The Bulgarian teacher, the most sane person I work with, and I had had enough of standing in the unheated backstage area of the auditorium during rehearsal today, so we left to go sit on the couch and talk. Me: Are you going to the banquet? Her: No, I don’t like these get-togethers. You just [...]
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Conversation of the Day
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, Holidays on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am in the Christmas spirit today. Several of the class teachers have had the students decorate the rooms with lights and little trees and snowflake cutouts, there are lessons in the textbook about Christmas traditions, and we are singing songs and generally taking it easy with the “real” studying. I don’t know how it [...]
Post-Holiday
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, dentists, Holidays on November 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thanksgiving was great. Lots of good food, homemade wine and rakia, and the company of wonderful people. Unrelated and random news… Prior to celebrating, I got a flu shot (not so interesting) and went to the dentist (infinitely more amusing). Our dentist’s office is located in a five-star hotel in Sofia. The whole place feels [...]
Personal Space
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, Food, Language on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are several advantages to living in a village. Most everything you need is in walking distance. The scenery is a lot more pleasant than in the larger towns and cities (two mountain ranges, plenty of bench-sitting babas, and a veritable zoo of free-range chickens, goats, and cows wandering the streets versus a sea of [...]
Ugh
Posted in conversations, frustration, people who hate their lives on June 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Stress, stress, stress. I’m a little edgy lately, folks. For many reasons: the mess that is turning out to be my damn lichna card, for one. I will not even go into it because it would probably confuse AND bore you, but it sucks. That I will say. Money is the other. I don’t know [...]
“It’s just different.”
Posted in America, Bulgaria, conversations on May 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
After reading Leah’s post about the graduation ceremony at her school, which can be found here, I started thinking about all the times I have been asked questions regarding some aspect of life in the United States and felt unable to adequately answer them. I find it terribly difficult to describe traditions, holidays, food, and [...]
Taxis
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, vibes on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the advantages to living in my village is that we are on a main road and very close to several towns. As such, if I can’t find a bus, there are generally taxis to be had. I have gotten to know most of the cab drivers by now and given them nicknames. There’s [...]
How I Amuse Myself
Posted in conversations on April 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
M: Have some coca-cola. Me: I still have beer. M: Mix it together! That’s how the Germans drink it. Me: Really? That’s disgusting. I think you’re lying. — M: Your village is a bad place. There are lots of gypsies. Me: Really? Where? — M: Socialism is better than Capitalism. Don’t you think, Andrea? Me: [...]
