Posts Tagged With: Balkans
I am Going to Ruse Tomorrow!!!
I’m excited, but a little nervous for the kids. Suzie, another english teacher, and I are taking 6 kids to Ruse tomorrow to take a test called YES! And if they can jump through all the tests and make it through all the hoops, they will get to spend a semester in America. For these [...]
Happy Bulgarian Unification Day
Bulgarian Unification Day is celebrated on September 6th every year to celebrate the unification of Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria in 1885 creating the current national borders in Bulgaria. This holiday is important because Bulgaria lost a lot of land due to Turkish occupation and they were able to fight for this land and win against [...]
Now with My Underwear Flapping in the Breeze…
So today’s report from Isperih is as follows. Today was my second trip to Rasgrad. These trips are so I can get my Litchna Carta. A Litchna Carta is an identity card in Bulgaria, if you are in the country for a certain period of time you need one. Any how we were there forever [...]
Sometimes we all need to be спокоен
Now I say this in Bulgarian because quite simply спокоен is the most common word we as volunteers here. It is a word that means a lot of things, but to us it means relax, chill out, calm down, take it easy. This word reminds us that we are in a country that doesn’t really care [...]
So, going to Vratsa tomorrow
So I am going to Vratsa tomorrow, and I will find out where I will be for the next two years. This has been the constant drumroll to the last month and a half, and i would have to say that I am very excited and very nervous about this whole endeavor but i know [...]
As the Third Week of Training Comes to a Close…
I can’t believe that I have been in Bulgaria for almost three weeks. It’s pretty crazy how fast time has actually flown. Things are good here. We secondary teachers had our first cluster and learned more teaching skills. The group in my town had an interesting cross cultural experience with graduation. basically graduation is a party [...]
Stuff! To Pack or to Sell?
So my folks will be moving while I am in Bulgaria, so it is extremely important for me to go through my stuff, cause if I don’t things I find important might me gone. The funny thing is that when you are going through stuff it takes twice as long to go through cause it [...]
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