So! Final ticket is purchased, meaning I have an itinerary of sorts!

Travel is as follows (all times local):

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Well, here I am. Finally back from Istanbul, and man was it a rush. I am already missing the tea and OJ they had there, along with a whole host of foods and desserts. The architecture was amazing, the weather was awesome, and in times were just awesome all around. In order to spare you a lengthy recount of my adventures, I'll let my pictures speak ( Read more... )

Weekend update time ( Read more... )

So, this past weekend, I had my first Couchsurfing experience. Iranian-born Canadian dude who's on a world-wide trip. Pretty cool guy, and remarkably laid back. I took him up to see the 7 lakes, but a snowstorm blew up on the mountain overnight, and we had to just go back, unfortunately. Kinda weird to get blasted with some serious winter mojo in ( Read more... )

As previously mentioned, I just got back from my extended weekend holiday. Overall, the trip was awesome, but well, it wouldn't be me if there hadn't been some hiccups and blips throughout.

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So, funny story ( Read more... )

Well, happy holidays, one and all. Hopefully, your Christmas/Festivus/Yuletide/Zappadan/Coming of the Great Old Ones was a good one. It was definitely weird to be away from family/old friends around this time of year, and odd not being able to call you weird fuckers up and wish you a Merry Christmas the day of, but even so, it was still pretty good ( Read more... )

Weekend update time. Overall, it was pretty good. I got to hang out with some other Volunteers on Friday evening/Saturday morning, and then I headed up to Radomir for my host mother's 65th birthday (it was on Thursday, but I wasn't able to get up until Sat). Social time, Bulgarian language practice, free food (yesterday and this morning)... It wasn ( Read more... )