Varna

We arrived in varna on Friday morning very tired. Did not sleep very well on the train, so we slept soundly for a few hours in a nice big bed in the house next to karin Dom. Later, we took a walk over to the school to take some videos to send to Jonny. He has quite a bad head injury so Nicholas thought that a few videos of his home might spark some memory. Nicholas said it was "a huge success!"  So we made another video last night of us singing you and I. I'm so glad I have an instrument with me. Adelaide has been strummimg the uke as well. We got a bit bored being   stuck in the house for a few days, avoiding the cold rain. Today was beautiful though and I made use of it by going for a lovely run on the beach. I had been feeling cooped up and strange, and I didn't realize it until I was running free along the beach with the sea breeze blowing and the waves crashing along the rocks. I climbed up these barier sculptures and looked out at the black sea. You can start feeling pretty lonely in a place where no one speaks the same language as you. Its scary not being able to communicate with people, so I'm glad I have my lovely cousin here with me. Luckily we met some young Bulgarians at a bar we stumbled upon that were very eager to speak English with us. They said that bar was the only good one in varna. They invited us to watch their artist friend spray paint a wall nearby and so we went along. We watched him paint Fall leaves that spelled the word FARC- some sort of political movement. Bulgarians are not shy about making fun of their government. They drove us home and we invited them into the house to hang out for a bit. They were very pleasantly surprised when they saw the bust of Mr. Stancioff and made the connection. They said it was like being in a celebrity's house! It may have boosted our Bulgarian egos a bit... We cooked and played some music and they eventually left. They invited us to a sixty's swing dance party the next night that wasn't quite as exciting as it sounded, but was alright. It was fun having a nice group of people to laugh and be weird with. Unfortunately they had to go to school in england today, so they are gone. Adelaide goes back to Sofia tomorrow and I go to voditsa on Wednesday. I hope to explore more tomorrow. Let us pray for the sunnnn..