Happy New Year
It has been an amazing year. I flew to many parts of the world and enjoyed every trip so much (Rome, New York and Mexico my most favourite). I met amazing people that made a great impact in my life and made great friends. I learned what I would like to achieve in the future, what will make me happy and where I would like to take my life. The most important thing is if you truly believe that life will go perfectly for you this is exactly what is going to happen. Farewell 2006, Welcome 2007 and what a year it will be! :) To all of my family and friends I love you soooo much and I wish you all your dreams to come true!
Bulgaria and the European Union
I am still in Bulgaria and politically this has to be one of the most interesting times recently! Bulgaria has always been interesting place to live. Communism, Revolutions, Hyper Inflation, having our king as a prime minister, having the communist come back and to be the ruling party now when we are getting in the European Union. Coming back this winter meant that I will still be faced with all of the Mafia issue and seeing 4 parked Ferraris and Lamburginys in the centre of Sofia next to the elderly people begging for food is quite the cite.
So what comes next, Bulgaria in 2 days will be part of the European Union a step that the country is not ready for. Apparently nothing that Bulgaria produces is good for the European Standards. So from 1st of January Bulgarians can't eat Bulgarian pork or any other meat, can't smoke Bulgarian cigarettes, can't fly on Bulgarian planes, everything have to be imported. The worst thing is that Bulgarian people in the villages are not allowed anymore to make their own Rakia ( the Bulgarian national drink, 60% alcohol, made out of grapes). To tell a Bulgarian that they can't drink this is almost condemning them to death! Well the only good thing is that we can travel everywhere, sober but at least the border authorities are not going to treat us like criminals! The view of everyone I talked to was that there will be no European Union after a year of Bulgaria joining in, instead of them teaching us how to get in the right way we will just convert them to our pirates rules.
...Sofia for Christmas
I am in snowy Sofia and inspite the cold I am loving every moment of it. Last night in London we had a great night, very eventful one but a truly memorable one. Seeing Ros and Lee and Suzanne and Richard is always great, but this time we had some extra fun.
So what happens when you do not get the right service in a restaurant in downtown London with a group of British people? I always thought that the answer is nothing I thought British people are way too polite ( the opposite of Bulgarians) to make a big fuss about things ( no offence guys) but Ros and Suzanne really changed my perception of this. We 3 girls ( well the boys where helpful also) made the biggest fuss ever for the fact that we not only didn't get the service but also half of our food that the owner of the restaurant gave us the food complimentary. Yes we definitely have to meet more often so we can try lots more restaurants in London :)
So on the next day after 2 Bellini's, 5 glasses of wine and 4 hours sleep I was off to Heathrow where the zoo was unbelievable. Anyway we were the lucky people diverted to Business class and got trough very quickly to find out that 180 flights were cancelled, again by chance ours wasn't. Landing in Sofia and seeing my family was amazing. Usually the first face I see getting out of the terminal is my granfather's, he is always there always waiting with flowers. He is 89, he is one of the most amazing man in my life and one of the most important part of it as well.
Now off to see all of my friends and family and to drink lots and lots of the traditional Bulgarian rakia and take some photos in the snow.
...going home for Christmas
Yes it is Christmas time, well I can call it Christmas fever, when the stores in the UK are full of amazing pressies, cakes, cards and many many Father Christmases in all shapes and forms. Time for kids like little Abigail above to be waiting for the bearded men to come down the chimney late at night and live them tons of gifts. I remember my childhood, when Father Christmas did not exist, actualy Christmas did not exist either at least this is what we were told from the leaders of the comunist party, they wanted to erase every sign of Christian religion and anything that reminded the people that there is a free world out there. Instead we had Father Frost, who came for New Years Eve from Russia had a big red star on his hat and demanded vodka when we were offering milk and cookies. Inspite all of this we always had Christmas with my family and it was always white Christmas with so much snow we could build tunnels down the streets and have great snow ball fights. Now when I am watching all this crazy rush to buy presents and to buy more and more I am thiking that nothing of this can compare with my memories of secret Christmases where one present was speciall, one present was more than enough.
in the clouds
I love long flights, love them because this is the view through my window. I can watch forever how the light and the formations of the clouds are changing. So beautiful.
Well this was also a really entertaining flight. We were scheduled to fly at 8.30 p.m ( wishful thinking) from Vancouver to London. The plane was late two hours, then after boarding the luggage van got jammed with the plane and at the end just before take off a passenger had a heart attack so we left at 12.30 at night. Still a great flight and so many amazing clouds. Now it is time for some shopping, hope my credit card will survive.
hidden treasures
Just about to head back to Europe and I bought the last National Geographic ( my favorite read while on the plane) and there it is an article about my little country. Bulgaria is famous with the Royal tombs of the Thracians build 5th and 3rd centuries B.C, which are full of incredible golden artifacts. National Geographic calls Bulgaria " El Dorado for the looters". The article tells the tale of the Tracians but also tells the story of a Bulgarian archeologist fighting to find as many of the gold treasures as he can before they are found by people who will never even appreciate the historical value. His name is Georgi Kitov and he is my person of the week. People like him at least try to safe this little country with so much heritage.
it is getting crazy....
It has been 4 days since I came back and two days before I leave again. At the moment I feel like I have been running like crazy in the passed 4-5 months and well the year isn't over yet, so Christmas shopping, writing millions of Christmas cards, unpacking and packing again, going to way too many Christmas parties and drinking way too many Mohitoes ( well the Mohitoes fest started in Miami so I kinda lost track how many did I have in the last month). I am flying to Europe on the 13th, can't wait to see you all. kisses em
another part of paradise
Miami was amazing,we truly took advantage of the warm weather, beautiful beaches and swimming pools. This place truly seems like another planet where people have one and only task - to enjoy themselves. The best part was the late night swimming in the ocean on full moon and the early morning walks on the beach. The entire travel industry on this conference had a blast, lots of dancing and partying.
Miami, Miami
Yes no more cold, I am in hot Miami. We are truly having a blast, partying, swimming in the ocean at 2a.m on a full moon with other crazy travel people and at all living life as it should be lived to the fullest.
It has been an amazing year. I flew to many parts of the world and enjoyed every trip so much (Rome, New York and Mexico my most favourite). I met amazing people that made a great impact in my life and made great friends. I learned what I would like to achieve in the future, what will make me happy and where I would like to take my life. The most important thing is if you truly believe that life will go perfectly for you this is exactly what is going to happen. Farewell 2006, Welcome 2007 and what a year it will be! :) To all of my family and friends I love you soooo much and I wish you all your dreams to come true!
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