Shaina's Travel Blog

Okay...so my 2nd day in Strumiani....it's about 10am when my phone rings. My counter part says "where are you" Are you coming over to the museum?" (all in bulgarian by the way) and I say yeah, i'll be there in a second. So i through on some clothes put my hair in a pony tail and run over to the muesum. I get there and they're giving some turks a tour of the museum. I say hey, wassup...im shaina....and then stand in a corner and silently wish i was anywhere but there. Before i know it im being taken to a mini-van and forced in the back and suddenly...im on a roadtrip with turks going to historic melnik. a cool little town that if people visit me, we'll check out for sure. So the same 70's itallian abba-esque cassette is played and turned over repeatedly, and the turk next to me keeps taking my picture and showing it to me. all i can do is say "wow, thanks, i look really fat in that one" oh, yeah, take another one...maybe i can look fat in that one too" Then from there, i become the Princess of Strumiani, according to the turk. The town Melnik...is hella cool and beautiful unless youre with a turk who keeps folling you around and has the most annoying nerdy astmatic laugh around. Oh, and when we were having lunch...i guess my food looked really appetizing to hime because he reached over and took a bite off my plate without even asking. weird.
We finally make it back to Strumiani, and the turk wants me to have dinner with them...and i say nah ill pass im really tired...and then i run home back to my apt...happy that it was all over.
but unfortunately i was wrong. So the next day, Monday, first day of work...im with my counterpart when she gets a phone call. She tells me im supposed to go to the hotel and bid farewell to my turkish friends. so i have to walk over there, i say by, he gives me a bottle of some turkish raki...score...and then gives me his phone number...trash can...and then im home free. Or not...because then...yesterday...luckily i left my phone in the office because when i got back there was one missed call and a text message. I open it up and it says "Dear Shaina, I came here but I'm very sad because i leaved from there. Goodbye princess of Strum." and i was like, damn, howd he get my number and then i remembered that when i was checking my messages in the cafe on sund he grabbed my phone out of my hand and called his phone. oh well, at least i didnt have to talk to him. well that was my first few days at site...hope you enjoyed.... since then ive been watching eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. my one dvd that i bought on sunday. a very good movie...gets better with every viewing...im up to 6 now. so if you ever get the urge...send me some dvds...ill have an address for yall in a few weeks. lots of love from the girl in boondock bulgaria...