VT All the Way....

I have been in Bulgaria for about three months and I am still trying to integrate. There are many things about the culture that I still don’t understand. Being in the Peace Corps is all about taking things one at a time and learning as you go along.

I just moved to Veliko Turnovo Thursday. This town is absolutely wonderful! The people appear to be very proud of their town and of their accomplishments. For now I am spending a lot time in Cafes with my site-mate. She is pretty cool…

I have not moved into my apartment because it is not ready, which is a little annoying. But, hopefully everything will be ready by Friday this week. After I move in I am going to make it as homey as possible so that I will be comfortable.

Nothing else to write about!

Thinking of my apartment,

Crystal

Simply the Best!!!!

In about two weeks I will be in Veliko Turnavo. I am both excited and scared at the same time. I am afraid that I will have to make transitions all over again. I am very familiar with my community in Rila. People are used to seeing the black American running around town, asking weird questions, and mumbling to herself in English. VT is a much larger metropolitan city, about 80,000 people, with many British, German, Chinese etc tourists. I don’t think I will stand out so much there but I have to transition from living in a small town to a larger town. Peace Corps is full of transitions. Speaking of transitions…

I have lived and worked with the same PCV volunteers for the last three months. We shared every aspect of our lives together such as American food, successes and failures, stories from home, even clothes. Although we started out as strangers, we became friends fast out of necessity. I can remember the first time I meet my group I said to myself “why did PC Bulgaria Staff pair me with people that are so different from me, this will be a long three months”. Now, in retrospect, I am glad they paired us together because otherwise I would not have learned to work and live with people that are different from me. I am going to miss “Simply the Best” group including our language instructor.

Missing my new PCV friends already,

Crystal

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

Just wanted to let you all know that I am no longer sick!!!! I can hold my food down from both ends.

My B-day is around the corner (October 19, 2006) OMG I will be the BIG 25….. Who will I celebrate with? Some people hate getting older while I have been looking forward to 30 since I was 18. I am almost there and now I can’t wait until I am 93. I want to be the old wise person for once in my life instead of the young wise person hehehehehe…

I think I am becoming one of those weird Peace Corps people. Being out of American (and other Western European Countries) is teaching me about many injustices in the world. I am changing as a person in a weird way that I haven’t processed yet.

If you were in America and where my twin what would you want for your B-day? My twin sister is going to have a B-day as well but I can’t think of the perfect gift…..

I went to Da Club for the first time in Bulgaria. It was great….