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Immediately in the beginning of my stay at Vegetarium I got the chance to visit a Kurban. I was really curious because I haven’t heard of it before and didn’t…Continue readingMy first ,,Kurban”

  When i first arrived in Vegetarium as a volunteer, everything was new: the tasks, the schedule, all the information…it felt like a lot. But as the days have passed,…Continue readingFirst impression from my volunteering expirience in Vegetarium

Before embarking on my adventure at Vegetarium, I was convinced that arriving in the village of Zhelen, and then at Vegetarium, would be an experience in itself ; and to…Continue readingCrossing Europe by train: from the Cévennes to the Balkans

I have now completed my volunteering at the Vegetarium and I can honestly say that those two months were one of the best times of my life. I have learned…Continue readingMemories from Vegetarium

Vegetarium is very international place where you can easily meet people from all over the world. It’s nice but sometimes I feel that I would like to see more of…Continue readingCultural differences between Bulgaria and Finland

At the Vegetarium, we sometimes organize morning practices where one person teaches others something they know. For example, I had the opportunity to learn some Paneurhytmy. During the time I…Continue readingTeaching judo while being filmed for Bulgarian national television

On the first Easter day, I learned that apparently in the Bulgaria and many other countries have tradition where people are fighting with the painted eggs to find out who…Continue readingThe most confusing Easter of my life in the best possible way

One day at the Vegetarium, I wanted to prepare something nice for the one volunteer’s birthday. I knew that she really liked cocoa and I remembered those coconut balls that…Continue readingHow to bake coconut balls

One of the first things I noticed when I started living in the Vegetarium was how healthy the food here is. Even though I was already eating vegan and quite…Continue readingHow to bake Finnish rice pies

In my third week, on my day off, I made a trip to the Sofia to vote in Finnish elections. On the thirteenth of April there were regional and municipal…Continue readingHow I voted in the Finnish elections in Bulgaria