Лятната ваканция 2008/ The summer holiday 2008

Вече някои от вас получиха това писмо, но реших, че мога да го сложа и тук :) Малко не върви с твърдата ми политика да пиша само на български, но просто нямам нерви да го превеждам ;)
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What happened to me in the last 2 months? Once I was done with the 2nd semester at Reutlingen, I traveled with the bus to Bulgaria (an awful experience in general, but I have noticed that I don’t really mind it in this direction.. :) .. on the way to Germany it’s much more frustrating ;)) .. And then the summer began :)

Once I was in Sofia, I met my sister and spoke to my parents, who told me to immediately come back to Kazanlak :( .. I really wanted to meet a couple of old friends, but it didn’t work out. In my hometown I had the pleasure of writing a 10-page report on a subject that was only vaguely clear/familiar, namely a final report on all activities of a project under an EU grand scheme.. bla bla bla.. I was happily done on time (I had to do it before I leave for the seaside) and could leave for the seaside with friends.

And there it was just amazing!!! We went to Tsarevo (a small southern Black-Sea resort), but spent most of the time in Lozenetz where the beaches were much better. I was rampaging in the town together with my best friend from Kazanlak until 2-3 am, sleeping 7-8 hours and going to the beach to spend the entire day there.. and the nice seafood (food! Food! FOOD! :D :D :D), and the beach volleyball and the open-air cinema in the evening.. eh.. I need just one entire year there and I promise I’ll get fed up with all this ;)

The last day was probably the most amazing, because on our way back we decided to stop at another beach for a couple of hours. Man! I’m so going there next year!!! It’s the beaches of the Youth Complex near Kiten and they were crystal clear with very fine sand – we could find clams and shells only very near the sea and they weren’t many at all there either – as if we were stepping on silk. Then the water was making a very smooth transition from shallow to deep and was thus so warm :D :D There weren’t too many people and no seaweeds were anywhere to be seen. And then the rocks… oh man! I get dreamy. We decided to look around in that direction, so we naturally went bare-foot and while we were making our way up to the higher rocks, we would stop near the water and look for the little wonders that had formed between the stones – tiny crabs roving on even tinier shells and observing the by-passing gigantic shrimps (about 4-5 mm each :D :D) like the gate-keepers of hidden treasures. A small universe which only the sea has the right to disturb with an occasional bigger wave…

We went up the hills and observed the beach from there and the fishermen who were climbing in our direction and trying to find a good spot for two feet and a bucket :D

I was so sad when we had to go back, but I had no choice – I was “booked” by my parents for a 2-hour presentation of our company to an Austrian firm (which turned to me more like 4 hours), who were coming for a visit. As usually nobody bothered to tell me that I would have to translate during the whole thing, but oh well – life is never what you expect it to be ;) and it’s surely better that way :D

In the meanwhile my parents had organized a summer holiday trip to Greece. I was pretty unhappy about it, because I had only 3-4 weeks and I really would have preferred to spend all the time in Bulgaria – preferably also finding some time for my high-school friends, who were in Sofia at the time. But alas! We left for a week to Paralia, Katarini. It was the whole family together, so it wasn’t that bad… I mean – we played in the water and made some sand castles with my brother, which was really fun. I taught him a bit swimming. We even went to the “deep” together :D and I had to carry him almost all the way back afterwards :D :D :D. Of course there always are some positive sides to going to the seaside even if this is Greece :)

I also went to a disco once with my sister (which was pretty horrible :D) We ate some good sea food (not a lot though – I was very unpleasantly surprised to find out that they had mostly fast food, namely giros (a.k.a döners), which I usually eat only in case of emergency). I tanned even a bit more (not too much though, because there was nobody to spend the whole day on the beach with). I had the pleasure of going shopping with my sister *_*, where she bought a couple of cheap useless items. And I almost finished my German book :D Good thing is that my parents also got a bit disappointed with the “Greece” idea (mostly because of the inadequate food :D :D), so next year we’re probably going for our good old Black sea, and there I could take the car for a day and go visit some friends in the nearby :D.
On our way back, my parents agreed to drop me directly to Sofia, so that I could take the bus to Reutlingen two days later. The trip itself, being so unexpected on my side, lead to some “minor” discomforts. I couldn’t for example take my new ID card (the old one expired so I filed a renewal), but it's alright :)