the big move

sorry for not updating this for a while, but i have been real busy moving, getting a new place to live and starting a new job. its been kinda hectic. things have finally slowed down now though and i now have internet at my apt.
anyway, we had our swearing in ceremony in Sofia that was attended by all the PC staff and several representatives from both the bulgarian and american governments. afterwards was a nice reception with pretty good food and gave all of us one last chance to say goodbye before we all left to go to our perminant sites. i however got to stay in sofia for the night because everyone in my host organization was out of town for the week and i was in no rush to get there.
had a great time checking out the sofia night life and the next day i headed off to borgas where i met another pcv that i stayed with. i spent the weekend there and got plenty of time to walk around and explore the city. it was a good chance to meet a lot of people that i will probibly be seeing a lot of over the next two years because borgas is only about an hour and twenty minutes away from malko turnovo.
on sunday i left for malko turnovo and started moving into my new apartment. i live in an old communist concrete housing block about a one minute walk from my office (which will be great on those cold winter days. the apartment is not bad at all, it has a nice living room, a bedroom with two beds, a small kitchen (only one burner on the stove works which makes cooking a little tough) a storage closet and a balcony. i have a wood burning stove for heat (still learning how to get it started quickly) and deep below the building is a 'crypt' where i have a small stockpile of wood to get me through the winter.
i spent the first couple of days getting random things that i needed for the apartment, but for the most part it came fully furnished.