Saturday morning? I got up earlier than I like on the weekend, had three cups of coffee, put on a bright yellow ACS t-shirt and got ready for a day of dancing. I met up with three other international teachers and we made our way to Studentski grad.

We weren't sure how easy it would be for us to find the “Hristo Botev” sports hall.  We got an email from a colleague with bus numbers that we could take which is super helpful but then it turned out that one of my colleagues was able to drive. Only the "directions" we got were something like: go to Studentski grad and ask where the sports hall is. Um, <em>okay</em>. This would probably work but it doesn't seem fool proof.

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We looked up directions on google maps. <em>Thanks, google!</em> Luckily, this neighborhood, Studentski grad, isn't far from Mladost and google didn't lead us astray. We were there within minutes. It took us longer to find a place to park.

Anyhow the hall was full of dancers. I've never seen anything like it before. It was great fun. People were in a range of clothing from traditional costumes, to matching t-shirts and black plants, to modified traditional costumes and even modern dress.

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I had a great time today at the Sofia v Horo event.  Our group pulled the 26th spot of 42 teams and by 1pm we had yet to dance. We went on about 1:15pm. The event was scheduled to run from 10-2pm but who knows when it wrapped up.

We danced, took some pictures and then went to lunch.

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The dancing went well. I didn't get too confused at any point. I danced next to one of the school librarians who was really kind to me and made sure that one of my two arms was doing what it was supposed to be doing. I have a hard time focusing on both my feet and my arms at the same time.

I understand that there are some video clips of our group dancing. I'll try to post those when I get a chance. Until then, a couple of photos will have to do.