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Update

Hello! We are sorry we could not write lately but we’ve been very busy with the creation of the course. There is still quite some work left but we hope that we will be able to launch it in just a few weeks! We will update you more on the progress these days. Until then, [...]

Christmas in Bulgaria

The Christmas time in Bulgaria is the time most full of traditions and rituals. Some of the typical Bulgarian rituals are very ancient and are not practiced nowadays. Also in the last decades some western traditions came into the Bulgarian culture. But generally, the Bulgarian Christmas looks like that: The Old Tradition Christmas or Koleda [...]

Baked Pumpkin – a tale by Elin Pelin

The following short story is written by one of the most famous Bulgarian authors – Elin Pelin. His stories are both touching and funny and his style is generally very amusing. The original text of the story can be found here. Baked Pumpkin by Elin Pelin When Goody Goodfellow, filing clerk in the local government, [...]

Moussaka – a traditional Bulgarian meal

Moussaka is the kind of dish which every Bulgarian housewife knows how to make and is also available in every respectable bulgarian restaurant. If you want to try yourself this popular Bulgarian dish, you can by following the recipe below: What you need: 500gr. chopped meat (pork, beef or mixed) 1 kg potatoes 1 large [...]

Cyrillic (Bulgarian) alphabet in Windows

Let’s share a bit technical data. A lot of you want to learn the Bulgarian alphabet. The first step for that is to set it up on your computers. That is how it works on Windows: Open Control Panel Double click on Regional and Language Options Go to the Language tab Click on the Details [...]

Romantic Bulgarian Phrases

Be able to use romantic phrases in Bulgarian. Here is the blogpost to start.

Socialism

This period in Bulgarian history is one of the latest and most interesting ones. The communist society was quite different from the normal capitalist one. At that time, people were “building” socialistic society. The country was closed for the normal people, they could not go out of Bulgarian easily. Everyone who believed something different from [...]

How to introduce ourselves in Bulgarian

Now, let’s translate the conversation: Zdravei! Govorish li balgarski? Здравей, Говориш ли български? Hello! Do you speak Bulgarian? Ne govoria dobre balgarski, no govoria malko. Не говоря добре български, но говоря малко. I don’t speak Bulgarian well, but I speak a little. Az sam Matthew, priiatno mi e da se zapoznaem. Аз съм Матей, приятно [...]

Bulgarian Resorts

As the legend has it, when God created the Earth He gave a gift to every country. The nice sea shores to Spain, the mighty Alps to Austria, the Seine river to France. When He finished his work, there was nothing left for the small Bulgaria. Therefor, He took a small piece of every gift, [...]

Bulgarian Music

“The Mistery of Bulgarian Voices” is not a name given by chance. The video above shows the most cherished Bulgarian song and singer – Izlel e Delio Haidutin by Valya Balkanska. This song has been chosen to be a part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched [...]