Next big trip!

Good news! I just bought plane tickets for my next big trip. Come the end of next month, I will be headed to Italy and Greece. I’m super excited, but also a bit anxious to finish up with my trip preparations. I have to admit though, planning this trip so far has been a breeze, mostly because finding bus and train schedules for these two countries is really simple, and I don’t need to get any visas. Way different than when I went to the Middle East. Visa stuff had to be planned all in advance and transport between cities was sketchy at best.

I also got lucky getting my flights. It was a bit of a hassle booking my flight from Sofia to Milan because the airline I booked my flight with, Wizzair, doesn’t accept American or Bulgarian credit cards, but I ended up getting the flight for only 35 Euro. Can’t beat that.

I think I will be pretty busy until then as well. This weekend I’m headed out to the mountains in south central Bulgaria to attend a big traditional Bulgarian festival. I missed it last year, but apparently it was a really good time and I’m fortunate enough to be able to make it this year. There should be a bunch of other volunteers there, most of whom I haven’t seen since last year. In fact, up until this last weekend, I hadn’t even seen another American since New Year’s Eve. That’s over a month and a half! It’s almost awkward now to hang out with other Americans, especially in big groups.

Still though, I need to get out of my town and do something different. Malko Turnovo still has that lethargic feeling that comes along with winter, and its getting boring. I even though winter was about over, because the weather was finally starting to warm up, but then mother nature pulled a fast one last weekend and dumped a ton of snow all over the country. So now its winter……again. Oh well.