goodbye voditsa, hello velico turnova

I have now departed from voditsa after a wonderous time with doncho and Elly and all their pets and everyone else that was there. I've brought along my new friend, Reuben, who has lived in Ireland the past few years, but recently got arrested, so moved to bulgaria to live with his mother for a bit. So this should be fun. In the last few days I was in voditsa I stacked lots of wood, drank lots of beer and wine, played lots of ukulele, pet lots of cats and dogs, laughed lots of times and was pleasantly sad to say goodbye to Doncho and Elly. It was all great fun, but now I'm in a lovely, modern, communal seeming hostel in velico turnovo called hostel mostel. Reuben is taking his first shower in months and I am, as usual, marveling at the fact that we actually got here. I'm always amazed when I actually make it to my planned destination. This looks like a really cool city.