A Street with No Name, Dimitar Luzhov, Kozlodui

Posted by maria dimitrova 21-04-2006

You may not believe it but my street has no name. It doesn’t even have a number. There are a few streets like this in Kozlodui -- no one bothered to name them. But despite this fact, or because of it, my street is worth a second look.

It is only 300 m long. I live in the so-called youth hostel of the Kozlodui Nuclear Power Plant. The hostel has 13 storeys and is one of the highest buildings in Kozlodui. In the 70-ies, before they built the Nuclear Power Plant, this area was one big meadow. All of my neighbours work at the Nuclear Power Plant. I moved here from a university hostel which was full of life and noise. My hostel now is for people who work, so it’s calm and quiet. People here are only in a hurry in the mornings, when they are going to work. In the lift we sometimes say “Hi” and “Good night” to each other, even if we don’t know each other. Perhaps because I’ve only been here for four months, I know only four of them.

Half of the garages in my street have been turned into shops. There is a garage-turned-grocer’s-shop, a garage-turned-‘boutique’, a garage-turned-sports-shop and a garage-turned-autoparts-shop. People in Kozlodui are either in trade or they work for the Plant.

Near my hostel is block No. 5. I suspect the only reason why it has a number is to allow people to get their mail. Otherwise, it would have no name or number, like my street.

To see Dimitar's piicture's click here