{"id":7458,"date":"2016-07-03T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T13:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2016-09-08T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T19:22:49","slug":"ice-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/ice-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Broken!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I tried going into the little village shop again today… and made it in. Amazing what an accomplishment that felt like! I was thrilled that they had beer as that was at the top of my shopping list. I hoped to be able to browse at my leisure, but it’s one of those places where everything is behind the counter.<\/p>\n

I took a deep breath and asked the attendant for bread. It is a really tough word to pronounce and she didn’t get me the first time. I was going to dig for my dictionary and show her what I wanted when she clued in and said, “Bread?” “Da!” I replied. That was all the excitement I could handle for one afternoon and I made a “that’s it” type of motion with my hands. She told me my total and showed it to me on a piece of paper, 3.65BGN (2.92CAD). These are 0.5L containers of beer. The bread looks very fresh. I would have preferred whole grain, but it’s better than nothing.<\/p>\n

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My nice neighbour, Vasa, wanted to chat as I was coming up the hill, but my Bulgarian was useless for that. I reminded her “No Bulgarian!” and then listed my pitiful list of words. She laughed. I did understand when she asked when Max is coming back and also when she said that Bulgarian will come if I work at it. I am, but it’s slow going. I wish there was an app like Duolingo for Bulgarian. I just haven’t found the app that’s making the language stick.<\/p>\n

Well, there are two dogs clamouring for my attention, so I guess it’s walk time. Then beer! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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