A Quick Note from Bulgaria

hey gang,

gee wiz, i'm having a blast!!! within a weekend i had
50 new, very close, friends! it's so great! then we
went to bulgaria and things got better! food's good,
people are nice, temperature was great, blah, blah,
blah...

spent 5 days getting some rough intro's and whatnot in
a tiny town that doubles as a mountain resort.
borovits, or something like that. i was bursting with
so much positivity and excitement, and i couldn't
contain it! most people responded well!

went to pazardjik to meet my new family. it went well.
they're nice. i'm staying in a town of 9,000 called
krichim. since my arrival my stomach has been in
knots! i went from 50 friends to not having a clue of
what's going on. my new sister kind of speaks english
but not really. they shout at me when i don't
understand and i try not to laugh! they're feeding me
lots and lots! too much even.

i think my internet time is going to expire soon.
follow this link for a few pictures so far:

http://picasaweb.google.com/00Judkins/PeaceCorpsBulgaria20052007

i'm trying really hard to understand things, but i've
been here for 4 days and today was my first language
lesson. i gathered my host father likes to hunt, as he
keeps bringing out his gun to show me. he implies that
he wants to take me hunting, but i'm not allowed to
touch a gun in the peace corps. i told him i'll go
with him, but i won't need a gun! ha! he was showing
me pictures of him hunting - standing next to his
kill. he looked so proud in the picture and so proud
to show it to me. so i asked what it was. 'dog' he
responded! ha ha ha!!! oh man! i laughed really hard!
turns out it was all a misunderstanding, he was trying
to tell me 'doe'!

in anycase, misunderstandings have been a wonderful
source of laughter!

my host family haven't been giving me much 'andy-time'
i'm always being shown around town, introduced to who
knows and whatever else they have planned. i had to
sneak over to the internet cafe after my language
lessons today. but they're probably worried sick cause
i'm not home for dinner. so away i go.

super excited, and having lots of fun,

andy