We are sisters.

We love Gorna Bela Rechka for many reasons. Some are rooted in the happy summers of our childhood, in bathing in sun-warmed water, and in the beauty of a simple life.

In 2003, Diana returned from Prague after working there for seven years as a journalist. Together with friends and like-minded people, she founded the New Culture Foundation  and, in 2004, launched the annual GOAT MILK Festival of Memories. There she began working with personal stories, memory and trauma, and Gorna Bela Rechka became the place where this work took root.

It was also Gorna Bela Rechka that led her towards documentary filmmaking, archival work, group psychotherapy and trauma-sensitive yoga, and eventually to Germany, where she now lives. Since 2019, Diana has no longer been involved in the festival or the foundation.

Galya combines her work as a civil engineer in Sofia with her passion for textiles, paper-making, vegetarian cooking and gardening. Since 2020, she has spent around two-thirds of each year in Gorna Bela Rechka, where she continues to develop her studio and garden.

For both of us, Gorna Bela Rechka is home. It is a place for rest, for encounters and conversations, for work and creativity.

It continues to teach us, connect us and shape who we are.