THE HOUSES OF ROSSA

In Bulgaria there are villages where life passes slowly - as it was a century ago. Journey to Bozhanovo is not only space travel but travel to another era.
 

Bozhanovo - a picturesque village nestled in the coils of a dried river, is located 6 km away from the sea and the endless dunes of Krapetz, Shabla Municipality, adjacent to three lakes - Durankulashko, Ezeretsko and Shabla lake.

The same time the village is far away from progress. May be the reason is the signboard of the village, which honestly disclose its beginning instead of staying gracefully on country road. And between the road and the signboard there are 20 m only. Fortunately, the big investor interest also didn’t see the sign and passed it. So it remained as it was before - kindly, naive and small.

Only five persons live in the village - they are engaged in subsistence farming and cattle-breeding. Their lifestyle, their conversations, their goodwill charm the city man, tired of civilization noise and vanity. The few owners of vacation properties are intelligent Bulgarians that have attitude to its originality. Very often, as we get together having evening glass of wine by the fire, we share our astonishment and joy that time in Bozhanovo sleeps, huddled up the foot of the hill. Elder people sink into memories for their childhood, while children play undisturbed by fears of their parents and discover the charm of the real life in nature.

Silence is unique, but in the spring it is difficult to sleep - birds sing until dawn and this is a real problem for people who are not used to it. Sometimes in the vicinities can be heard howling of jackals which run away from jazz, swing and classical music.