1.
you will miss Skappy’s ham and cheese toast.
2.
Blago knows you are leaving so he gives you a
going away gift of spotty internet. I think he's really trying to get me outside to spend time with my people.
3.
you will not miss seeing men coming out of the
woodwork in track suits when the weather turns nice.
4.
you go somewhere else and you say da for yes,
despite being fully aware that that isn’t the way they say yes.
5.
you read signs in English and you start to see
Cyrillic instead. H=N. P=R. Oh now I’m confused.
6.
you miss seeing stray dogs. Where did Horny
go?! I can't find Jumper! I miss them!
7.
you go out to dinner and you don’t get your food
at scattered times. What do you mean I don’t have to wait an hour after my companions
are done eating to get my food? And, you can hear the person you are talking
to. Hold on, I don’t have to shout anymore?
8.
you will miss getting banitsa at 3:30 am after a
long night of partying at Underground or Piano Bar.
9.
you can actually watch tv without it being
dubbed.
10. the first thing you mention about
missing the Bulgs is how cheap it was. A 2L Shumesko for 2,69 leva, yep,
that’s real.
11. you
can sit outside for 8 hours on a blanket with friends, having nap time and a
picnic, only for it to become a party with cake and alcohol. It’s the good
life.
I will miss you Blago, your beautifully luscious, green
trees, your sunny afternoons, the sound of the rushing river as I walk back to
the Skaptos, your Raffy’s ice cream stands, chocolate soufflé, kebabs and
banitsa, Macarios futbol matches, Shumensko and Zagorka, Lollita, Underground,
Piano Bar. I will miss you Blago, for you were the perfect place to spend four
months getting to know crazy amazing people (I mean we all had to be a little
crazy to come to Bulgaria in the first place), for teaching me about myself and
my strengths and weaknesses, for showing me what the world is really like (at
least some of it anyway) and for getting me out of my American bubble. Thank you
Blago, for being nicknamed Blago. Thank you for being awesome.
Bulgaria, you captured my heart and gave me the semester of
my life. You are a beautiful treasure the world holds and it is a pity more
people don’t see the real you. Thank you for your lovely mountains and your
cheapness and your nightlife and for AUBG and for bringing me new and fantastic
friends that have forever touched my heart and made it light. To all who I spent
the semester with, thank you for the good times, the great memories, and love I
felt when I was with you. I wish you all the best of luck on your next
adventures and remember, ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE! Remember the times we had and
smile because they couldn’t have gotten any better! Nasdrave, my friends to one
hell of a semester. We did it right.
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