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The 305 Bus

Posted in Living Life, tagged , , on August 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Wosa. I took the 305 bus home today from Eagle’s Bridge to Mladost.  It was 5:30 pm.  Holy-smokes. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The bus was so super-duper crowded. And people were fighting to get on the bus. Oh they were also fighting/pushing to get off the bus.
It kind of made me wonder why I [...]

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Sightseeing in BG

Posted in Culture, Having Fun, Teaching, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ll be doing some sightseeing with the other new teachers at the American College.  We’re going to Rila this morning on our way to Melnik and then tomorrow we’re heading to Kovachevitsa. I am looking forward to the trip and to seeing Bulgaria in the late summer. The funny thing is the fact that this [...]

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Five Things

Posted in Culture, Having Fun, Living Life, Moving on August 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I knew that I wasn’t doing a great job packing when I left Washington State last week for Sofia but I couldn’t get my head around what I needed to bring with me and what I already had in Sofia. I stocked up on books for the year both to teach and for pleasure. [...]

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New Apt, New Friend, New Metro

Posted in Having Fun, Living Life, tagged , on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I knew that there would be lots of new things in my life this year.  Sure I’ve been here for a year now but as an expat things are never exactly the same from year to year (hell, they never are the same year to year no matter who you are) but living abroad things [...]

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Back in Bulgaria

Posted in Travel, tagged , on August 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I flew into Sofia yesterday. I had the best intentions to write a post that I’d been thinking about on the airplane.  Needless to say jetlag got the best of me and today got away from me.  So, here it is, I can’t really believe that I am back in Bulgaria for a second year.
I [...]

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Street Without a Name

Posted in Culture, Living Life on August 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This week my first Amazon.com order came in.  First off, I love Amazon.com.  I mean that they will send me nearly any book I want in a few days…what’s not to love.  And secondly, I love to read.  It was a good start to the week for me.
I ordered Kapka Kassabova’s new book Street Without [...]

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Does Size Matter?

Posted in Having Fun, Living Life, Shopping, tagged , on August 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I am getting back into the swing of things in the States.  I haven’t suffered too much culture shock–bits and pieces of things sneak up on me and make me say: really? But for the most part this is the Walla Walla that I’ve grown to know and I haven’t been too shocked by this [...]

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New Hair Cut

Posted in Having Fun, Living Life, tagged on August 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »

One of the first things that I did in the States was to get my hair cut.  Sure I hugged my parents and all that jazz but I was dying for a hair cut.  My hair has gotten longer and longer over the past year so much so that that two months ago I realized [...]

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Back in America

Posted in Culture, Living Life, Travel, tagged , , on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I landed in San Francisco on Wednesday (as fate would have it on this Lufthansa flight all of the flight attendants spoke to me first in German and second in English–I guess when you’re blond with blue eyes and flying out of Germany that’s what happens) and now three days later I finally feel human [...]

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