Hi everyone!
My name is Laurie 😊. I recently took the leap to move from Manhattan, New York to a small Bulgarian village lost in time. And when I say lost in time I mean lost-in-time. No time crunching jobs, no watching the clock, hardly any internet service at all really. Imagine a village from the Middle Ages… that’s pretty much what you get here. And I’m loving every second of it! Follow along as we learn to farm- together! 🌱
I’m going to be sharing my new farm life with you. I want to take you along on my journey because I find this new way of living absolutely magical! The village, animals, people, traditions, daily life… everything! Hope to see you there!
If you enjoyed please like and subscribe 🙂 I decided to start this little channel because I genuinely feel that not enough of us have seen life outside of the city… and I’m hoping to keep it going. Thanks for watching and enjoy!! 🐑 🐖 🐓 ❤️
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bing cherries are popular in US, my neighbor's tree hung over the fence and dumped in our yard which was great: July means blackberries here and it can last until early September depending on rainfall and weather.
Young people need this structure and goal setting expectations, this would have been ideal for me, but in the US it's 'anything goes' and individualism more than tribe or team, which causes falling out and division, plus no guidance or mentoring. "Not my job" seems to be the unspoken mantra. I saw 1806 on the fresco i believe...
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That was quite the cherry haul….well done
Thank you! There is still more to come 😃
❤Wow,these cherries would not be save with me 😂I would have such hart time not to eat them haha.Here in the Netherlands cherries are way to expensive. You are such a lucky girl sweetheart ❤ Thanks for sharing again 🥰
Interesting ........I kinda did the same but my recipe i just sanitized my jars and then added the washed cherries pit and all into jars , added the sugar , sealed and set on a balcony where they could get sunlight , i believe it was six or eight weeks , the juice separated from the cherry and they settled on the bottom and it was crystal clear red , transparent even . Very sweet , but i added a bit of vodka and cherry brandy to it as the recipe called for and honestly it was amazing . I have three cherry varieties right now and actually have two trees started from store bought cherries .......not for our zone but this is there second season so hoping.Love the flowers , and cherry tree , has a lot of history !Laurie What zone is Bulgaria ? Reason i ask is i buy flower seeds from different parts of the world and you show some very interesting flowers from time to time ............enjoy your fruits of your labor
Taя година черешите бяха малко млада череша е но пък вишните компенсираха нещата. Направих сладко и компоти. Махането на костилките е мъка.
Оххххх мъка е наистина, махането на костилките! Сладко от вишна ми е любимото!! 😋😋😋 Вишна, дюла и диви ягоди 🍓
Wow cherries 🍒 look awesome 😋 and your pic on the thumbnail is very beautiful 😊
Aww thank you so much! That’s very kind of you to say. Now, if only I could send you some cherries in the mail! 🍒 😃
Hello how are you doing i planned to visit Bulgaria during next July so i want have more information about live there in village so can i have your contact number
Beautiful cherries - huge tree! That's a useful pip remover. Such bountiful fruit & veg you have 😊
What’s really amazing is that these trees have not been maintained by human hands for 5 years… they have essentially become wild trees and look how fruitful they are! Nature does not need our help 🍃 🌍
Amazingly beautiful!!! So peaceful! I feel the history, hear the whispers of all the people that passed through there and celebrated their life events! So many births, christenings, weddings and passings… and everyone has left a mark and a piece of their soul! Thank you Laurie for making us a part of your world!!! ❤🍀🌳
I am LOVING this!!!!!!! Keep posting and making us part of your wonderful, pure and magical world! Gives me peace. THANK YOU!!! 🧚♀️🐝🍒🌸🍄🐞🐛🍓
Thank you so much for being part of our world! My goal is to give people peace and happiness related to a simple life. ❤️🍒🍉🍓🍑🍊🍇
OMG! A cherry smoothie! Count me in. I'm picking wild blackberries for my smoothies, but boy would I love to step outside and raid a cherry tree for one!
You reminded me! I have to put the recipe in the description. I will get to that today. 🍒
а Шушана е сама (the soundtrack at the start) :)
ДА! Велика песен 😌
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време на череши! 🍒
Да!! До сега бяха ягодите, а сега черешите 🍒
I love ht brass waterwork at 3:50. And was that an old gun on the wall at 11:13?
Thanks for noticing it! I am IN LOVE with it. My boyfriend picked it out before I came along and it is one of my favorite things we own. Yes 😃 that’s an old gun passed down to us. I love that you notice all this!
Laurie, You bring back such fond memories for me. My Baba loved cherries and would make compote out of apples from our apple tree here in USA. They had a huge cherry tree in the old house in Bansko. Your cherries look so good! Life is good in the celo! Keep living the life and loving it there!
Very lovely. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for watching! 😊
A hidden treasure as you said, it would be nice to open more about it and your village and i would be interested to read the book but be careful as too much exposure will ruin your village and your beautiful peace .God bless ❤
Bravo gurls,you keep Bulgaria and our spirit alive.Healt and happynes
Wow! Thank you for this absolutely beautiful comment! You really made my day 😊 🇧🇬
I would love to read the book in English!
Thank you for letting me know! I will work on publishing it. 😊
So beautiful dress and very very beautiful mam 💞💞💞💞❤❤
Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you to say 😊
Beautiful and fascinating. Thank you so much for these wonderful videos. I love learning about your wonderful village, it's history, people, and especially your journey in this new life. Amazing. I always enjoy seeing the various plants and gardens as well. Peace be with you friend. 💖🙏🥀🌻🐦🦋
Very interesting.
I’m veryyyy happy you enjoyed!
I would love to read a historical book on Bulgaria, especially the one you're working on. There's so much hidden history there (IMO) that's fascinating. To understand how the Bulgarian culture was affected by a foreign occupation is something we should all know about.
It's great to have it on film as a historial archivei 😊
I think so too ❤️
That was interesting, thank you, love the traditional clothing 😊
Thank you! I’m soo happy you enjoyed. This tradition wear is called “nosiya”. The one I am wearing is a “Trakiyska Nosiya”. The one Hrisi is wearing is a “Shopska Nosiya”. 😊😊
its so beautiful
Thank you so much! I’m very happy you enjoyed. The church is truly one of a kind 😊
Браво дами! Баба Стефанка ще се гордее с работата, която сте свършили! ❤🇧🇬
БЛАГОДАРЯ МНОГО ЗА ТЕЗИ ПРЕКРАСНИ ДУМИ! P.S- I’m very sorry for not responding to our other chat. It’s a long story but my hospital experience ended up being much more intense than I had imagined. I will respond tomorrow and tell you all about it! 😮
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 ❤ hope you're ok kiddo!
Beautiful church and gorgeous you! We afre heading to Bulgaria next week. How do we find that church?
Which part of Bulgaria are you coming to? I live in Burgas just south of sunny Beach
BTW - Very hot here at the moment and hotter next week, 36ºC next week.
Thank you so much! 😊❤️ How exciting!! This church is not active and stays closed up in order to preserve the interior. We had tourists coming at one point but at the moment it is not active. This is why it took me so long to get access to make this video. That said, I strongly recommend visiting the church “Sveta Sofia” and “Boyana Church” (both are in Sofia). Boyana Church is similar to ours in size, structure and design. It is found a bit up the mountain and there is a beautiful park you can explore after. Just make sure to bring comfortable shoes. Also make sure you bring a lot of sunscreen and light clothes because it is very very hot here right now! Next week will be even hotter… but the good news is it is not humid 😊
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Thank you for the reply. We are trying to avoid touristy areas and will not fly to Sofia. We are more attracted to small villages (partly due to your channel).
God bless the soul of Baba Stefana. ( i presume she passed away) What a beautiful church! And i cant not but not to noticed how much more of tradition vilage where you are from is having. Just following you for a while. But whow, this church is amazing! So much of effort of werry skiled people of that time, under the otomans. Thank you so much for showing us all of this! Im loving Bulgaria more and more with every your new video!
Thank you so much for saying this! Baba Stefana was a very respected member of our village and we all loved her very much! I am so so happy you enjoyed this video and even happier that you love Bulgaria! Come visit one day soon! 😊😃
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Im comming for sure. But how soon i cant promise.
The Church is really amazing. Your traditional outfits are very beautiful and colorful , the main attraction is the cute little girl 😊 she looks gorgeous 😅
Thank you so much! 😊
Hi again no problem i totally understand what you have told me and i agree ,maybe one day it will happen by luck ,love to you all❤
Yes! I hope one day the locals will agree. Thank you so much for understanding. If it does, you will be the first to know! Much love to you and your family! ❤️🌞
Really enjoyed seeing inside the church. Thank you
Thank you so much for watching. I am so happy you enjoyed!
Very beautiful , wow
Thank you so much! We are very proud of our beautiful church
Very nice ❤thanks for sharing. What village is it?
Thank you so much Olivier! 😊 I have been asked by the locals not to share the name of the village. They seem to be afraid that my bringing attention to the village may threaten the rural nature of the region 😕 I will be honest, at first I was a bit confused but after thinking about it I can see where their fears are coming from. The majority of the people here are elderly and live on extremely low pensions. They fear that if people start visiting the price of living will go up and they would no longer be able to sustain themselves. I’m so sorry I couldn’t answer your question exactly.. I just love and respect the people here too much to break my promise..
I suspected you were Orthodox -- thanks for sharing your church, it is beautiful. I am Orthodox as well and would welcome more videos on the history of your church as well as the traditions/foods. Your channel is great.
Yes 😊 we are Eastern Orthodox and overall Bulgaria is a pretty religious country. So amazing to hear that you are Orthodox as well! I’m sorry if I asked before but where are you from? Thank you SO MUCH for letting me know what you’d like to see more of. It gives me loads of inspiration and I will be sure to keep creating such videos. Thank you even more for the kind words about my channel. It means so much! 😊😊😊
Chicago, born in Clevelannd to Carpatho-Rus grandmother. Mom married a Polish man, so raised in both Catholic and Orthodox churches. I chose Orthodoxy as an adult.
Oh wow! What an interesting background you have. I love it.
Funny story again for you. My first time in Bansko I visited the church that was close to the family house and this church is approximately the same age as yours. . When I came home, I told my I visited the church and she asked me which one? The old or the new? The new one was the one I visited and the old one was and still is by the cemetery and it’s even older! Can you imagine an over 200 year old church being referred to as the new one? Over the entrance door is a painted Orthodox cross and to the side of it a Crescent Moon to pacify the Turks…the seating was also interesting with a woman’s section and best seats were just like at a sports stadium. The more you paid, the better the seat! I love watching your videos and being reminded of how life once was there and how things still are. The icons are amazing and so is the fine wood carvings…
Omg can you imagine the history!? The 200 year old church is the new one!! 😮😃 I am working on gathering as much history as I can about our village and will make a video about it. This is actually the “new” village (just like in your case with your 200 year old “new” church” 😃). The original village was on the other side of the river but was moved because of the Plague.. so in a way this is the “new church”. Bulgaria is amazing with so much history. What you just told me about paying for seating is INSANE!! I have never heard this before! Thanks so much for sharing.. I just learned a very cool and crazy piece of history from you 😃
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Talking with the elders or their children will give you probably the best history. What a great thing to do as you are planning. It’s a country with such a rich history but all of it not so good especially loosing lands after wars but I guess that’s all part of the history too. Yeah, I was surprised when my Baba told me about the price of seats in the church too. The women had a section in the back that had a lattice type wall to kind of shield them if the Turks came in or something like that. I’ll look into it more when I get back hopefully this fall. Leka Nosh, leka…. Bansko lingo. 😉 Bansko dialect.
*THE LITTLE GIRL* was unbelievably cute
Thank you! She’s adorable 🥰
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing this. Beautiful in so many ways and a magnificent testimony to the faith of your families and your community. Peace be with you friend. 💖🥀🌻🐦🐝
Thanks so much! We put a lot of love and effort into this video and hearing you like it fills me with so much joy! Wishing you nothing but the best! 😊🍃💙 🐞
I love the guided tour! What a beautiful spot. And, your traditional garments are lovely. I see so many beautiful Bulgarian textiles in the old abandoned homes....very colorful. Someone could make a killing on cleaning them up and reselling them!
Thank you so much for this comment! I really mean it because I put my heart and souls into this video. I see a few things that I will work to improve on in my future videos over time (mainly, telling my awesome camera girl to move slower and film closer to us so that the sound is solid/ scenes clear…. And work on relaxing in from of the camera). I’m still new to the world of video making and hope to improve with time but overall I am very pleased with the result. Seeing comments like yours gives me the boost of co finance I need! Thank you for that! 😊😊😊
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Thank you so much for watching! And for this lovely comment! 😊
This was great. So very interesting. I adore seeing other peoples' culture like this.
Thank you so much! I’ve been working on this video for a while now and am very excited to have finally posted it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 😊😊😊
Wow thanks for today,s vedeo i have seen churches and monasteries but it looks quite old and the story interesting too , haven,t been in one without any windows at all i wish to know the name of your village if you can name it maybe one day we will be passing from near by and can have a look . Thanks goes to your helpers too ❤ love and blessings to all .❤
Thank you so much! I am so thrilled that you like our precious church. It took an incredible amount of work and determination to build and it’s our job to keep it safe and alive. I really wish I could share the name of our village but I have been asked by the locals not to share the name of the village. They seem to be afraid that my bringing attention to the village may threaten the rural nature of the region 😕 The majority of the people here are elderly and live on extremely low pensions. They fear that if people start visiting the price of living will go up and they would no longer be able to sustain themselves. I’m so sorry I couldn’t answer your question exactly.. I just love and respect the people here too much to break my promise.. I have been getting a lot of requests from amazing people who wish to visit and it would fill me with so much joy to welcome and host them. I am talking with the locals to see if we can come to agreement where we welcome a few people to the village. Perhaps we can organize tours. They are still hesitant but I’m hoping that with time we can come to an agreement. If they do agree, you will be the first to know! ❤️❤️❤️
Correct me if i misunderstood but seven days to build ? That's a lot of stone to put up never mind bring to the location ..........but the irony...... those who persecuted they did fall , yet the stones stand ever tall ,absolutely love the architecture in it's own unique style , ........something about natural stone just feels right , well done
Yes! Can you believe it?? The villagers built it in secret over the course of only 7 nights. I couldn’t believe it either when I first learned this but that’s how motivated they were to keep their faith strong. I couldn’t agree more about the natural stone… there is life in it.
great video. you looked great. more video's like this
Thank you so much! We put extra love into this one. Part II is coming next week 😃 and I will be sure to make more like this. Thanks for letting me know you’d like to see more! 😃
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 thank you for responding. just keep making great video's. i started watching you to see the old stone buildings i am not much interested in the cooking but i am sure there is people how do just make what ever kid of video's that get you the most views. i will watch all your video's
Thank you so much for the support! I appreciate it very much 😊 Honestly, I hadn’t intended on making cooking videos in the beginning but I keep getting requests for traditional recipes. I will be sure to make more videos on the village and stone houses since that is what you enjoy most (I love that topic too)!
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What a hidden gem ! Interested to know the waves of immigration & invasion in the area. The Ottomans sound nasty.
When the ottomans invaded our lands a nasty turk will see a church and would order to be destroyed but a smart turk will see a church and would order to be converted into mosque
Bulgaria is the gateway between Europe and the Middle East - it was invaded endlessly by people from every direction. I found 2 Roman bracelets in my garden, a spear tip, an ancient Greek annular broach, some bits of Roman armour, a neolithic axe head, a quern stone, the place is just chock full of stuff - its highly illegal to sell any to try and stop organised crime robbing the country's history
It really is! I will work on adding more history about Bulgaria and the region in future videos ☺️ Thank you for this comment.. you gave me great ideas!
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