Christmas 2008

This year Stacie and I spent Christmas back in Kyustendil. When we got there to K-dill, it had just started snowing. They got an inch or so over the 3 days we spent there, and it even snowed a little on Christmas day! In Bulgaria, the traditionally more important day of Christmas is actually Christmas eve. On Christmas eve families usually celebrate by cooking a big dinner and spending time with each other. So we spend Christmas eve with my host family since we were with Stacie's host family last year.

From Christmas Eve Meal

It was a little tough navigating how much time we spent with each family since they both wanted us to be with them, but I think we all had a good time in the end. So now we are home for a few days and we'll be headed off to Bansko to do some skiing after the weekend for NYE. We'll be there with some other PCVs, so it'll be nice to be around some Americans for the next holiday.

The weather here has been quite cold, but we are not complaining too much. My family back in Seattle has had a much colder and more icky winter so far. It has snowed over 15 inches in many parts of Seattle which is not common at all. I am just hoping that we would get some of their luck and have an uncommonly snowy spell ourselves here in Sliven.