Pirin Lodge invites you to a lovely holliday in Bansko – on and off season, using a fantastic 25% discount, with an additional 10% donation going to the cats and dogs of Animal Rescue Sofia!

Enjoy a lovely holiday with your pet in the lovely 2-room appartments with a living room-area that hosts an open kitchen. There is cable TV, internet and a big terrace to further comfort your stay.

Pirin Lodge is located in the beautiful mountanous town of Bansko and is a starting point for tourism in both winter and summer. Based in the underhills of the most astonishing Pirin Mountain, Bansko offers a fabulous holliday to active, nature-loving people.

Prices on leasing an appartment at Pirin Lodge can be found here:

www.PirinLodge.com

rentals@pirinlodge.com

+359 897 311 381
+359 749 91266

Please Note: The Animal Rescue Sofia discount is NOT calculated in the official price-list.

This opportunity is available through Animal Rescue Sofia friend – Mr.Frank Nadler.

Frank and his wife Maria welcome you to Pirin Lodge, but first – maybe you’d like to know something about them.
Here is a short interview with Frank about himself, the family and other animals:

- Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your family Frank?

Frank: I am a Bavarian mountain man and have lived as a stock broker and financial manager in many places around the globe. My partner Maria is from Sofia, a teacher by profession and one of the most good-hearted persons I have ever met. Otherweise she probably would not have been able to put up with me. We moved to live together in Sofia at the beginning of 2000 and in 2004 decided to move to Bansko permanently. My idea for a main job was to keep some pigs and produce rakia. Maria worked in an office.  When the boom in Bansko started I got involved in building the apartment complex Pirin Lodge and since 2007 am managing this complex. I like the spirit of Bansko and the people here and am proud to be with a local male singing group “Star Merak” that holds up traditions and sings only songs from Bansko.

- How did you get involved with animals in need?

Frank: When Maria and I moved to Bansko there were a lot of street dogs around.  We fell in love with a dog family that lived in an abandoned garden nearby. The mother was very, very shy and would no human being come close to her. So she continued to give birth and we fed all the puppies and partly found homes for them with friends from Sofia. From time to time some “nice” people poisoned them. Two times all the puppies died but the mother always survived.  In the end she let Maria touch her and Maria took her to our vet and had her castrated. Only a few days later someone in the neighbourhood managed to poison the dogs, this time also the mother (we called her Marushka)  and only two puppies survived.   With the help of a German friend we managed to find a home in Germany for ome of them and the other one lives with us now. The first dog we took some years ago was a female  puppy with a little brother that lived next to our supermarket. Everytime I went shopping I fed them. One morning the puppy was trembling because its brother lie on the street smashed by a truck. That’s when we decided it needed a family and we took her home.

We’ve known Frank as a kind and able person – a friend to anyone in need

- Who is the bigger “animal maniac” – you or your wife?

Frank: Maria is definitely the “Mother Theresa” of the homeless animals in Bansko. It takes me quite some strenght to keep her from taking all cats and dogs from the streets into our house.

-How many dogs/cats do you look after?

Frank:We have 5 dogs and 5 cats. In terms of cats we were up to 11 but some died or disappeared. All our animals are, of course, castrated. Apart from that there are a few streetdogs that Maria visits and feeds on a regular basis. Oh, we also keep a little tomcat at Pirin Lodge – our talisman Fritz.

-How did you get involved with Animal Rescue Sofia?

Frank: Last December we saw the ARS calendar somewhere and we decided to buy a few of them for family and friends. As the little pet shop had only one calendar they called Anelia – which brought the required amount to the shop. Anelia told us everything about ARS and we were so impressed and said that this is a project that we must support. I have never met such enthusiastic people so far in Bulgaria. ARS gives me hope for the future of this country.

The family animals have all been rescued from a sad destiny

Animal Rescue Sofia friends are very welcome to Pirin Lodge!