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Banitsa

Sat, 05/21/2011 - 2:19pm

Life is good. This morning Nadia made banitsa, a Bulgarian specialty with filo-dough and feta cheese.

It was delicious, and we took notes on the recipe so we can make it ourselves also.

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dailylife

So proud

Sat, 05/14/2011 - 1:24pm

So proud!

Sasha's graduation ceremonies will start at 3:00 pm, we're getting ready to leave.

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theater

Hair

Fri, 05/13/2011 - 7:45am

Yesterday we saw Hair, a great musical. The show started at 7:30 pm in the Durham Performing Arts Center downtown.

When I got home from work I had lost my voice (I have a bit of a cold) but dinner was ready, Bulgarian musaka.

The show was great -- very energetic and fun, and with nice music. A good night out.

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dailylife

Tabovi in the Duke Gardens

Wed, 05/11/2011 - 9:26pm

Today the Tabovi visited the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

We're having a very good time. Their visit is also very good for my Bulgarian. I've learned about 60 new words since they arrived, including the word for (Durham) bull: бик.

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dailylife

Sasha's parents arrived in North Carolina

Sun, 05/08/2011 - 10:09pm

Sasha's parents Milan and Nadia arrived today!

We went to pick them up at Charlotte airport, after making sure that the house is in immaculate shape.

It is great to see them again, and we had a very nice evening together. It's the first time they visit us in the States, so there is a lot to show them.

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Français

Summer break French

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:21pm

The university semester is getting to an end, and my French teacher, who is also a professor at a college in Raleigh, is leaving for France for the summer.

In the last lesson we had a great conversation about baking bread, so I learned some delicious vocabulary.

I may pick up French in a few weeks ago (there is a replacement teacher) but for now a break works well. Sasha's parents are arriving this weekend and I'll be concentrating on Bulgarian for a month.

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politicsnews

Osama bin Laden dead

Sun, 05/01/2011 - 11:44pm

Wow. Osama bin Laden dead, what a huge moment.

"I can report to the American people and to the world that the US conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden"

Finally, Bin Laden has been brought to justice. A great moment.

CNN showed people singing the National Anthem in front of the White House, celebrating.

I was just about to close my laptop for the night, when I saw a Facebook update about it. Later we watched the President speaking in the White House.

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foodanddrinks

New bread

Sun, 05/01/2011 - 8:35pm

I had a quiet weekend. I've had a cold for a week and I used this weekend to recover. Today I felt a lot better than yesterday.

Being at home, I had ample time for a recipe from 'the Bread Bible', an appropriately named cookbook of which I've now tried three recipes, all great. I made the hearth bread, with whole-wheat flour.

I started the sponge (the starter) last night, and tonight we had the end result for dinner. The best bread I've ever baked.

Sasha's parents will arrive next weekend, so it's time to brush off my Bulgarian language. A while ago I converted my vocabulary list from my home-made software (in Microsoft Access) to Anki SRS, a tool that I use for my French as well, and this weekend I started going through all 2,000 words in Anki.

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dailylife

Haarlem photo's for a good purpose

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 9:43pm

Two photographs that I took in Haarlem, the Netherlands, years ago are now used in a newsletter.

Hale Kū‘ike, a residential facility in Hawaii for people with Alzheimer's disease, used two photographs of Dutch 'hofjes' that I posted on Wikipedia in their most recent letter.

[...] Hofje van Bakenes, located in the Netherlands, stands out in my memory. It was founded in 1395 to care for twenty women and has been in operation ever since. Imagine that, over six centuries of assisted living!

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movies

Full Frame 2011

Mon, 04/18/2011 - 8:56pm

What a festival! The film selection this year was very good.

On Friday morning I saw Hot Coffee, an interesting doc on product liability and mandatory arbitration clauses (7). We saw several films together that day:

- "How to Pick Berries" about Thai people picking berries in Finland. Very current, with the elections in Finland last week. (6)
- "When China met Africa", about Chinese companies investing in Zambia. Great characters. (8)
- "Gun Fight", about gun-rights in the United States. Well produced. (8)

Saturday morning we saw:

- "Universal Language", about Esperanto. It was an okay documentary, but it was fun to see Texel, the Netherlands, where there is a monument for Esperanto (6).
- "Unlikely treasures" was very enjoyable, about people collecting useless things. (8)

Sasha left to the UK, and I went back to the festival.

- "Tugs" was nice, but way too short. (6)
- A highlight was "Being Elmo", a film about the life of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind Elmo, the popular Sesame Street character. Kevin Clash (and Elmo) where in the theater, and he was warmly welcomed by the audience. (9)
- After such a fun movie it was a big switch to see "Scenes of a Crime", about a man who after 16 hours of interrogation committed to a crime he may not have done. (8)

On Sunday I was in line for the award winners at 12.15 pm, nicely on time.

- I saw "Caretaker for the Lord", a lovely short about a church in Scotland that is closing. (9)
- "We Still Live Here", about a woman who introduces her ancestor's lost language back to the community. (7)

Had a quick dinner at Tyler's. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and it was great to sit outside. There was a Bulls game later that afternoon.

- "The Interrupters" was very impressive, a great film. It was long, but with the richness of the movie that was not a problem. Amazing contrast between living the inner cities and the suburbs. (9)
- Closed the festival with Il Capo (7) and "Buck", the audience award winner. (8)

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