1. The accordion player on Gurko and Levsky.
2. My flip flop falling apart on Sheeshman and asking a male bookstore clerk wrap a whole lot of scotch tape around my foot and my shoe.
3. Blogging
4. Putting green apples in the fridge for later. Mmm.
5. Writing the captions, forewords and cover copy for a Bulgarian Photography Book. Project! EEEE!
6. Julie Delpy (see left) I finally found her sweet little song from Before Sunset. Remember?
7. Blogging.
8. Olives stuffed with almonds.
9. The fan that oscillates in our room.
10. Liquid Web, our web host, because they take snapshots of client’s sites every few days, which means we didn’t have to rebuild our site after the hacker drama!!!
11. Smoking ultra-thin cigarettes with mugs of 1/3 coffee, 1/3 milk and a 1/3 sugar with the girls in the Traditzia kitchen
12. Tuna, the surprisingly delicious meat in a can.
13. Blogging.
14. Walking home through fountain-spraying, chess-playing, tree-winding Sofia on a summer Friday night. . .urbanity with an aura. .dreamy. . .
15. Did I mention blogging?
The summer of 2005, we (Andrea & Boudreaux) left the rest of the mortgage-paying but well-dressed alphabet in Denver, CO to join the Peace Corps in Bulgaria. At the end of our service in October 2007, we departed on a night train to Turkey to travel overland through the Middle East and Africa, couchsurfing as we went. We returned in August 2008 to meet America, as you might an old lover, with fresh eyes and a new fondness.
Que Onda Guerro
Hippie Gypsy
Blogjem
Madame Rubies
Dooce
Jen Lemen
Notes to Self
Piacere (It's a Pleasure!)
Crafty Green Poet
Jessica
The Daily Rant
Optimiced
Molıf
Ali of Mozambique
Gypsy Girls Guide
Expat Interviews
Warsaw to Paris
Frida's World
Juliloquy
Trevor
Koubi
Lovely List
Andi
SuperCross 08
Andy
Tim
My Maracas
Missing Asturias
My Bella Vita
Escape Art
Jen of Fear
Miss Model Behavior
Hippie Gypsy
Blogjem
Madame Rubies
Dooce
Jen Lemen
Notes to Self
Piacere (It's a Pleasure!)
Crafty Green Poet
Jessica
The Daily Rant
Optimiced
Molıf
Ali of Mozambique
Gypsy Girls Guide
Expat Interviews
Warsaw to Paris
Frida's World
Juliloquy
Trevor
Koubi
Lovely List
Andi
SuperCross 08
Andy
Tim
My Maracas
Missing Asturias
My Bella Vita
Escape Art
Jen of Fear
Miss Model Behavior
It never ever would have occurred to me to simply tape my broken shoe to my foot. Aren’t you the clever one!
I’ve been exploring your blog. what an amazing story you have,
So glad that your site is up and running again.
Blogging curls my toes too.
I hope you’ll send in a member post for the she who blogs group site soon.
I love your energy!
Sending bloglove,
Frances
Hey Annnndrea! I’m so happy to have caught up on your blogging life! i def want to hear more about this bulgarian photo journal project thingie. I’m so happy that your website was salvagable! okay, will see u tmr where we talk about second-handers (but if we talk about the idea, am I myself a second-hander? hmm…ponder…) and selflessness and, if Ayn Rand had been first lady in 1965, if there would be peace corps at all!
~t
Does a nice green lawn curl your toes? Your front lawn back here in Denver is beautiful. No flowers though…