Back in the west side

So I am back in Sofia for the easter holidays, people definitely take it seriously around here. When you meet someone around easter time instead of hello people say "jesus rises /reincarnates" (I am not very updated on what the proper term for it is) and then the other person says "he rises for real" or "he truely did" (again my interpretation is not the best). They also have midnight mass where everyone walk around the church with candles. It is pretty interesting for me because its been years since I've seen the bulgarian easter, so its remembering and reliving old memories again. Oh, another reason people here take their easter seriously: on the news they were saying that there were more people in ER over the easter weekend, most of whom had to be hospitalized because of overeating.

The trip to the theater was really good. It was a one man show, and he told traditional bulgarian stories, some of which were funny and others more serious. The one I liked was about these 2 women, a pregnant woman and her mother. They were sitting around and thinking of baby names. They decided to name the unborn child Petko. Then the daughter asked where they would keep little Petko after he was born, to which the mother said by the fire because it was nice and warm. The daughter said that there was a large pan above the fire, so what would happen if that was to fall on the baby. The mother said that then little Petko would die, after which they both start crying over poor little Petko who died before he was born. The father then comes and asks them what they are crying about and when they tell him, he decides to go around the country and see if there are any people that are stupider than his wife and daughter. (Then there are a few stories where he finds stupid people). Either way, he finds a lot of people doing a lot of stupid things so he decides that his wife and daughter are not the worst. It was pretty funny to see the guy pretend to be an old lady crying.

While I've been here, I spent some time with my grandparents, my grandma, my little niece (who didnt throw up on me or start crying when I was holding her - I think thats great success on my part), and went for drinks with a couple of old friends. They were telling me about the guy that got stopped by police and they wanted money from him. He only had $10 but he made it into a really big deal how he needed that money for a donair. So the cop asked him how much the donair was and the guy replied $5. So this cop takes the $10 bill from the guy and then hands him a $5 one instead so he can go get his donair - only in bulgaria!

I also got my haircut and I think it looks pretty good. I'll post pics when I get to varna

Well, thats all for now
V