Happy Easter!

Although I haven't quite been able to get invited to a Bulgarian Easter Celebration, I have had the opportunity to create new traditions with two of my fellow Bulgarian PCVs: Alyse and Greg. Both last year and this year we did remarkably similar things, and quite without planning on either occasion.

Last year, we decided to visit the largest monestary in Bulgaria, and the second largest in the Balkans, Rila Monstary. We decided fairly late in the day, caught a tram, but we didn't have tickets for the tram. Of course, we were caught, and a 15 lev fine was demanded (for all of us, not apiece.)

This year, we were going to go to the littlest town in Bulgaria, known for its fine wine, chalk cliffs, and cheap cigerattes. However, this changed as soon as we all got to the bus station in Sofia, and instead we went to some place we could have gotten to from our own towns, where ever in Bulgaria they might be. This meant paying about and extra 13 lev each.

Last year, we got to the place, found we could stay in the monestary, which was cool.