At the beginning of June Guillaume went to pick up his brother from Sofia airport with Tatyana’s car. They also collected an art exhibition from a museum in Sofia, moving it first to the exhibition room in Serdika and onto the village of Strelcha.
On return to Shipka the volunteers were told that the trees needed watering and mulching. The week was intense because the days started at 6 o’clock in the morning and were very hot. We made time for breaks around the fire with traditional Bulgarian music, food and drink.
Then came the festival of roses in Kazanlak, many people came for this event. Young people from Kazanlak offered to draw a rose in exchange for levas. Many merchants were present and we had the chance to attend several concerts. The main stage was for traditional music from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia, etc.
The week after we continued with the watering of the trees, and picked up several trailers of lavender, using it as mulch for the trees.
We also worked outside the museum creating a path from the information boards to the traditional machinery, using rocks collected from Gabrovo. We used a large quantities of sand, gravel and energy.
We then travalled to Istanbul. A beautiful city, rich in culture where people are welcoming.
To end the month of June, we had the chance to see the theatre production made by the children’s class for the end of the school year. The children took us back in time with a fun and cheerful atmosphere.
