Christmas morning was filled with opening presents, laughing, and enjoying each other's company. We had some other expats join us for dinner and it was a special day of Skyping with family and enjoying time with friends. Katie went back to Sofia to celebrate with her roommate and her family and Erin and I ended up staying for another day to enjoy being spoiled by our hosts and to do some more sightseeing in the mountains around Plovdiv. We went to see Asen's Fortress and a beautiful monastery in a town called Bachkovo.
Christmas Eve started early and cold and my friends Erin and Katie and I made our way to the Sofia bus station. We were invited to spend Christmas with our teammates who live in Plovdiv, a 2 hour bus ride away. After some seating confusion and half of the bus helping the Americans figure out what was going on, we arrived in sunny and warm Plovdiv. It ended up being in the upper 60s (F) and sunny, so we spent the afternoon with our host walking around the city. Christmas morning was filled with opening presents, laughing, and enjoying each other's company. We had some other expats join us for dinner and it was a special day of Skyping with family and enjoying time with friends. Katie went back to Sofia to celebrate with her roommate and her family and Erin and I ended up staying for another day to enjoy being spoiled by our hosts and to do some more sightseeing in the mountains around Plovdiv. We went to see Asen's Fortress and a beautiful monastery in a town called Bachkovo. The temperature started dropping on the 26th and when Erin and I got ready to head back to Sofia on the 27th, snow was in the forecast for Plovdiv and had already started in Sofia. I got to take some pictures of the mountains on the way home and it was fun to see the transition between the green grass in Plovdiv and the snow in the mountains. It was a great Christmas and I am so thankful for the friends God has given me in Bulgaria! Comments are closed.
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