Bulgarian hospitality seems endless

Can’t stop wondering at Bulgarian people’s friendliness! If you go to somebody’s house they always will pour you a glass of rakia and give lots of tomatoes and cucumbers from their own garden. If you have a coffee in a café with a Bulgarian – he always tries to pay for all of you. If you invite a Bulgarian for dinner at your home – guaranteed he’ll come with food, drink and sweeties for kids.

See this? This is how special a gift can be from a person you’ve only seen once before, but who likes you as a friend from the very first meeting.

This book is handmade by Plamena, my new Bulgarian girl-friend, who I’ve met through Etsy website. She is a graphic artist, she hand-makes paper and uses it for lots of handmade projects.

I am also into “handmaking” and I am going to make her a handmade gift. But shshshsh… it’s a secret!