I went to Plovdiv last week. Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, and it’s about an hour and a half from Pavel Banya by bus. It is nice. Almost makes me jealous of the volunteers there, but I really do like my little town. Anyway, you know what you can get in Plovdiv?
1. Peanut butter. I found it in a health food store!!!
2. Tofu. Didn’t buy any, though, as it’s rather a schlep, and it was very hot.
3. CHEESE. cheesecheesecheese! I found a fancy meat and cheese shop in the city center. They had brie and cheddar and gouda and…everything! Yes, it was too hot to carry around cheese for a few hours, but you know that when it cools down, I will be back. Oh yes, cheese, you will be mine.
I also went to BILLA, the closest approximation of an American supermarket in Bulgaria, where I bought rice cakes from Hungary, and they are a nice treat with my peanut butter.
So, things are pretty good.
July 28, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Happy Birthday, Kyla! As a baby you always loved peanut butter and rice cakes. I’m glad you’re getting around. Bulgaria is the size of Ohio? We love you lots…
July 29, 2006 at 5:13 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYLA!!
I hope that they have birthday candles for you in Bulgaria! I STILL enjoy reading your BLOG very much! The “CHEESE” blog was good!
Please send out a prayer for the SF Giants–they are currently in 3rd place–how could they?! There is ALWAYS hope for the CA BEARS…I survived a 10 day heat wave up here–outta control!
I have been enjoying my personal explorations in and around SAN JOSE, CA. It was quite a magnificent, little city! I LIKE it–which is a GOOD thing–seeing as I live here now!! I may check out the Downtown San Jose Art Museum next week…The Grand Prix is happening THIS weekend–so I am DEFINITELY not there right now..otherwise, I love trekking downtown–lightrail makes it EASY to get there…
I hope that you had a GREAT birthday!!
love, your cousin, Kathleen
July 30, 2006 at 2:54 am
I didn’t remember it’s your birthday, but was able to figure it out by reading the posts [Santa Cruz really paid off, go slugs!
]. Anyway, I met someone today who said during the holocaust the bulgarian people rose up to protect the Jews. When the leader of the area (whatever he was called) was going to sign the order for deportation one of his aids told him he better not or he’d be killed. Unlike Denmark, where the king stood up and the people followed; the people stood up and the leaders followed. What do you know about it?