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From Here to Bulgaria
fromheretobulgaria.wordpress.com
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This is my personal Peace Corps travel blog, the story of a twenty something exploring and learning about a new country and the accidents of fate that come with exploring.
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2 Weeks without a Computer Makes You an Avid Reader

Hello Blog followers. The last two weeks have been challenging and fun. First of all the mother board on my computer was fried. Like bacon and I was without a computer. It unequivocally sucked. So I ...

1 day ago

It’s May Now

Hello fellow blog readers. Yes I know I have been lazy blogging, but a lot has been happening and blogging hasn’t been my highest priority. The month of May has had a lot going on and has given...

16 may 12

The Beginning of Way too Many Days off of School May

Welcome to May tomorrow. May 1st is Labor Day in Bulgaria and because of that I have a lovely 4 day weekend. Yeah time to catch up on laundry. I have actually been productive this weekend. Saturday w...

30 apr 12

Spring Vacation, Easter Break, a New Season

Hello everyone!!!! Well I am off on my way to the final stretch of my Peace Corps Service. It’s officially 3 months left until I go home and see my family and friends. I can hardly believe i...

22 apr 12

Happy Easter

I just wanted to wish all of my readers, friends, and family a Happy Easter. Enjoy your eggs and kozonak I’ll post hopefully with photos!!!!! Filed under: Bulgaria, Emotional rant Tagged: Eas...

12 apr 12

A Blustry Day

When I walked home from work today I just kept thinking about Winnie the Pooh. It is very windy today. Not in a bad way but just cold. I then went home and enjoyed my many vegetables on my table a...

30 mar 12

Saying Goodbye… kind of

So, a lot of things have been going on since the other thing happened, and actually my life is going great. I have learned how truly awesome my friends are and have made new ones. This past week th...

29 mar 12

Ending at the Beginnning

I am ending my Peace Corps service in July. And it’s the end of March, seems so crazy, with all the ups and downs and lefts and rights that everything has gone through. This weekend I am goin...

20 mar 12

Wait… it’s Saint Patrick’s Day tomorrow…

A Bulgarian tradition! (Photo credit: Anduze traveller) So after everything that happened at site I was sent to Sofia for a few days, and I would have to say that it was well worth the couple hundred...

16 mar 12

The Good and the Bad

Now some “stuff” has been going on with me. I am not willing to go into details about it here other than to say that I am so grateful for how Peace Corps has treated me and the situation...

09 mar 12

Complaining

I had a crappy day today at work. I don’t want to go into details but I just want to grumble and groan and say grrrrrr……. I don’t get paid enough to deal with this crap!!!!...

28 feb 12

I have reached my Scary age, and I am ok

I know everyone has that age, the age they thought they would have it all figured out and together. For me that is 27. Well I am 27 years and one day today and I am nowhere near close to having it ...

26 feb 12

Update from Popsicle world

Things are a heck of a lot warmer here lately. Today I was able to put my clothes outside to dry. That is a happy day for anyone who doesn’t have an electric dryer. With this brighter and war...

24 feb 12

Tales from the Bilzzard

Hello all you people who I am assuming are warmer than I am. I just wanted to let all of you know that I am well. I am about 60% healthy. So that is good. Hillary Bulgaria for 5 hours. A bunch o...

07 feb 12

Blizzard Cold

So for those of you who don’t know Eastern Europe has been hit with a terrible cold snap. It has gotten as low as -28 C in Knesha, and it doesn’t feel like it’s getting better. No...

02 feb 12

Chinese food In Bulgaria

Last monday was Chinese New Year, and one of your jobs as a Peace Corps Volunteer is cultural exchange. That is why when my friend Dan told me that he was going to be celebrating Chinese New Year wi...

29 jan 12

Snow Day!!!

I just wanted to write a post marking this tremendous occasion where I Miss S have a Snow Day. My first working day off in Peace Corps that doesn’t involve a conference, illness or anything br...

26 jan 12

Beautiful Desolation

Honestly that is the way I feel sometimes when I look out my window. I feel as though I live in an area of beautiful desolation. Maybe that is just the way that snow makes me feel. I love looking ...

24 jan 12

Christmas Vacation the Finale

As midnight hit in Istanbul I was in cloud ten. I couldn’t believe that I was where I was. Staring at this beautiful bridge that crosses the Bosphorus, lit up in purple, green and red. Surrou...

14 jan 12

Christmas Vacation Part 4

Now we are only on the 30th and 31st of December of my Christmas Vacation. I know what you are thinking, how long is this gosh darn vacation!!! I am kidding, I hope. Anyway on the my second full da...

10 jan 12

Christmas Vacation Part 3…

As we continue the adventures of two Peace Corps Volunteers we are now on our way to Turkey. Before I left for Knezha I had purchased the tickets to Istanbul and I should have known something would...

08 jan 12

Christmas Vacation Part 2

Image via Wikipedia Hello blog readers. Now on to the continuing saga of my Christmas Vacation. Last we left it was the end of Christmas Day. We continue on December 26th. Nancy and I decided to ...

06 jan 12

Christmas Vacation Part one…

Well hello all. I am back in Bulgaria nursing a new set of health problems, but all in all I am well. I returned from Turkey the night of the second and maybe I just need a rest, IDK. Anyway I am ...

04 jan 12

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Весела Коледа и Щастлива Нова Година, or in English Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am on Vacation right now and without my computer. I am so grateful that Peace Corps gives me this opportuni...

28 dec 11

Istanbul is Constantinople….

Rather than inundate you all with 100 and 1 different posts about being sick and feeling ill and just feeling awful I decided to skip those and just feel better. And I am 90% there, also with the re...

17 dec 11

Keep it Loose, Keep it tight

I guess this is going to be one of those personal emotional rant type blog posts, but I just don’t feel good and everything just seems to be weird and floopy in my life right now. All I want is...

01 dec 11

Halloween

I was given some photos from Halloween that I would like to share with you all. It is strange to know this is the last Halloween party of my Peace Corps expirence. Hope you all enjoy. Related artic...

10 nov 11

Haven’t Known What to Say

Hello my blog readers. I know that I haven’t kept up with this blog very well lately, mostly because I have been so tired and busy. Things are just going at a good pace here. I have had a si...

05 nov 11

It’s Coming…

And no it’s not the new Footloose movie, I’m talking the most dangerous substance known to man that makes even Bulgarian baba’s cry, snow. Snow has officially been spotted in Weste...

16 oct 11

Welcome to Fall

I love autumn. I’m sorry I haven’t been writing much but things here have been crazy busy with schedule changes and a lot of crazy things. Now I have the flu, It’s just so much &#...

09 oct 11

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