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Originally Posted By Nathan

Adoption.com is in the process of expanding it's International Adoption Resource Center (www.adoption.com/international). We would appreciate any suggestions of resources that we could add specific to Bulgaria. These could be any resources that you think could help parents or families who have adopted from Bulgaria, or who intend on adopting from Bulgaria. These could be sites about the culture, heritage, language, history, recipes, people, etc. of the country.

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Originally Posted By debbechristine@yahoo.com

I would love to see all of those, particularly recipes!

Debbe

[terrymand]

There are all sorts of resources on the FaCAB1 (Families with Children Adopted from Bulgaria) Yahoo site.

Families with Children Adopted from Bulgaria (FaCAB)

There are files with family adoption stories, cultural information about Bulgaria (including recipes), adoption related information, orphanage information, and lots more.

There are links to sites with personal stories, photos of orphanages, medical info, etc, etc.

This is not affiliated with any agency. It is a parent to parent resource and networking thing...with a newsletter too.

[Fluteglo]

I'm going to be a nanny for a woman who is in the process of adopting a soon to be 2 year old from Bulgaria. We had hoped she would be here by December but it looks like it will still be at least 2 more months. It's so sad, she flew out to visit the girl in June and got to hold her. Now all we can do is wait. Anyway, I found a site with Bulgarian phrases that also has sound for proper pronunciation.

http://www.kirildouhalov.net/language/phrases.html

Good luck!

[terrymand]

There is a great CD or tape that has tons of Bulgarian phrases geared just for families adopting kids from Bulgaria made by Fred DesChenes, who is a dad of a daughter adopted from Bulgaria.

You can read about his CD at http://cybermesa.com/~fdd/

Here is how it is organized:

Track 1: Reassuring Words
Track 2: Greetings, Polite Words, and Goodbyes
Track 3: Questions
Track 4: Commands
Track 5: Nagging Parental
Track 6: Family
Track 7: Food and Clothes
Track 8: Toys and Play

The CD or tape costs $15, just to cover costs and shipping.

SEnd a check to:

Fred Des Chenes
PMB #174
1512 Deborah Road
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Attention: Bulgarian Phrases

He says to include the address to ship to as well an e-mail address so he can let you know it is on the way.

Fred DesChenes Bulgarian phrases CD for kids adopted from Bulgaria

[Ddani]

There's also an online Bulgarian course. They've got some free samples, as well. Even sweet romantic phrases, etc.

www.EasyBulgarian.com