first update

hey everyone!
so i am pretty sure that this will post on blogspot, but let me assure you that it took me forever to figure out how to post something on here, not because its complicated, but because my password didnt work and everything is in bulgarian. the help menu, the emails blogspot sent me and everything. but finally success.
life in bulgaria has been great so far. i attend language class every day and study all day after that. my group is working right now on setting up a community project, and we have a big meeting with community leaders for it tomorrow. i also have a placement interview tomorrow, and in two weeks i will find out where i will be living and what job i will have for the next two years. it will be a big day, but im not too worried about it.
life with the host family is going great. the langauge classes are starting to pay off and i can carry on meaningful, albeit simple, conversations with the family members. i still miss most of whats said, but im progressing. everyone has been really helpful and patient, working with me and assisting my studies. sometimes i will sit with the grandmother or my sister for an hour or two while they quiz me on vocab or correct my grammar. dinner is always a fun time, we usually eat around 9 at night and have a long relaxed meal with the family.
the food is still good, lots of salt and oil, but everything is delicious and i will not go hungry anytime soon. i will be dissapointed when it starts getting cold out because there is so much good fruits and veggies coming from the garden. i think at the end of next month i will get to help the family make wine from the grapes in their vinyard, but it wont be ready to drink until winter. i will just have to come back and visit the family then.
i will try to write again soon, and maybe post pics if i can figure it out. talk to you all later

justin