Hotel Arsena Nessebar
South beach Nessebar, Burgas, Bulgaria
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Two Tongues, One Mouth
Continuing in the spirit of adventurous eating, tonight I ate tongue for the first time. It was greasy and delicious!
On our way back from the restaurant, we came across a Bulgarian folklore festival. After dancing a few sets, the performers took to the streets. Soon, the entire audience was dancing the Horo, myself included. I love spontaneous ...
Castles in the Sky
A day ahead of the popular Spirit of Burgas Festival, we took a bus to Burgas to see the annual sand figure exhibition. This year's theme was movies, and we were surrounded by larger-than-life King Kongs, Harry Potters, Gladiators, and Avatars.
All my sand castles consist of a small mound of sand, the surrounding obligatory mote, and a leaf on top to represent a flag. Clearly, I've got a lot to learn!
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Armin Van Buuren
... a heart shape with his fingers, we went wild, hypnotized, dancing harder, screaming louder.
And the front row had perks: at one point, Armin pointed directly at me and winked; at another he reached down and grabbed our hands. To the unified chants of, "Armin! Armin! Armin!" he signed Bulgarian flags thrown to him from the crowd. We partied as one ...
Hungry, Angry, Ugly
... of the word "f*ck," along with all its various uses (complete, of course, with detailed examples).
--> Me, reading a Bulgarian word with the ever-elusive "uuh" sound to a response of laughter, then hearing the bald-faced lie, "Good! Perfect! That was perfect!"
--> Militza's mom, admitting that she could never tell if I was hungry, angry, or ugly, since all the "...gry" words in English sound the ...
Dog Days
Although I've never been to Cancun, I imagine Sunny Beach to be just like it-- a beach town overrun with the debauchery and hedonism of bright lights, long strips, and heavy teenage boozing. In this spirit, the two of us went out dancing for Militza's birthday.
Walking home in the middle of the night (technically morning-- clubs in Europe tend start around the time I'd be coming ...



