June 7 I cannot believe that we are flying back to the U.S. in just three days – It is surreal! I have learned, and experienced so much during my time here in Bulgaria. I feel like I have a lot more to learn here, and I am not ready to leave. Processing these past....

May 25 When in Bulgaria, you are sure to experience a few new things; including banistsa, stotinki, and even an earthquake! Around 3:00am on May 22nd, our cross-cultural group experienced the aftershocks of a 5.6 est. earthquake that damaged parts of Sofia – the capital of Bulgaria. No one from our group was injured, but....

We are about to spend our fourth and final night with our host families in Asenovgrad.  Everyone seems to have enjoyed the stay, but for some it was more stretching than others due to a larger language barrier.  My host brother George is fluent in English.  On the other hand, Kendal and Brandon, among others,....

May 21 2012 Здравей from Bansko! We have arrived in Bulgaria after a very long day of travel. We left Harrisonburg at 12:30 on Saturday afternoon and arrived in Bansko at 4:30 in the afternoon Sunday, local time  With a seven hour time difference from the East coast, that is a travel time of 21 hours.  We were....