my name is rumen leonidov and i am a writer. welcome! this is my home. this here is the living room. this is vivi my girlfriend, and the mother of our two children. she's making a salad. today is our 35th wedding anniversary. my living room is a bit like an art gallery. there's a lot here about my great-grandfather. he died fighting for the liberation of bulgaria at the age of 27. many of my friends are artists and they like to paint portraits of me. who knows why. i have 5 or 6 portraits -- which i never commissioned! we have two children. a daughter and a son. they're studying and working abroad. our house feels much emptier now. that's very typical for bulgarian families these days. a lot of young people are emigrating. this was my first modern car -- a toyota. i just can't part with it. the first time i got behind the wheel, i felt as though i was in a plane. now it's full of books. before this i always had a trabant. thank you very much for your visit. you're welcome any time. goodbye! >> malta is one of europe's smallest european countries but with