I can't believe it is almost July. Soon I will have been in Bulgaria for 2 months. Time is flying by. I will be at my permanent site by the end of July and then it's time to get to business. My school has planned for me to teach some summer English classes. We'll see how many kids sign up. On the plus side, I'll probably have regular internet. On the down side, I'll be far from my wonderful host family and fellow Americans.
What has been happening these days?
Well, the fruits and vegetables are growing well. We just harvested a great deal of onions and garlic. The corn here is quite tall and the chicks are almost chickens.
I have been studying a lot of Bulgarian. However, articles, prepositions, and objects oh my. The grammar is difficult for me.
I was able to go on a long walk with Mitko up the hills outside of our training site. It was gorgeous from the top as I could see for such a long distance. We ended up walking back to town the same time the cows come home (8:00 in the summer) which was great.
The Peace Corps also held a Roma culture day for us in which we learned more about the Roma minority of Bulgaria. It was a good morning, we heard from current volunteers and community representatives of the Vratsa area. We also played games with some Roma children from a local orphanage.
I was also able to speak with my mom and dad at home. It was the first time I have talked to them since I left in May (actually hearing each other).
I came home to 3 chicken heads in the garden the other day. It turns out they butchered a few while I was studying Bulgarian.
We stay incredibly busy and now it's time to determine a short term community project to accomplish in 2 weeks at our training site.
It's currently thunderstorming like it has off and on over the last week.
Miss you all back in Minnesota! Here are some photos (no real order).
Our cows crossing the river:
One of our chicks:
The cows coming home:
Mitko and my hike:
Our PST city from above, those huge buildings are part of the city dump, though you can actually see my house slightly from this photo:
My on our hike near a man-made lake:
Mitko having fun:
Our delicious cucumbers:
Some tomatoes I cannot wait to eat (plus I love that even my Bulgarian family is all about the non GMO vegetables):
For all you insurance people out there, especially my dad:
Me and my new counterpart:
Me finding out my permanent site:
One of the spiders I found in the library:
Our chicks, soon-to-be chickens:
Gotta love the maroon and gold!
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