Here in Bulgaria

Ok all..i am here in Bulgaria, in a small village outside Vratsa. And yes, we use squat toilets. A first for me. It has been odd living in a house and community where only me and 4 other people really speak English. We tend to say 'good morning, evening, afternoong' and 'hello' often. It's still all a novelty to me, and I am really enjoying it. We were playing soccer with the local kids, while there were donkeys, horses, and dogs in the background. There are also some pretty neat moutains we are hoping to hike, and some caves that we are hoping to visit this weekend.

WELCOME

The countdown begins as my days in the USA now number less than 30! Please join me on my journey as my intentions are to post to this blog weekly?! If you click the 'Follow' button at the end of this page, you will be notified when I post additional entries.

Thanks to all of you who are able to make it to my farewell dinner. It will be great seeing friendly faces after spending the week packing, moving box after box into storage, cleaning, closing accounts, and shopping. It's amazing how difficult it is to close down one's life in one country. Kind of scary..So, the big moto trip starts Tuesday..keep your fingers crossed for good weather for my ride!

Hmm..me stressed or concerned? Why, oh why would I be feeling these things. I guess because I only have 5 days of work left, and I have yet to pack for the big moto trip home, pack for Bulgaria, buy a laptop and external hard drive, put my whole life in storage, and say good-bye to all my friends out here in just a little over two weeks, and continue learning as much about the history, culture, and language of Bulgaria as possible. And scarier yet..In one week, one day I will be in Bulgaria! I'm so excited just to get there already!

Only three weeks of work to go!

I picked up my motorcycle today..it's been in storage for the winter, and it felt so good to ride again. The weather was in the 50's.

I'm excited that the city we'll be leaving from prior to our final takeoff to Bulgaria is Washington D.C. It is so hard to believe that I'm going to be in another country in less than two months.

Still trying to figure out this blog thing. I put the RSS address in my Connected PC page, but I don't see the blog..so I am posting this to see if it will update.