Beautiful Bulgaria

Today was my first lesson teaching English to some of my colleagues at school. Seven teachers came today and there should be about five for tomorrow's lesson. I am teaching at two different times on different days to accommodate the schedules of the other teachers. I will have English for teachers every Wednesday at 1:15 and every Thursday at 5:00 for the rest of the year or at least until the end of the semester when there may be slight changes. Things went well, we went over a simple conversation and numbers today. The group is quite mixed on their knowledge as some know everything we went over today and others have never learned English. It was good though.

The main reason I wanted to blog today is that I met with two high school students for English purposes after the teacher's group. It was nice to meet with them and we had a decent conversation. One of the girls told me a story that I greatly enjoyed. She said that when God was making the world it was almost complete however Bulgaria wasn't finished. Since he had no materials left, he took a piece of heaven and brought it down to Earth. Thus, Bulgaria is one of the most beautiful places on Earth (if not the most). I felt this extremely fitting due to the environment of Bulgaria. There are multiple beautiful mountain ranges, access to the Black Sea, rivers, lakes, amazing caves, alongside plants and animals. It is a spectacular place to spend two years. I just can't wait to visit as much of Bulgaria as I can. I don't really feel the need to visit other countries at the moment as there is enough for me to see and learn about here.

Have a wonderful week! Peace, love, literacy, and reckless curiosity.