Third Goal

Bulgaria. I’m feeling a lot better today than i have been the past few days. The stress of being here was really starting to get to me.

Yesterday an elderly lady came to me and stephanie and told us that we should be speaking in Bulgaria..ummm. Unsure how to reply to such a ridiculous comment we just told her that we didnt understand what she was saying. Can you even imagine going up to two people in the states from a different country and telling them to speak english to each other. The town is only 2000 people and they all know that we have only been here 2 months. But i digress.

Bulgarians love to know everything about you when they first meet you. The first questions out of everyone’s mouth are “are you married” “how old are you” “where are you from” “tell me about your family”. That’s quite a bit of information to give out upon the first five minutes of knowing someone. But it’s really normal. For me, it’s taking time to get used to. They ask how old we are in front of students while we are teaching and no one thinks it’s strange. There are so many times that i have to remind myself that it’s not rude here to ask really personal questions.

This weekend is stephanies birthday. We are going to travel to a monistary near Plovdiv. I’m really excited to see it. We should have a great time! I’m trying to travel as much as I can in PST (pre service training) b/c it doesnt count against my vacation time. Although, one nice thing about Bulgaria PC is that when we travel in country on weekends after we swear in, it doesnt count against us. Only m-f and when we are out of the country.

I dont think that i could ever tell you how beautiful Bulgaria is. I hope that my pictures can show some of it but i doubt it. There are three mountain ranges, caves, and a beachline. I haven’t even been to the beach yet b/c i’ve been so busy going other places. There are huge lakes and long and wide rives. There is never a shortage of something to do if you like hiking. It’s incredible.

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