012-04-27 08:34:19','2012-04-27 06:34:19','I am familiar with the racing thoughts problem too. One thing you can do is whenever you feel the situation is getting out of hand is to consciously try to stop all the crazy stuff your brain is being flooded with. Once I even set myself a limit - not to think of anything after 4 pm when I\'m starting to get tired at work. It may be difficult or even boring for someone who\'s fond of questioning and analyzing, but helps. But the truth is that all this thoughts racing usually this is a way to avoid some unpleasant, anxiety provoking situation (turning 31 in your case).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',0,0),(19483,6647,'Sara','sarkkutje@gmail.com','http://dailyvisualinspiration.wordpress.com','212.50.93.221','2012-05-13 19:13:50','2012-05-13 17:13:50','Thank you! Yes, I am staying in VT, or actually nearby VT in a smaller village :). That\'s a great idea! My bf\'s work is nearby there so I might actually just go there and even leave a note if they have a board for stuff like that :). I\'ve noticed I\'ve gotten a bit overwhelmed by the language and feel a little embarrassed when I don\'t understand.. then again, I\'ve only been here for a couple of weeks now!\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re planning a trip to VT, just let me know :)!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19','',19449,0),(18732,6370,'Chris','chris_antonoff@yahoo.com','http://againstheoddz.blogspot.com/','94.26.21.24','2012-04-11 21:15:04','2012-04-11 19:15:04','Wow. Thanks for posting this. I was looking for a thai restaurant in Sofia for ages. Even if it\'s not that great I think it\'s worth the shot. I\'ll definitely got check it. Cheers!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(18733,6370,'Chris','chris_antonoff@yahoo.com','http://againstheoddz.blogspot.com/','94.26.21.24','2012-04-11 21:16:06','2012-04-11 19:16:06','sorry, I meant *go check it :-)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(24153,7407,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','94.236.130.208','2012-12-10 12:52:40','2012-12-10 10:52:40','Thanks for the shout out, Carolyn! Yours is the first blog by an American expat in Bulgaria way back when (can\'t believe it\'s been 4 years now!). It has provided endless inspiration and comfort, let me tell you! \r\n\r\nThe other blogs you listed are recent favorites of mine as well. Saw a Tweet from the NYT about Maria Popova\'s Brain Pickings and I have spent many hours searching through the site since then. It\'s so interesting! And Ariel\'s adventures in Smolyan bring back so many memories for me. She\'s a fantastic writer. \r\n\r\nThe community of expat bloggers in Bulgaria is growing and I think it\'s fantastic!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1','',0,0),(22162,7122,'Milen','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.1','2012-09-03 18:23:50','2012-09-03 16:23:50','\"Then I wondered if my school ACS is included in this survey... If our numbers are included in this, what would the numbers look like without us?\"\r\nIt would not make a statistically significant difference either way. The 60 or so teachers working at ACS would not significantly affect the numbers for the over 44,000 teachers working in the education system in Bulgaria.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; U; en) Presto/2.10.289 Version/12.00','',0,0),(14068,6008,'Ruth','ruth.spangler@gmail.com','','184.45.61.186','2011-12-20 17:15:51','2011-12-20 15:15:51','You write \"These days he only raps when prompted by the word wrap.\"  Let me add, it doesn\'t matter what season it is either.  I\'ve been swimming in your pool in July when the word wrap came up . . . and was \"treated\" to the Christmas rap!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111113 Camino/2.1 (like Firefox/3.6.24)','',0,0),(17425,6405,'Bridget','mullanski@yahoo.com','','76.106.41.106','2012-03-13 03:51:12','2012-03-13 01:51:12','ooh, a name-check! Or at least an initial-check. :)\r\nI do remember enjoying the movie, but I agree that it felt like an ending was missing. There were many plot points that were interesting and I was looking forward to how they were going to turn out, but nothing got resolved. However, it did make me think about the differences between European (often introspective, no clear ending) and American films (usually happy endings, hero/underdog wins, you\'re told via cinematography or musical cues exactly how you\'re supposed to feel). Luckily we had subtitles so the mumbling wasn\'t an issue!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(16886,6283,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','93.183.185.50','2012-02-26 14:26:17','2012-02-26 12:26:17','Dang! You got some great stuff! I wish we had a Carrefour here in Smolyan. I have to make do looking for products at Billa and Lidl.  Between the two of them I can find most of the things I am looking for, but there are still those elusive items that I have to get while in Plovdiv or Sofia. I like these \"10\" shopping/food posts. Might have to do the same on my blog. Shopping here is still so interesting to me!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1','',0,0),(16887,6333,'Whitney','whit.graves@gmail.com','http://girlmeetsbulgaria.com','93.183.185.50','2012-02-26 14:27:27','2012-02-26 12:27:27','Little meatball soup AND Malta?! Nice! I had the meatball soup this week, but sadly, no Malta. I would love to go there. Hope your trip is/was amazing!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1','',0,0),(17490,6418,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-03-15 06:33:22','2012-03-15 04:33:22','@thev ha, ha. I thought about that but a hammer seems like something I <em>should</em> have but don\'t. Once you have a hammer the possibilities are endless.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',17483,1),(17483,6418,'thev','vassil100@gmail.com','','88.101.195.32','2012-03-15 01:15:26','2012-03-14 23:15:26','Why don\'t you act like a true Bulgarian and just borrow some from the neighbours :D',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.79 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(18861,3578,'Sofia airport','info@sofiaairport.co','http://www.sofiaairport.co','85.57.32.129','2012-04-16 18:59:54','2012-04-16 16:59:54','Excellent blog about life in Sofia. Most people from other countries, especially outside of Europe have not heard of Sofia, Bulgaria but your blog is very good. Hope you had a good Easter.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.142 Safari/535.19','',0,0),(16957,6337,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2012-02-28 11:27:55','2012-02-28 09:27:55','It looks so beautiful and colourful. Reminded me about the Hemingway\'s quote \"Everything, far from the sea, is province!” :) I can\'t wait to hear more about Malta. And I also want to mention that I already have a hard time to follow up all the great expat blogs you mention recently. :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(18261,6462,'Sarah','sarahreid1@gmail.com','http://dailynibbles.com','132.198.29.42','2012-03-31 03:05:57','2012-03-31 01:05:57','Oh, I can sympathize. THEY ARE SO PAINFUL! I hate them. I hate them with a passion. I haven\'t had any in a while, but they started shortly after college. I\'ve been to the ER with them more than once. I\'ve gotten them back to back. I\'ve also been drug-resistant (FUN!). Essentially, I have to use Cipro and not the sulfa drugs to treat it. And the worse parts - after they \"go away\" - is the fear that I\'ll get one again. Shudder. Hang in there!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7','',0,0),(18262,4641,'Juliana','julianawilhoit@hotmail.com','','71.118.176.38','2012-03-31 03:09:43','2012-03-31 01:09:43','Just curious, as an ETA to Bulgaria for next year, do you have any language learning recommendations?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.83 Safari/535.11','',0,0),(17515,6423,'MoM','djemigh@charter.net','','134.39.187.23','2012-03-15 21:53:06','2012-03-15 19:53:06','Wow!  How much time did those guys spend to put together their \"rendition of OK Go\"?  It was great!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Firefox/3.6.23 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(17442,6418,'A stroll through Sofia | К+','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=2804','91.196.124.221','2012-03-13 13:21:04','2012-03-13 11:21:04','[...] A stroll through Sofia  via Karolinka In &amp; Around Bulgaria by karolinka on 3/11/12 [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.3.1','pingback',0,0),(15672,2199,'Andea','myr_dd@abv.bg','','82.6.186.23','2012-01-22 10:09:57','2012-01-22 08:09:57','But that was hilarious! I get so amazed by Americans/ Englishmen living in Bulgaria! ;)',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BOIE8;ENGB)','',0,0),(15675,6155,'Andea','myr_dd@abv.bg','','82.6.186.23','2012-01-22 14:15:18','2012-01-22 12:15:18','Gosh, from what I\'ve been reading around in this blog it seems to me you really find it hard to integrate in Bulgaria. Sad ;( And you must be having a fiendish time with the Bulgarian language, still needing to be spoken to in English at the doctor\'s. And how cute and funny, to be crying over those language exercises! :)  \r\nDo you plan to go on living in Bulgaria? Pardon my curiosity; for some reason I\'ve developed an interest in people from the UK and USA living in Bulgaria.\r\nDo you know of Angela Rodel? I\'ve chanced upon youtube videos of her participation in Slavi\'s show - and I was astonished! She is more Bulgarian than almost all Bulgarians. Do have a look at her if you haven\'t done it so far.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BOIE8;ENGB)','',0,0),(16243,6238,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-02-07 01:02:43','2012-02-06 23:02:43','Well, about you I can\'t judge from here but about Bulgarians and other post-socialist people I can provide some clues:\r\n\r\n-Not so small parts of the population are convinced they are being cheated and ripped off by \"the system\"(according to some political scientists a trait of the homo post-sovieticus). The system can be the government, the Russians, the Americans, the international capitalists\' money, the mafia etc. Whatever you need it to be, but basically along the lines of \"There\'s a big conspiration and it is about to f*** me!\"\r\n-I know people that still (anno 2012) prefer to go by bus from Germany to Bulgaria because on the plain they can\'t take like 40kg of Persil laundry detergent. They are simply convinced we\'re getting second hand quality.\r\n-I know a collegue who studied chemistry and now works in the Beiersdorf factory in Poznan, Poland (They produce Nivea and tons of other stuff). He swore to me by the life of his unborn child that they apply the absolute same technology and standards to all markets. \r\n-Last year the Slovak Consumer Protection Organisation came up with a study that supposedly proved the lower quality of a number of products (I just remember Kotanyi spices) for Eastern Europe. Most accused companies  heavily denied this gave out data supposedly proving the above to be false. \r\n\r\nAs you can see it\'s quite confusing. My opinion is that there are companies shipping off their lower quality products to poorer markets, but it\'s not the general rule. Moreover now with the EU we do have very similar legislation and it would be quite the hassle to change ingredients in an automated process. \r\n\r\nOtherwise having first and second hand quality products of the same brand is not that unusual. In Libya I remember they had Marlboro cigarettes produced in Tunisia and in Egypt. The former cost twice as much, since they were apparently better.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:10.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0','',0,0),(15735,6161,'Милен','milenb@mail.bg','','91.216.253.1','2012-01-24 12:30:46','2012-01-24 10:30:46','Most of the translation apps for iPhone I\'ve seen are using Google Translate and would require a constant Internet connection to work. So an iPod touch would be of no use unless the doctor has an open WiFi in his/her office.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, relying on Google Translate to explain medical issues could be embarrassing at best and dangerous at the worst, as the automated translation service is very far from perfect.',0,'1','Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.60','',15712,0),(18096,6462,'Patrick','patrickerdley@gmail.com','http://sofiapublictransport.wordpress.com','95.111.32.185','2012-03-27 19:04:29','2012-03-27 17:04:29','Its like this for me, but with lung infections, and not as serious...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(15739,5080,'Sometimes you get sick','','http://komitaplus.com/?p=1147','91.196.124.221','2012-01-24 14:53:39','2012-01-24 12:53:39','[...] the pharmacy near my house, I had an awesome back and forth with the pharmacist about whether or not I was pregnant. I, of [...]',0,'1','The Incutio XML-RPC PHP Library -- WordPress/3.2.1','pingback',0,0),(14126,3578,'rocket','r-33@hotmail.fr','','79.100.1.87','2011-12-21 12:42:31','2011-12-21 10:42:31','hey! sorry for the late reply. I just came across your site looking for a big pharmacy on google :) is the remedium 2 one pretty large? \r\n\r\nzdrasti i kak si? az sum tuk ot dva mesetsa. uhm malka po-veche. i ti?\r\n\r\nimash li skype?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.04 Chromium/14.0.835.202 Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1','',12742,0),(18107,6462,'Melly','melissa@melissaroberts.org','','209.220.223.69','2012-03-28 00:49:11','2012-03-27 22:49:11',':( oh no! I hope you feel better soon, friend -- doesn\'t sound like much fun. Hugs from across the pond!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0','',0,0),(16862,4641,'Laura','dlmenyamya@yahoo.com','','46.217.80.72','2012-02-25 14:11:42','2012-02-25 12:11:42','Thank you for this comprehensive list.  To my surprise, I have already read a number of the books you recommend!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2','',0,0),(18307,6480,'Rumi','rumyana_d_dimitrova@mail.bg','','95.111.32.27','2012-04-01 03:30:38','2012-04-01 01:30:38','That\'s so sad... I hate these dogs but what I hate more are the people who care more about the dog than about the people. I think the thing we as a society can do is to kill the dogs ourselves not matter how bad this sounds. After all, people are more important than animals.\r\nThe real problem is that people responsible for this are interested in not solving the problem. They get a lot of money for their \"work\" and if finally the problem is resolved (which can only be done by killing the dogs) they will stop receiving this money. I\'m talking about millions here, I don\'t recall the exact number but it is impressive.\r\nAnd of course, the Mayor of Sofia is incompetent and so far has done nothing to really improve the life in Sofia.\r\nSorry for sounding that negative but this is a very sensitive topic for me as I am really afraid of dogs and it\'s a torture for me every time I have to go home. I was thinking of killing them myself as the authorities did nothing no matter how much I called them, but I\'m too scared to approach the dogs. It may sound cruel but I\'d rather prefer cruel people killing dogs to wild dogs hurting or even scaring anyone. After all, people are more important than any animal.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.142 Safari/535.19','',0,0),(15772,6161,'ilian','imar@abv.bg','','217.9.232.218','2012-01-25 08:24:58','2012-01-25 06:24:58','And there is no doctor or pharmacist who can speak at least a little bit of English? It can\'t be that bad. Or it can?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(21452,6929,'Yo','Yolina.brunner@gmail.com','http://www.yolinashelvetia.com','178.194.218.84','2012-08-02 14:20:49','2012-08-02 12:20:49','Wow, amazing! This is truly good news coming from Bulgaria. Btw, i also like,eeping up with my home country by following your blog.',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B176 Safari/7534.48.3','',0,0),(24177,5658,'Sandro','sandro.marott06@gmail.com','','82.112.202.32','2012-12-11 23:24:57','2012-12-11 21:24:57','THIS BLOG IS..... FANTASTIC!!!!\r\nCompliments!',0,'0','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/23.0.1271.95 Safari/537.11','',0,0),(14157,6008,'Charlotte','charlotte.emigh@gmail.com','','207.207.127.242','2011-12-21 22:10:18','2011-12-21 20:10:18','I told him that he needs to learn how to actually beat box. 15 years later and the Christmas Rap hasn\'t improved at all! He needs to step up his game.\r\nI might regret this challenge later.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18','',0,0),(15774,6161,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-25 08:37:09','2012-01-25 06:37:09','@ilian Okay, so there are a couple of English speaking-ish doctors at Greenberg\'s in Mladost but as for pharmacists there\'s not one at the pharmacy that I prefer to go to. Normally that\'s okay in this moment it was a little more difficult.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15772,1),(15775,6161,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-25 08:38:02','2012-01-25 06:38:02','@Милен I can\'t agree more. Google Translate is good for the basics but I don\'t know about medical language.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15735,1),(15776,6161,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','213.130.70.154','2012-01-25 08:38:26','2012-01-25 06:38:26','@dimi Thanks so much!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1','',15711,1),(15781,6155,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2012-01-25 09:52:41','2012-01-25 07:52:41','@Andea Watching Slavi\'s show is may be the worst thing you can recommend to a foreigner in Bulgaria :) Besides I doubt if Carolyn wants to be \"more Bulgarian than almost all Bulgarians\". She\'s just an American girl trying to cope in such a chaotic and often absurd place like Bulgaria :)',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',15675,0),(18055,6325,'Irena','irena.peresa@gmail.com','http://none','193.206.22.225','2012-03-26 18:39:24','2012-03-26 16:39:24','eewwwww!!!! I was looking for this way back but couldn\'t find it. Was a memorable weekend. My and my children still reminisce it with fondness :*',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_2) AppleWebKit/534.51.22 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.1 Safari/534.51.22','',0,0),(16281,6243,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-08 07:31:02','2012-02-08 05:31:02','@Bahamamama Clearly you\'re right. <a href=\"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertinacious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pertinacious</a>. But it\'s funny how some times all you need to do is read the first half of a word and know exactly where someone is going and then a spelling mistake isn\'t as glaring. ',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16265,1),(16284,6243,'Ivet','ivet13@gmail.com','','78.128.100.130','2012-02-08 10:20:55','2012-02-08 08:20:55','As your job is to teach what are you going to do during those 3 days at school with noone to teach?',0,'1','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)','',0,0),(16286,6238,'Bobby','lordnosfy@gmail.com','','87.120.221.111','2012-02-08 10:27:48','2012-02-08 08:27:48','The only brand I\'ve actually compared is Coca Cola and it tastes differently in Germany. So I\'m more inclined to believe that we often get some bad batches from producers. Maybe they think we have lower standarts or wouldn\'t know the difference. I don\'t know. I just hope it stops at some point in the future.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0a1) Gecko/20120207 Firefox/13.0a1','',0,0),(16280,6243,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-08 07:26:27','2012-02-08 05:26:27','@joe In the States, a snow day is a snow day. No one is going to school because the roads are bad, the weather is horrible and it\'s not safe. Apparently here in Sofia it\'s unsafe for the students but the teachers just have to fend for themselves and hope that nothing bad happens to us on the way to school.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16266,1),(16279,6243,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-02-08 07:24:55','2012-02-08 05:24:55','@MoM there\'s that but I could plan from home.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',16277,1),(15712,6161,'Shannon','shannon@bendell.ca','','174.2.16.53','2012-01-23 23:25:46','2012-01-23 21:25:46','Oh dear! This would be so difficult. My first thought was I would use the translation app on my iphone which allows you to enter sentences in English and it will translate it to any language (including Bulgarian) that you want. If an iphone is not something you can or want to use in BG, maybe you should consider getting an ipod touch? You could easily get a translation app and then it would be pretty easy to communicate. I know it\'s not something you need all the time, but for something like what you\'ve just described, it sounds like it would be totally worth every penny!  I\'m sorry you\'ve been feeling rotten and I sure hope you are 100% better very quickly. It is terrible to be sick and a thousand times worse when you are having trouble getting the help you need!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7','',0,0),(15711,6161,'dimi','dimi_z@mail.bg','http://www.dimiz.net','84.114.193.174','2012-01-23 23:18:54','2012-01-23 21:18:54','Hey, I am Bulgarian and half the time I don\'t even understand what the doctors are asking me back home even though I speak the language. Reading what they write is near to impossible. \r\n\r\nTake it from somebody who\'s been an expat since he\'s been 7 years old and grew up in expat circles: You are doing great and it is a delight to read your blog/diary. \r\nPlus, exactly the part where you get upset about seemingly (for some people) trifle things and show emotions makes you a real, all-in expat. Otherwise you just wouldn\'t care and would be treating your stay abroad like a really long business trip.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',0,0),(15710,6155,'karolinka','carolyn.emigh@gmail.com','','46.249.71.82','2012-01-23 22:37:56','2012-01-23 20:37:56','@Claudia Thanks so much!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1','',15690,1);
