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Susan Ashwell is a writer, blogger and YouTuber who left England to begin a new life in rural Bulgaria, where she has lived for 11 years. A retired social worker, she writes about village life, nature, gardening, cooking and the unexpected adventures of starting again. She shares her home with her husband and 11 rescue animals.

Latest Posts By Susan Ashwell

2 weeks ago

A Tale of Two Villages: The Difference Between a Bulgarian and an English Village

For those of you who read my first article, you will know that my husband Jeff and I left England and moved to Bulgaria 11 years ago. In this article, I will discuss and compare life in an English village to life in a Bulgarian village, with particular reference to those of us in our 60s and over…

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3 weeks ago

Moving to Bulgaria: How It All Began

We were both in our late 50s, living in an idyllic village in the south of England when a sequence of unexpected events led us to reassess our lives as a busy professional couple. I was a social worker, and my husband, Jeff, ran his own business in the building industry. What did we really want…

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