(3933,1,'2010-12-02 06:08:12','2010-12-02 04:08:12','December snuck up on me. I am not really sure how it\'s happened. I feel like I just got back to Bulgaria after a summer of traveling but no-ooooo apparently I\'ve been here for three months, soon to be four, and on the 23rd I\'ll be flying home for the holidays.\r\n\r\nHoly-smokes.\r\n\r\nI guess these things happen between teaching, studying Bulgarian, writing a blog and traveling but still. December. <em>December</em>.\r\n\r\nThere are so many things that I want to do before I go home in 22 days and I am afraid there\'s not enough time. I want to hit up the new taco shop on Shishman. I want to go back to the coffee shop/book store Paper &amp; Cake. I want to buy Christmas presents for my family but this year I don\'t even know where to start.  I want to find a great new dress to celebrate the holidays.\r\n\r\nInstead, I am grading papers. Obsessing about my to-do list. And pouring over my day-planner trying desperately not to forget something.\r\n\r\nWhen did December get to be the craziest month?','Holy-smokes, December! ','','publish','open','open','','holy-smokes-december','','','2010-12-01 21:09:26','2010-12-01 19:09:26','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=3933',0,'post','',4),(3934,1,'2010-12-01 21:03:42','2010-12-01 19:03:42','December snuck up on me. I am not really sure how it\'s happened. I feel like I just got back to Bulgaria after a summer of traveling but no-ooooo apparently I\'ve been here for three months, soon to be four, and on the 23rd I\'ll be flying home for the holidays.\n\nHoly-smokes.\n\nI guess these things happen between teaching, studying Bulgarian, writing a blog and traveling but still. December. <em>December</em>.\n\nThere are so many things that I want to do before I go home in 22 days and I am afraid there\'s not enough time. I want to hit up the new taco shop on Shishman. I want to go back to the coffee shop/book store Paper &amp; Cake. I want to buy Christmas presents for my family but this year I don\'t even know where to start.  I want to find a great new dress to celebrate the holidays.\n\nInstead, I am grading papers. Obsessing about my to-do list. And pouring over my day-planner trying desperately not to forget something.\n\nWhen did December get to be the craziest month?','Holy-smokes, December! ','','inherit','open','open','','3933-revision','','','2010-12-01 21:03:42','2010-12-01 19:03:42','',3933,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/01/3933-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3936,1,'2010-12-01 21:09:16','2010-12-01 19:09:16','December snuck up on me. I am not really sure how it\'s happened. I feel like I just got back to Bulgaria after a summer of traveling but no-ooooo apparently I\'ve been here for three months, soon to be four, and on the 23rd I\'ll be flying home for the holidays.\n\nHoly-smokes.\n\nI guess these things happen between teaching, studying Bulgarian, writing a blog and traveling but still. December. <em>December</em>.\n\nThere are so many things that I want to do before I go home in 22 days and I am afraid there\'s not enough time. I want to hit up the new taco shop on Shishman. I want to go back to the coffee shop/book store Paper &amp; Cake. I want to buy Christmas presents for my family but this year I don\'t even know where to start.  I want to find a great new dress to celebrate the holidays.\n\nInstead, I am grading papers. Obsessing about my to-do list. And pouring over my day-planner trying desperately not to forget something.\n\nWhen did December get to be the craziest month?','Holy-smokes, December! ','','inherit','open','open','','3933-revision-3','','','2010-12-01 21:09:16','2010-12-01 19:09:16','',3933,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/01/3933-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3935,1,'2010-12-01 21:07:21','2010-12-01 19:07:21','December snuck up on me. I am not really sure how it\'s happened. I feel like I just got back to Bulgaria after a summer of traveling but no-ooooo apparently I\'ve been here for three months, soon to be four, and on the 23rd I\'ll be flying home for the holidays.\r\n\r\nHoly-smokes.\r\n\r\nI guess these things happen between teaching, studying Bulgarian, writing a blog and traveling but still. December. <em>December</em>.\r\n\r\nThere are so many things that I want to do before I go home in 22 days and I am afraid there\'s not enough time. I want to hit up the new taco shop on Shishman. I want to go back to the coffee shop/book store Paper &amp; Cake. I want to buy Christmas presents for my family but this year I don\'t even know where to start.  I want to find a great new dress to celebrate the holidays.\r\n\r\nInstead, I am grading papers. Obsessing about my to-do list. And pouring over my day-planner trying desperately not to forget something.\r\n\r\nWhen did December get to be the craziest month?','Holy-smokes, December! ','','inherit','open','open','','3933-revision-2','','','2010-12-01 21:07:21','2010-12-01 19:07:21','',3933,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/01/3933-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3937,1,'2010-12-03 08:29:14','2010-12-03 06:29:14','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/madrid-makes-me-smile/img_6725/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to travel to new places and explore new things.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright. Wish me luck.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/madrid-makes-me-smile/img_6724/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','publish','open','open','','madrid-makes-me-smile','','','2010-12-03 08:29:14','2010-12-03 06:29:14','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=3937',0,'post','',7),(3938,1,'2010-12-02 22:20:08','2010-12-02 20:20:08','','Breakfast in Madrid','Breakfast in Madrid','inherit','open','open','','img_6725','','','2010-12-02 22:20:08','2010-12-02 20:20:08','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3939,1,'2010-12-02 22:15:31','2010-12-02 20:15:31','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out. <em>Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it.\n\nAlso, I\'ve got some great pictures and memories from Madrid.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision','','','2010-12-02 22:15:31','2010-12-02 20:15:31','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3940,1,'2010-12-02 22:21:09','2010-12-02 20:21:09','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out. <em>Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-2','','','2010-12-02 22:21:09','2010-12-02 20:21:09','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3941,1,'2010-12-02 22:21:32','2010-12-02 20:21:32','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out. <em>Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-3','','','2010-12-02 22:21:32','2010-12-02 20:21:32','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3942,1,'2010-12-02 22:26:50','2010-12-02 20:26:50','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out. Eventually. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. \r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate really and churros.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-4','','','2010-12-02 22:26:50','2010-12-02 20:26:50','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3943,1,'2010-12-02 22:29:58','2010-12-02 20:29:58','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out. Eventually. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.\n\nMuch, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate ca','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-5','','','2010-12-02 22:29:58','2010-12-02 20:29:58','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3944,1,'2010-12-02 22:30:30','2010-12-02 20:30:30','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out. Eventually. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-6','','','2010-12-02 22:30:30','2010-12-02 20:30:30','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3945,1,'2010-12-02 22:33:44','2010-12-02 20:33:44','','Chocolate and Churros','Chocolate and Churros','inherit','open','open','','img_6724','','','2010-12-02 22:33:44','2010-12-02 20:33:44','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3946,1,'2010-12-02 22:30:59','2010-12-02 20:30:59','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out. Eventually. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.\n\nMuch, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-7','','','2010-12-02 22:30:59','2010-12-02 20:30:59','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3947,1,'2010-12-02 22:35:42','2010-12-02 20:35:42','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-8','','','2010-12-02 22:35:42','2010-12-02 20:35:42','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3948,1,'2010-12-02 22:35:42','2010-12-02 20:35:42','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-9','','','2010-12-02 22:35:42','2010-12-02 20:35:42','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3949,1,'2010-12-02 22:36:06','2010-12-02 20:36:06','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-10','','','2010-12-02 22:36:06','2010-12-02 20:36:06','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3950,1,'2010-12-02 22:36:06','2010-12-02 20:36:06','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-11','','','2010-12-02 22:36:06','2010-12-02 20:36:06','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3951,1,'2010-12-02 22:37:40','2010-12-02 20:37:40','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-12','','','2010-12-02 22:37:40','2010-12-02 20:37:40','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3952,1,'2010-12-02 22:37:40','2010-12-02 20:37:40','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. Instead, I\'ll think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-13','','','2010-12-02 22:37:40','2010-12-02 20:37:40','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3953,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:07','2010-12-02 20:39:07','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-14','','','2010-12-02 22:39:07','2010-12-02 20:39:07','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(3954,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:08','2010-12-02 20:39:08','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-15','','','2010-12-02 22:39:08','2010-12-02 20:39:08','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(3955,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:11','2010-12-02 20:39:11','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-16','','','2010-12-02 22:39:11','2010-12-02 20:39:11','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(3956,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:11','2010-12-02 20:39:11','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-17','','','2010-12-02 22:39:11','2010-12-02 20:39:11','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(3957,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:45','2010-12-02 20:39:45','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-18','','','2010-12-02 22:39:45','2010-12-02 20:39:45','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(3958,1,'2010-12-02 22:39:45','2010-12-02 20:39:45','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> Eventually</em>. Only sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-19','','','2010-12-02 22:39:45','2010-12-02 20:39:45','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(3959,1,'2010-12-02 22:45:25','2010-12-02 20:45:25','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-20','','','2010-12-02 22:45:25','2010-12-02 20:45:25','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(3960,1,'2010-12-02 22:45:25','2010-12-02 20:45:25','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-21','','','2010-12-02 22:45:25','2010-12-02 20:45:25','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(3961,1,'2010-12-02 22:45:27','2010-12-02 20:45:27','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-22','','','2010-12-02 22:45:27','2010-12-02 20:45:27','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(3962,1,'2010-12-02 22:45:27','2010-12-02 20:45:27','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-23','','','2010-12-02 22:45:27','2010-12-02 20:45:27','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(3963,1,'2010-12-02 22:46:12','2010-12-02 20:46:12','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-24','','','2010-12-02 22:46:12','2010-12-02 20:46:12','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(3964,1,'2010-12-02 22:49:17','2010-12-02 20:49:17','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\n\n<em>Eventually</em>.\n\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer. Much, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\n\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\n\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday okay.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-25','','','2010-12-02 22:49:17','2010-12-02 20:49:17','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(3965,1,'2010-12-02 22:50:00','2010-12-02 20:50:00','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate, really, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday seem okay.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-26','','','2010-12-02 22:50:00','2010-12-02 20:50:00','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/02/3937-revision-26/',0,'revision','',0),(3966,1,'2010-12-03 08:27:55','2010-12-03 06:27:55','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\n\n<em>Eventually</em>.\n\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.\n\nMuch, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\n\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\n\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to\n\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-27','','','2010-12-03 08:27:55','2010-12-03 06:27:55','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/3937-revision-27/',0,'revision','',0),(3967,1,'2010-12-03 08:28:51','2010-12-03 06:28:51','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to travel to new places and explore new things.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright. Wish me luck.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-28','','','2010-12-03 08:28:51','2010-12-03 06:28:51','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/3937-revision-28/',0,'revision','',0),(3968,1,'2010-12-03 08:28:55','2010-12-03 06:28:55','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\n\n<em>Eventually</em>.\n\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.\n\nMuch, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\n\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\n\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to travel to new places and explore new things.\n\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright. Wish me luck.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-29','','','2010-12-03 08:28:55','2010-12-03 06:28:55','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/3937-revision-29/',0,'revision','',0),(3969,1,'2010-12-03 08:29:14','2010-12-03 06:29:14','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\r\n\r\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3938\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Eventually</em>.\r\n\r\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\r\n\r\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\r\n\r\nThat\'s much nicer.\r\n\r\nMuch, much nicer.\r\n\r\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\r\n\r\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\r\n\r\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to travel to new places and explore new things.\r\n\r\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright. Wish me luck.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3945\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-revision-30','','','2010-12-03 08:29:14','2010-12-03 06:29:14','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/3937-revision-30/',0,'revision','',0),(3970,1,'2010-12-03 08:30:20','2010-12-03 06:30:20','It\'s rainy in Sofia. And I have to work Friday night 4-8pm and Saturday 10-2pm.  <em>Parent conferences</em>. I eep telling myself it\'s okay. I had Thursday and Friday off last week for Thanksgiving. Still it\'s kind of hard to stomach.\n\nLuckily, I don\'t teach too much on Fridays. But the bad news? I\'ve got plenty of grading to do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"409\" caption=\"Breakfast in Madrid\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3938\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/madrid-makes-me-smile/img_6725/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 \" title=\"Breakfast in Madrid\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6725-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI kind of think that it all balances out.<em> </em>\n\n<em>Eventually</em>.\n\nOnly sometimes I am not so sure. Like when I am staring down an extra eight hours of work in a week. Things like this kind of get a girl down.\n\nSo I\'ll try not to think about it. I\'d rather think about Madrid.\n\nThat\'s much nicer.\n\nMuch, much nicer.\n\nI mean, look at how great this breakfast was. Hot chocolate. Molten chocolate,<em> really</em>, and churros.\n\nThis was a great breakfast. Fried dough and chocolate. And I am not actually even a chocolate person. My whole life I\'ve preferred white cake (vanilla if you will) to chocolate cake. However, this combination is pretty great. Hot, crispy, fried and thick cups of chocolate.\n\nIt\'s the kind of treat that you know you could never replicate at home.  Or at least the kind of treat you probably shouldn\'t try t replicate at home. It\'s better left for someone else to make and you to eat. Frankly, it\'s a good thing too because I\'d never want to leave the house if I could whip-up a combination like this one.\n\nAnd that would really cut down ability and desire to travel to new places and explore new things.\n\nThis is nearly enough to make working on Friday night and Saturday alright. Wish me luck.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Chocolate and Churros\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/madrid-makes-me-smile/img_6724/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3945 \" title=\"Chocolate and Churros\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6724-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Madrid Makes Me Smile','','inherit','open','open','','3937-autosave','','','2010-12-03 08:30:20','2010-12-03 06:30:20','',3937,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/03/3937-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3971,1,'2010-12-05 22:19:45','2010-12-05 20:19:45','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disappointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','publish','open','open','','sofias-taqueria','','','2010-12-05 22:22:45','2010-12-05 20:22:45','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=3971',0,'post','',8),(3972,1,'2010-12-05 19:05:41','2010-12-05 17:05:41','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. (Oh and for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. She\'s a white middle-class American.)','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision','','','2010-12-05 19:05:41','2010-12-05 17:05:41','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3973,1,'2010-12-05 21:43:13','2010-12-05 19:43:13','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-2','','','2010-12-05 21:43:13','2010-12-05 19:43:13','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3974,1,'2010-12-05 21:49:37','2010-12-05 19:49:37','','My Burrito','My Burrito','inherit','open','open','','dsc02078','','','2010-12-05 21:49:37','2010-12-05 19:49:37','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3975,1,'2010-12-05 21:59:52','2010-12-05 19:59:52','','My Burrito Guy! ','My Burrito Guy! ','inherit','open','open','','dsc02077','','','2010-12-05 21:59:52','2010-12-05 19:59:52','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3976,1,'2010-12-05 22:02:04','2010-12-05 20:02:04','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"768\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy! \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975\" title=\"My Burrito Guy! \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-3','','','2010-12-05 22:02:04','2010-12-05 20:02:04','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3980,1,'2010-12-05 22:06:08','2010-12-05 20:06:08','','Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)','Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)','inherit','open','open','','dsc02074','','','2010-12-05 22:06:08','2010-12-05 20:06:08','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3977,1,'2010-12-05 22:03:11','2010-12-05 20:03:11','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-4','','','2010-12-05 22:03:11','2010-12-05 20:03:11','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3978,1,'2010-12-05 22:03:11','2010-12-05 20:03:11','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-5','','','2010-12-05 22:03:11','2010-12-05 20:03:11','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (3979,1,'2010-12-05 22:03:18','2010-12-05 20:03:18','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-6','','','2010-12-05 22:03:18','2010-12-05 20:03:18','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3981,1,'2010-12-05 22:10:38','2010-12-05 20:10:38','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-7','','','2010-12-05 22:10:38','2010-12-05 20:10:38','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3982,1,'2010-12-05 22:11:06','2010-12-05 20:11:06','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-8','','','2010-12-05 22:11:06','2010-12-05 20:11:06','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3983,1,'2010-12-05 22:11:06','2010-12-05 20:11:06','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-9','','','2010-12-05 22:11:06','2010-12-05 20:11:06','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3984,1,'2010-12-05 22:11:07','2010-12-05 20:11:07','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is 24 Shishman Street. That makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block. Just so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.  Burrito or tacos? Quesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. The burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-10','','','2010-12-05 22:11:07','2010-12-05 20:11:07','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3985,1,'2010-12-05 22:13:58','2010-12-05 20:13:58','','Inside Taqueria ','Inside Taqueria ','inherit','open','open','','dsc02079','','','2010-12-05 22:13:58','2010-12-05 20:13:58','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3986,1,'2010-12-05 22:13:35','2010-12-05 20:13:35','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\n\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\n\nJust so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\n\nBurrito or tacos?\n\nQuesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-11','','','2010-12-05 22:13:35','2010-12-05 20:13:35','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3987,1,'2010-12-05 22:15:27','2010-12-05 20:15:27','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3985\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-12','','','2010-12-05 22:15:27','2010-12-05 20:15:27','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3988,1,'2010-12-05 22:15:27','2010-12-05 20:15:27','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3985\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-13','','','2010-12-05 22:15:27','2010-12-05 20:15:27','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3989,1,'2010-12-05 22:15:30','2010-12-05 20:15:30','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend. It was pretty great. The Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3985\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-14','','','2010-12-05 22:15:30','2010-12-05 20:15:30','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(3990,1,'2010-12-05 22:18:48','2010-12-05 20:18:48','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\n\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disapointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\n\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street.\n\nI\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. For some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\n\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\n\nJust so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\n\nBurrito or tacos?\n\nQuesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3985\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-15','','','2010-12-05 22:18:48','2010-12-05 20:18:48','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(3991,1,'2010-12-05 22:19:45','2010-12-05 20:19:45','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disapointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3974\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3975\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3980\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=3985\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-16','','','2010-12-05 22:19:45','2010-12-05 20:19:45','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(3992,1,'2010-12-05 22:23:53','2010-12-05 20:23:53','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\n\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disappointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\n\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\n\nUm, it\'s not.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\n\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\n\nI was just determined.\n\nIt paid off.\n\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\n\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\n\nJust so you know.\n\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\n\nBurrito or tacos?\n\nQuesadilla or nachos?\n\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\n\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\n\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\n\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\n\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\n\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\n\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\n\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\n\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-autosave','','','2010-12-05 22:23:53','2010-12-05 20:23:53','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3993,1,'2010-12-05 22:19:45','2010-12-05 20:19:45','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disapointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-17','','','2010-12-05 22:19:45','2010-12-05 20:19:45','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(3994,1,'2010-12-05 22:20:11','2010-12-05 20:20:11','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disappointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-18','','','2010-12-05 22:20:11','2010-12-05 20:20:11','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(3995,1,'2010-12-05 22:20:11','2010-12-05 20:20:11','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disappointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-19','','','2010-12-05 22:20:11','2010-12-05 20:20:11','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(3996,1,'2010-12-05 22:22:45','2010-12-05 20:22:45','I checked out the new Taqueria in downtown Sofia this weekend!!\r\n\r\nIt was pretty great. I am super glad that I wasn\'t disappointed. It\'s been built up in my mind over the last six weeks and I haven\'t had a chance to check out until now.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the thing, the Taqueria is on Shishman Street. I\'d heard about the shop. I\'d read a blog post in Bulgarian about the post. But for some reason, I thought it was next to (or near to) the sandwich/soup place <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/04/18/new-find-supastar/\" target=\"_blank\">SupaStar</a>.\r\n\r\nUm, it\'s not.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3974\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My Burrito\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02078/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3974 \" title=\"My Burrito\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBasically, I walked from the Sofia University metro station down Shishman and I spent the whole walk tripping on sidewalk tiles while I was looking for the Taqueria. I kept going because well, I am not about to be beaten by a taco shop. I also believe that I have a nose for tacos.\r\n\r\nI kept thinking: I\'ll find it. I am American.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3975\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"461\" caption=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02077/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3975 \" title=\"My Burrito Guy (through glass) \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02077-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn hindsight, I have no idea what is means to have a nose for tacos. I also don\'t think that being an American makes me any better at finding a taco joint than anyone else.\r\n\r\nI was just determined.\r\n\r\nIt paid off.\r\n\r\nThe Taqueria it turns out is at 24 Shishman Street.\r\n\r\nThat makes it much, much closer to Gurko than to Tsar Osvoboditel.  It\'s almost next door to the school on the block.\r\n\r\nJust so you know.\r\n\r\nThere are a lot of interesting options and choices to be made at the Taqueria.\r\n\r\nBurrito or tacos?\r\n\r\nQuesadilla or nachos?\r\n\r\nI picked the burrito. But for the record, I was torn. I thought pretty seriously about the tacos. Then the burrito won out.\r\n\r\nThe burrito was made on a, get this, Mission tortilla. I don\'t know who\'s importing Mission tortillas but it makes feel that much like my mom\'s burritos. Oh but for the record, my MoM is not Mexican. Surprise, surprise, she\'s a white middle-class American. This said, Mission tortillas are the tortillas of my childhood. (Insert a dose of nostalgia here.)\r\n\r\nOnce you pick which mode of conveying Mexican food to your mouth--burrito, taco, chips--then you get to make another series of choices. The fixings. What kind of beans. What kind of meat. What additional toppings you\'d like--salsa, cheese, guacamole and the like. Think, <a href=\"http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chipotle style</a> in the States.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3980\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02074/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3980 \" title=\"Toppings (the choices are labled on the glass in Bulgarian)\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs I said, I went for the burrito. It came with rice. Then I picked the mashed beans rather than the whole beans. The mashed weren\'t exactly refried but they were tasty.  Then I selected the chicken. It wasn\'t easy though. The ground beef looked great as did the shredded pork.\r\n\r\nFrom here, I basically stopped making choices. I just had a little bit of all of the other toppings. Salsa, guacamole, cheese, lettuce and a spicy corn mix. The only thing I passed on were the jalapeno peppers. Sometimes jalapenos are too much for me.  I like spicy but I don\'t want to die.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3985\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Inside Taqueria \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/dsc02079/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-3985 \" title=\"Inside Taqueria \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs it turned out there was so much stuff on my burrito that it was difficult to wrap up. If you ask me, that\'s the sign of a good burrito.\r\n\r\nNow, I haven\'t had any Mexican food since I was at home in the States for a month, so this burrito really hit the spot. Good flavors, high quality ingredients and friendly helpful service. This said, my burrito seemed to be a Bulgarian take on an American Tex-Mex.\r\n\r\nIt wasn\'t exactly Mexican food, as I know it, but it was darn good.\r\n\r\nI guess that it begs the question: how do I know that the food I like in the States is even <em>real</em> Mexican food? I mean, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans make it but I\'d guess that the food and the dishes are tweaked for an American palate.  So why not tweak Mexican food for a Bulgarian audience?\r\n\r\nAll in all, the only tweak I\'d make is heating up the tortilla, meat, beans and cheese before adding the other toppings.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be back.  The food, the ambiance and the staff are all great.','Sofia\'s Taqueria ','','inherit','open','open','','3971-revision-20','','','2010-12-05 22:22:45','2010-12-05 20:22:45','',3971,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/3971-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(4040,1,'2010-12-17 16:32:59','2010-12-17 14:32:59','<p>Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.</p>\r\n<p>There\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.</p>\r\n<p>Okay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.</p>\r\n<p>Outside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <i>killer</i> birdhouse.</p>\r\n<p>It\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <i>Still</i>.</p>\r\n<p>Or, I have a doting dAd.</p>\r\n<p>Earlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" mce_href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, shucks&nbsp;<strike> sucks</strike>. Thanks, dAd.</p>\r\n<p>Yeah and did you catch that? My dad <i>blogs</i> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.</p>\r\n<p>The best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.</p>\r\n<p>It makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!</p>','Christmas Birdhouses?','','publish','open','open','','christmas-birdhouses','','','2010-12-18 11:06:49','2010-12-18 09:06:49','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4040',0,'post','',5),(3999,1,'2010-12-08 20:57:09','2010-12-08 18:57:09','Well, I haven\'t posted in a couple of days. I\'ve been a busy cookie.\n\nAnd I already know that this is going to be a lame post because I am much more interested in bed than in writing. Funny how that works.\n\nOn Monday night I went to see a drum and dance group Vakali at NDK.  Last night, I went to ACS\'s celebration of our 150th Anniversary and I saw <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/11/10/acs-150-years-and-vasko-vassilev/\" target=\"_blank\">Vasko Vassilev </a>(who for the record looks much younger in all of his promotional material than he does in real life.)\n\nBoth events were great fun. The first had fire and flames on stage with men, dancing and drums. The second had lots of rhinestones, an intense violinist and a peppy back-up band.\n\nThe only thing is, I don\'t often go out on \"school nights.\" I like sleep too much. Way too much.\n\nWork has been busy. School has been busy. Life has been busy.\n\nI feel like I\'ve been doing a million different things.\n\nI should do a load of laundry, wash some dishes and grade an ever growing stack of papers but I\'m afraid that\'s what the weekend is going to be for.','A Million Things ','','inherit','open','open','','3997-revision','','','2010-12-08 20:57:09','2010-12-08 18:57:09','',3997,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/08/3997-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4000,1,'2010-12-08 20:59:13','2010-12-08 18:59:13','Well, I haven\'t posted in a couple of days. I\'ve been a busy cookie.\n\nAnd I already know that this is going to be a lame post because I am much more interested in bed than in writing. Funny how that works.\n\nOn Monday night I went to see a drum and dance group Vakali at NDK.  Last night, I went to ACS\'s celebration of our 150th Anniversary and I saw <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/11/10/acs-150-years-and-vasko-vassilev/\" target=\"_blank\">Vasko Vassilev </a>(who for the record looks much younger in all of his promotional material than he does in real life.)\n\nBoth events were great fun. The first had fire and flames on stage with men, dancing and drums. The second had lots of rhinestones, an intense violinist and a peppy back-up band.\n\nThe only thing is, I don\'t often go out on \"school nights.\" I like sleep too much. Way too much.\n\nWork has been busy. School has been busy. Life has been busy.\n\nI feel like I\'ve been doing a million different things.\n\nI should do a load of laundry, wash some dishes, make sure that I finish my book club book and grade an ever growing stack of papers but I\'m afraid that\'s what the weekend is going to be for.','A Million Things ','','inherit','open','open','','3997-autosave','','','2010-12-08 20:59:13','2010-12-08 18:59:13','',3997,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/08/3997-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4001,1,'2010-12-09 18:24:58','2010-12-09 16:24:58','Sometimes it\'s hard to celebrate holidays abroad. Part of it is that I don\'t have my family with me. Part of it is that the usual clues and cues are different.\r\n\r\nThis year for example, I don\'t feel very Christmas-y. In some ways this is good. Christmas has become a <em>very</em> commercial holiday in the States. In other ways this is hard. Other teachers seem very festive and I feel a little bit like the Grinch--like my heart is two sizes too small.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been wondering why I feel this way.\r\n\r\nI realized that in my adult life Thanksgiving has cued Christmas. The Thanksgiving holiday ushered in Christmas music, sales, parties, mulled wine, sugar cookies with sprinkles and frosting and the ubiquitous Christmas tree. Sure I celebrated Thanksgiving--but I did so over about three weeks. This diffused the holiday and since then I haven\'t been able to catch a hold of the spirit.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s because I don\'t want to or maybe it\'s because I am working too much. Then I realized that I just need to kick things into high gear.\r\n\r\nSo tonight\'s the night! <!--more-->I kicking my Christmas season off with the AmCham Christmas party. Between getting dressed up, eating and drinking and hopefully some dancing, I think it\'s the perfect way to launch into the holidays.\r\n\r\nI also turned dreaming about sugar cookies into looking up sugar cookie recipes.\r\n\r\nI browsed for wine, spices and some fruit to make mulled wine. I have big plans to drink this out of my Vienna Christmas market mug from two years ago.\r\n\r\nI dug out a fake table top Christmas tree from under my sink. Only to realize that I don\'t have any ornaments. I guess I\'ll have to pick up a string of lights. Maybe I\'ll even fold some white paper cranes for the tree. It needs something.\r\n\r\nI am planning to draw up list (and to check it twice) for gifts to buy for my family. The only problem is that after you\'ve bought nearly all Bulgarian inspired gifts for the previous two Christmases from rose-inspired cosmetics to pottery and handmade tablecloths to rakiya it gets that much harder to shop for your family. Then again, maybe drinking rakiya while making my list will make it go faster.  But, maybe not.\r\n\r\nI\'m even thinking of lining up some Christmas music to while I am doing all of these different things. And I don\'t even <em>love </em>Christmas music!!\r\n\r\nThese things take work. But it\'s the good kind of work.\r\n\r\nSugar cookies and mulled wine here I come!!','How to get in the Christmas Spirit ','','publish','open','open','','how-to-get-in-the-christmas-spirit','','','2010-12-09 18:24:58','2010-12-09 16:24:58','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4001',0,'post','',1),(4002,1,'2010-12-09 18:24:08','2010-12-09 16:24:08','Sometimes it\'s hard to celebrate holidays abroad. Part of it is that I don\'t have my family with me. Part of it is that the usual clues and cues are different.\n\nThis year for example, I don\'t feel very Christmas-y. In some ways this is good. Christmas has become a <em>very</em> commercial holiday in the States. In other ways this is hard. Other teachers seem very festive and I feel a little bit like the Grinch--like my heart is two sizes too small.\n\nI\'ve been wondering why I feel this way.\n\nI realized that in my adult life Thanksgiving has cued Christmas. The Thanksgiving holiday ushered in Christmas music, sales, parties, mulled wine, sugar cookies with sprinkles and frosting and the ubiquitous Christmas tree. Sure I celebrated Thanksgiving--but I did so over about three weeks. This diffused the holiday and since then I haven\'t been able to catch a hold of the spirit.\n\nMaybe it\'s because I don\'t want to or maybe it\'s because I am working too much. Then I realized that I just need to kick things into high gear.\n\nSo tonight\'s the night! I kicking my Christmas season off with the AmCham Christmas party. Between getting dressed up, eating and drinking and hopefully some dancing, I think it\'s the perfect way to launch into the holidays.\n\nI also turned dreaming about sugar cookies into looking up sugar cookie recipes.\n\nI browsed for wine, spices and some fruit to make mulled wine. I have big plans to drink this out of my Vienna Christmas market mug from two years ago.\n\nI dug out a fake table top Christmas tree from under my sink. Only to realize that I don\'t have any ornaments. I guess I\'ll have to pick up a string of lights. Maybe I\'ll even fold some white paper cranes for the tree. It needs something.\n\nI am planning to draw up list (and to check it twice) for gifts to buy for my family. The only problem is that after you\'ve bought nearly all Bulgarian inspired gifts for the previous two Christmases from rose-inspired cosmetics to pottery and handmade tablecloths to rakiya it gets that much harder to shop for your family. Then again, maybe drinking rakiya while making my list will make it go faster.  But, maybe not.\n\nI\'m even thinking of lining up some Christmas music to while I am doing all of these different things. And I don\'t even <em>love </em>Christmas music!!\n\nThese things take work. But it\'s the good kind of work.\n\nAll of this said, I think the moment things will feel','How to get in the Christmas Spirit ','','inherit','open','open','','4001-revision','','','2010-12-09 18:24:08','2010-12-09 16:24:08','',4001,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/09/4001-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4003,1,'2010-12-09 18:26:08','2010-12-09 16:26:08','Sometimes it\'s hard to celebrate holidays abroad. Part of it is that I don\'t have my family with me. Part of it is that the usual clues and cues are different.\n\nThis year for example, I don\'t feel very Christmas-y. In some ways this is good. Christmas has become a <em>very</em> commercial holiday in the States. In other ways this is hard. Other teachers seem very festive and I feel a little bit like the Grinch--like my heart is two sizes too small.\n\nI\'ve been wondering why I feel this way.\n\nI realized that in my adult life Thanksgiving has cued Christmas. The Thanksgiving holiday ushered in Christmas music, sales, parties, mulled wine, sugar cookies with sprinkles and frosting and the ubiquitous Christmas tree. Sure I celebrated Thanksgiving--but I did so over about three weeks. This diffused the holiday and since then I haven\'t been able to catch a hold of the spirit.\n\nMaybe it\'s because I don\'t want to or maybe it\'s because I am working too much. Then I realized that I just need to kick things into high gear.\n\nSo tonight\'s the night! <!--more-->I kicking my Christmas season off with the AmCham Christmas party. Between getting dressed up, eating and drinking and hopefully some dancing, I think it\'s the perfect way to launch into the holidays.\n\nI also turned dreaming about sugar cookies into looking up sugar cookie recipes.\n\nI browsed for wine, spices and some fruit to make mulled wine. I have big plans to drink this out of my Vienna Christmas market mug from two years ago.\n\nI dug out a fake table top Christmas tree from under my sink. Only to realize that I don\'t have any ornaments. I guess I\'ll have to pick up a string of lights. Maybe I\'ll even fold some white paper cranes for the tree. It needs something.\n\nI am planning to draw up list (and to check it twice) for gifts to buy for my family. The only problem is that after you\'ve bought nearly all Bulgarian inspired gifts for the previous two Christmases from rose-inspired cosmetics to pottery and handmade tablecloths to rakiya it gets that much harder to shop for your family. Then again, maybe drinking rakiya while making my list will make it go faster.  But, maybe not.\n\nI\'m even thinking of lining up some Christmas music to while I am doing all of these different things. And I don\'t even <em>love </em>Christmas music!!\n\nThese things take work. But it\'s the good kind of work.\n\nSugar cookies and mulled wine here I come!!','How to get in the Christmas Spirit ','','inherit','open','open','','4001-autosave','','','2010-12-09 18:26:08','2010-12-09 16:26:08','',4001,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/09/4001-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4004,1,'2010-12-11 09:39:18','2010-12-11 07:39:18','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/amcham-christmas-party-and-btr/dsc02086/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/amcham-christmas-party-and-btr/dsc02083/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/amcham-christmas-party-and-btr/dsc02088/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\r\n\r\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/amcham-christmas-party-and-btr/dsc02087/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\r\n\r\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','publish','open','open','','amcham-christmas-party-and-btr','','','2010-12-11 09:39:18','2010-12-11 07:39:18','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4004',0,'post','',3),(4005,1,'2010-12-11 09:30:33','2010-12-11 07:30:33','','At the Christmas Party','At the Christmas Party','inherit','open','open','','dsc02086','','','2010-12-11 09:30:33','2010-12-11 07:30:33','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4006,1,'2010-12-11 09:32:43','2010-12-11 07:32:43','','Christmas Songs','Christmas Songs','inherit','open','open','','dsc02083','','','2010-12-11 09:32:43','2010-12-11 07:32:43','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4007,1,'2010-12-11 09:34:05','2010-12-11 07:34:05','','The Holiday with Friends','The Holiday with Friends','inherit','open','open','','dsc02088','','','2010-12-11 09:34:05','2010-12-11 07:34:05','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4008,1,'2010-12-11 09:36:02','2010-12-11 07:36:02','','Christmas Party + Friends','Christmas Party + Friends','inherit','open','open','','dsc02087','','','2010-12-11 09:36:02','2010-12-11 07:36:02','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4009,1,'2010-12-11 09:36:50','2010-12-11 07:36:50','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\n\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\n\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008\" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\n\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision','','','2010-12-11 09:36:50','2010-12-11 07:36:50','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4010,1,'2010-12-11 09:37:12','2010-12-11 07:37:12','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\r\n\r\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\r\n\r\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-2','','','2010-12-11 09:37:12','2010-12-11 07:37:12','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4011,1,'2010-12-11 09:37:12','2010-12-11 07:37:12','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\r\n\r\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\r\n\r\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-3','','','2010-12-11 09:37:12','2010-12-11 07:37:12','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4012,1,'2010-12-11 09:37:14','2010-12-11 07:37:14','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\r\n\r\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\r\n\r\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-4','','','2010-12-11 09:37:14','2010-12-11 07:37:14','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4013,1,'2010-12-11 09:38:18','2010-12-11 07:38:18','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\n\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\n\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\n\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-5','','','2010-12-11 09:38:18','2010-12-11 07:38:18','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4014,1,'2010-12-11 09:39:18','2010-12-11 07:39:18','The AmCham Christmas party on Thursday was great fun. The Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan is the perfect place for the party (even if the name is a mouthful). They have an incredible space--basically two large ballrooms.  This means that there\'s room for a stage, a band and a dance floor in addition to a couple of buffet tables, three or four different drink stations and three or four dozen small cocktail tables one can stand around.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Christmas Party\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 \" title=\"At the Christmas Party\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s a big event.  There were Christmas carolers to begin the night and a band to end the night.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Songs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4006 \" title=\"Christmas Songs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02083-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe band was the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.T.R.\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian rock group BTR</a>. I knew next to nothing about them before the night. And when I mentioned this to Bulgarians I generally got on of two responses.  Basically this either they were great or they\'re shit.\r\n\r\nSo I didn\'t know the group at their peak but BTR was pretty fun at the Christmas party. They played a mix of covers and their own stuff. It\'s clear that the Bulgarians <em>loved</em> the group. Not a little bit, <em>a lot</em>.  I guess it shouldn\'t surprise me. They are a Bulgarian group. And they\'re good at what they do.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4007\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Holiday with Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4007 \" title=\"The Holiday with Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou really can\'t ask for a lot more than that.\r\n\r\nExcept for celebrating the holiday with friends and colleagues. And dancing, a lot.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas Party + Friends\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4008 \" title=\"Christmas Party + Friends\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part was that the event really put me in the Christmas spirit. That and the sudden dash of cold weather we\'re experiencing in Sofia.\r\n\r\n<em>Maybe</em> Christmas is just around the corner.','AmCham Christmas Party and BTR','','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-6','','','2010-12-11 09:39:18','2010-12-11 07:39:18','',4004,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/11/4004-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4015,1,'2010-12-12 21:23:42','2010-12-12 19:23:42','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/skyping-home-this-weekend/cae-and-her-coffee-pot/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued.\r\n\r\nThese things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.\r\n\r\nOh, and sorry the quality of this picture is so bad.','Skyping Home This Weekend ','','publish','open','open','','skyping-home-this-weekend','','','2010-12-12 21:23:42','2010-12-12 19:23:42','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4015',0,'post','',3),(4016,1,'2010-12-12 21:17:24','2010-12-12 19:17:24','','CAE and her Coffee Pot','Me, Skype and my love of coffee','inherit','open','open','','cae-and-her-coffee-pot','','','2010-12-12 21:17:24','2010-12-12 19:17:24','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4017,1,'2010-12-12 21:15:15','2010-12-12 19:15:15','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\n\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\n\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\n\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\n\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\n\nRegularly.\n\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\n\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\n\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\n\nAnyhow.\n\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision','','','2010-12-12 21:15:15','2010-12-12 19:15:15','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4018,1,'2010-12-12 21:15:15','2010-12-12 19:15:15','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\n\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\n\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\n\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\n\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\n\nRegularly.\n\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\n\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\n\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\n\nAnyhow.\n\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-2','','','2010-12-12 21:15:15','2010-12-12 19:15:15','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4019,1,'2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"509\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016\" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"520\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-3','','','2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4020,1,'2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"509\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016\" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"520\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-4','','','2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4021,1,'2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"509\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016\" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"520\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-5','','','2010-12-12 21:20:48','2010-12-12 19:20:48','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4022,1,'2010-12-12 21:21:24','2010-12-12 19:21:24','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-6','','','2010-12-12 21:21:24','2010-12-12 19:21:24','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4023,1,'2010-12-12 21:21:24','2010-12-12 19:21:24','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-7','','','2010-12-12 21:21:24','2010-12-12 19:21:24','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4024,1,'2010-12-12 21:21:25','2010-12-12 19:21:25','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued. These things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.','Skype on the Weekends ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-8','','','2010-12-12 21:21:25','2010-12-12 19:21:25','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4025,1,'2010-12-12 21:23:29','2010-12-12 19:23:29','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\n\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\n\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\n\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nHilarity ensued.\n\nThese things happen in my family.\n\nRegularly.\n\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\n\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\n\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\n\nAnyhow.\n\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.\n\nOh, and sorry the quality of this picture is so bad.','Skypi Weekend ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-9','','','2010-12-12 21:23:29','2010-12-12 19:23:29','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4026,1,'2010-12-12 21:23:42','2010-12-12 19:23:42','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\r\n\r\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\r\n\r\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4016\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHilarity ensued.\r\n\r\nThese things happen in my family.\r\n\r\nRegularly.\r\n\r\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\r\n\r\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\r\n\r\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\r\n\r\nAnyhow.\r\n\r\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.\r\n\r\nOh, and sorry the quality of this picture is so bad.','Skyping Home This Weekend ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-revision-10','','','2010-12-12 21:23:42','2010-12-12 19:23:42','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4027,1,'2010-12-12 21:24:51','2010-12-12 19:24:51','Sometimes I do silly things when I think that no one is watching me. Often this happens while I am talking to my MoM and dAd on skype.\n\nHere\'s the deal, the time difference between Sofia and Walla Walla is 10 hours. Basically this means that either I am calling them at night in Sofia and it\'s morning in Walla Walla or it\'s morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  Usually it\'s the first of these two options.\n\nSo this means that I am drinking a glass of wine while I watch my parents drink coffee and eat breakfast.  We believe in multitasking in our family.\n\nOnly this weekend I spiced up the routine and called my MoM to wish her a happy birthday. It was morning in Sofia and nighttime in Walla Walla.  She\'d been out to dinner with my dAd, my sister C., my brother N and his girlfriend K. as well as my aunt and uncle. It\'s kind of a big deal.  She\'s 60 now (and in May I\'ll be half her age. <em>How cool is that!?</em>).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"305\" caption=\"Me, Skype and my love of coffee\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4016\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/skyping-home-this-weekend/cae-and-her-coffee-pot/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 \" title=\"CAE and her Coffee Pot\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAE-and-her-Coffee-Pot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nHilarity ensued.\n\nThese things happen in my family.\n\nRegularly.\n\nAnd for the record, I am glad they do.\n\nEnter photo. I was trying to prove a point (about something <em>really</em> important--I am sure). My sister thinks it would be great to take a picture of me being ridiculous via skype. And my MoM makes it happen.\n\nNow that\'s serious teamwork.\n\nAnyhow.\n\nHappy Birthday, MoM!! I am so glad that you\'re mine. I love you this much: all the way around the world and back.\n\nOh, and sorry the quality of this picture is so bad.','Skyping Home This Weekend ','','inherit','open','open','','4015-autosave','','','2010-12-12 21:24:51','2010-12-12 19:24:51','',4015,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/12/4015-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4028,1,'2010-12-14 21:19:48','2010-12-14 19:19:48','I am in love.  In love with the shop Zona Urbana in downtown Sofia.\r\n\r\nFirst, the shop is great--well laid out, lots of stock and it\'s all been neatly and thoughtfully displayed.\r\n\r\nSecond, the employees are friendly and helpful. Oh, and they speak English. You know, if that\'s your thing.\r\n\r\nFinally, they are making nearly everything in the shop out of recycled, saved and found objects.  It\'s impressive. They\'re giving so many interesting things new life from old newspapers to car inter tubes and old vinyl billboards to recycled juice boxes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4029\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My New Zona Urbana Clutch \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4029\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/14/zona-urbana/img_6841/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4029 \" title=\"My New Zona Urbana Clutch \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI found some really great things there this past weekend. I\'d love to post pictures but I don\'t want to give away any of my Christmas presents. I did buy myself a Christmas present. One of the hip clutches  which can can be either clutch or purse. I think I am more of a clutch girl in this case but time will tell! And I like that I\'ve got options. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nWhat impressed me the most were the range of different things the shop is making. They\'ve got a couple of different sized totes and messenger style bags, two different size wallets (basically small and large) there are earrings, clutches and even buttons-pins.\r\n\r\nZona Urbana is super easy to find as it\'s almost right across the street from the Moroccan restaurant Annette\'s on Angel Kunchev #24.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, the <a href=\"http://www.zurbana.com/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">shop\'s website</a> doesn\'t do them credit.  Maybe I shouldn\'t even link to it but I have. The website makes the shop look more intense and edgy than the shop actually is. In person, the shop is youthful but bright in light and colors. The aesthetic is artsy and laid back.\r\n\r\nThere\'s a lot to like about the shop. First, they are doing really creative and unique work. Second, the prices are good for the product. And I like supporting local businesses. Especially ones that are creating such great stuff.\r\n\r\nMy friend P. and I agreed that this shop would be equally at home tucked away on a side street in Brooklyn, NY. 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They\'ve got a couple of different sized totes and messenger style bags, two different size wallets (basically small and large) there are earrings, clutches and even buttons-pins.\n\nZona Urbana is super easy to find as it\'s almost right across the street from the Moroccan restaurant Annette\'s on Angel Kunchev #24.\n\nInterestingly, the <a href=\"http://www.zurbana.com/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">shop\'s website</a> doesn\'t do them credit.  Maybe I shouldn\'t even link to it but I have. The website makes the shop look more intense and edgy than the shop actually is. In person, the shop is youthful but bright in light and colors. The aesthetic is artsy and laid back.\n\nThere\'s a lot to like about the shop. First, they are doing really creative and unique work. Second, the prices are good for the product. And I like supporting local businesses. 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I get to keep all of my saliva. And there\'s no need for me to spend time trying to track down everyone\'s new addresses.\n\nSo without further adu: Merry Christmas!!\n\nI hope that the holidays finds each and everyone of you well.','Christmas Cards 2010 ','','draft','open','open','','','','','2010-12-15 06:21:11','2010-12-15 04:21:11','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4038',0,'post','',0),(4039,1,'2010-12-14 21:45:09','2010-12-14 19:45:09','While many of my friends and family members are addressing Christmas cards, licking stamps (or not seeing as I don\'t think that you can buy non-sticker stamps these days) and writing the ubiquitous Christmas letter, I\'ve decided to once again write a Christmas-card-letter-blog-post.\n\nThis medium really offers me the best of all words. I get to share some highlights of my year and some photos (even if I am not posed in front of a Christmas tree). I get to keep all of my saliva. And there\'s no need for me to spend time trying to track down everyone\'s new addresses.\n\nSo without further adu: Merry Christmas!!\n\nI hope that the holidays finds each and eveyrone','Christmas Cards 2010 ','','inherit','open','open','','4038-revision','','','2010-12-14 21:45:09','2010-12-14 19:45:09','',4038,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/14/4038-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4041,1,'2010-12-17 16:31:27','2010-12-17 14:31:27','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\n\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\n\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\n\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\n\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\n\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\n\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, sucks. Thanks, dAd.\n\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\n\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision','','','2010-12-17 16:31:27','2010-12-17 14:31:27','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/17/4040-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4042,1,'2010-12-17 16:32:05','2010-12-17 14:32:05','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\r\n\r\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\r\n\r\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\r\n\r\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\r\n\r\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, sucks. Thanks, dAd.\r\n\r\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\r\n\r\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\r\n\r\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision-2','','','2010-12-17 16:32:05','2010-12-17 14:32:05','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/17/4040-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4043,1,'2010-12-17 16:32:06','2010-12-17 14:32:06','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\r\n\r\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\r\n\r\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\r\n\r\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\r\n\r\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, sucks. Thanks, dAd.\r\n\r\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\r\n\r\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\r\n\r\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision-3','','','2010-12-17 16:32:06','2010-12-17 14:32:06','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/17/4040-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4044,1,'2010-12-18 11:07:55','2010-12-18 09:07:55','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\n\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\n\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\n\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\n\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\n\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\n\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, shucks <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> sucks</span>. Thanks, dAd.\n\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\n\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\n\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-autosave','','','2010-12-18 11:07:55','2010-12-18 09:07:55','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/17/4040-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4045,1,'2010-12-17 16:32:59','2010-12-17 14:32:59','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\r\n\r\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\r\n\r\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\r\n\r\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\r\n\r\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, sucks. Thanks, dAd.\r\n\r\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\r\n\r\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\r\n\r\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision-4','','','2010-12-17 16:32:59','2010-12-17 14:32:59','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/17/4040-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4046,1,'2010-12-18 11:06:03','2010-12-18 09:06:03','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\r\n\r\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\r\n\r\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\r\n\r\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\r\n\r\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, shucks <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> sucks</span>. Thanks, dAd.\r\n\r\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\r\n\r\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\r\n\r\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision-5','','','2010-12-18 11:06:03','2010-12-18 09:06:03','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/18/4040-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4047,1,'2010-12-18 11:06:43','2010-12-18 09:06:43','Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.\r\n\r\nThere\'s this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don\'t have practical skills.\r\n\r\nOkay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.\r\n\r\nOutside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it\'s true. For example, I can build a <em>killer</em> birdhouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny, I didn\'t know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.\r\n\r\nOr, I have a doting dAd.\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/\" target=\"_blank\"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, shucks <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> sucks</span>. Thanks, dAd.\r\n\r\nYeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.\r\n\r\nThe best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That\'s just such a wonderfully silly image.\r\n\r\nIt makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!','Christmas Birdhouses?','','inherit','open','open','','4040-revision-6','','','2010-12-18 11:06:43','2010-12-18 09:06:43','',4040,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/18/4040-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4048,1,'2010-12-18 12:33:11','2010-12-18 10:33:11','On Friday this article Economist article circulated around school: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/node/17722557?story_id=17722557&amp;CFID=151408056&amp;CFTOKEN=64030993\" target=\"_blank\">The rich, the poor and Bulgaria, Money really can buy you happiness</a>.\r\n\r\nThe kicker is the last paragraph of the piece.\r\n<blockquote>Although richer countries are clearly happier, the correlation is not perfect, which suggests that other, presumably cultural, factors are at work. Western Europeans and North Americans bunch pretty closely together, though there are some anomalies, such as the surprisingly gloomy Portuguese. Asians tend to be somewhat less happy than their income would suggest, and Scandinavians a little more so. Hong Kong and Denmark, for instance, have similar income per person, at purchasing-power parity; but Hong Kong’s average life satisfaction is 5.5 on a 10-point scale, and Denmark’s is 8. Latin Americans are cheerful, the ex-Soviet Union spectacularly miserable, and the saddest place in the world, relative to its income per person, is Bulgaria.</blockquote>\r\nOh, Bulgaria. <em>The saddest place on earth?</em> That seems a little bit much.\r\n\r\nIt is interesting though.  It makes me wonder, why are Bulgarians comparatively so much less happy than their European counterparts? <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis is a question that I am not even going to attempt to answer.  There are too many potential factors. Moreover, I think that I am at a disadvantage as I am a relatively happy person. My cup is half full rather than half empty.\r\n\r\nStill, I get it. It\'s the old buses where you can see your breath in the winter. It\'s the gray block buildings and pealing paint in the hallway. It\'s broken sidewalk tiles. It\'s bureaucracy and endless lines. It\'s the way the daily routine often seems more difficult than you think it should. These things grate on a person. They wear one down.\r\n\r\nThe fact that these things are a constant seems to me half of the issue. The other half? I think it must be personal outlook on life.  But I don\'t know.\r\n\r\nWhat I do know? I am smiling in Bulgaria. I am happy here.','Happiness & Bulgaria','','publish','open','open','','happiness-bulgaria','','','2010-12-18 12:33:11','2010-12-18 10:33:11','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4048',0,'post','',5),(4049,1,'2010-12-18 12:30:16','2010-12-18 10:30:16','On Friday this article Economist article circulated around school: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/node/17722557?story_id=17722557&amp;CFID=151408056&amp;CFTOKEN=64030993\" target=\"_blank\">The rich, the poor and Bulgaria, Money really can buy you happiness</a>.\n\nThe kicker is the last paragraph of the piece.\n<blockquote>Although richer countries are clearly happier, the correlation is not perfect, which suggests that other, presumably cultural, factors are at work. Western Europeans and North Americans bunch pretty closely together, though there are some anomalies, such as the surprisingly gloomy Portuguese. Asians tend to be somewhat less happy than their income would suggest, and Scandinavians a little more so. Hong Kong and Denmark, for instance, have similar income per person, at purchasing-power parity; but Hong Kong’s average life satisfaction is 5.5 on a 10-point scale, and Denmark’s is 8. Latin Americans are cheerful, the ex-Soviet Union spectacularly miserable, and the saddest place in the world, relative to its income per person, is Bulgaria.</blockquote>\nOh, Bulgaria. <em>The saddest place on earth?</em> That seems a little bit much.\n\nIt is interesting though.  It makes me wonder, why are Bulgarians comparatively so much less happy than their European counterparts?\n\nThis is a question that I am not even going to attempt to answer.  There are too many potential factors. Moreover, I think that I am at a disadvantage as I am a relatively happy person. My cup is half full rather than half empty.\n\nStill, I get it. It\'s the old buses where you can see your breath in the winter. It\'s the gray block buildings and pealing paint in the hallway. It\'s broken sidewalk tiles. It\'s bureaucracy and endless lines. It\'s the way the daily routine often seems more difficult than you think it should. These things grate on a person. They wear one down.\n\nThe fact that these things are a constant seems to me half of the issue. The other half? I think it must be personal outlook on life.  But I don\'t know.\n\nWhat I do know? I am smiling in Bulgaria. I am happy here.','Happiness & Bulgaria','','inherit','open','open','','4048-revision','','','2010-12-18 12:30:16','2010-12-18 10:30:16','',4048,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/18/4048-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4050,1,'2010-12-18 12:31:08','2010-12-18 10:31:08','On Friday this article Economist article circulated around school: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/node/17722557?story_id=17722557&amp;CFID=151408056&amp;CFTOKEN=64030993\" target=\"_blank\">The rich, the poor and Bulgaria, Money really can buy you happiness</a>.\r\n\r\nThe kicker is the last paragraph of the piece.\r\n<blockquote>Although richer countries are clearly happier, the correlation is not perfect, which suggests that other, presumably cultural, factors are at work. Western Europeans and North Americans bunch pretty closely together, though there are some anomalies, such as the surprisingly gloomy Portuguese. Asians tend to be somewhat less happy than their income would suggest, and Scandinavians a little more so. Hong Kong and Denmark, for instance, have similar income per person, at purchasing-power parity; but Hong Kong’s average life satisfaction is 5.5 on a 10-point scale, and Denmark’s is 8. Latin Americans are cheerful, the ex-Soviet Union spectacularly miserable, and the saddest place in the world, relative to its income per person, is Bulgaria.</blockquote>\r\nOh, Bulgaria. <em>The saddest place on earth?</em> That seems a little bit much.\r\n\r\nIt is interesting though.  It makes me wonder, why are Bulgarians comparatively so much less happy than their European counterparts?\r\n\r\nThis is a question that I am not even going to attempt to answer.  There are too many potential factors. Moreover, I think that I am at a disadvantage as I am a relatively happy person. My cup is half full rather than half empty.\r\n\r\nStill, I get it. It\'s the old buses where you can see your breath in the winter. It\'s the gray block buildings and pealing paint in the hallway. It\'s broken sidewalk tiles. It\'s bureaucracy and endless lines. It\'s the way the daily routine often seems more difficult than you think it should. These things grate on a person. They wear one down.\r\n\r\nThe fact that these things are a constant seems to me half of the issue. The other half? I think it must be personal outlook on life.  But I don\'t know.\r\n\r\nWhat I do know? I am smiling in Bulgaria. I am happy here.','Happiness & Bulgaria','','inherit','open','open','','4048-revision-2','','','2010-12-18 12:31:08','2010-12-18 10:31:08','',4048,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/18/4048-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4051,1,'2010-12-18 12:34:17','2010-12-18 10:34:17','On Friday this article Economist article circulated around school: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/node/17722557?story_id=17722557&amp;CFID=151408056&amp;CFTOKEN=64030993\" target=\"_blank\">The rich, the poor and Bulgaria, Money really can buy you happiness</a>.\n\nThe kicker is the last paragraph of the piece.\n<blockquote>Although richer countries are clearly happier, the correlation is not perfect, which suggests that other, presumably cultural, factors are at work. Western Europeans and North Americans bunch pretty closely together, though there are some anomalies, such as the surprisingly gloomy Portuguese. Asians tend to be somewhat less happy than their income would suggest, and Scandinavians a little more so. Hong Kong and Denmark, for instance, have similar income per person, at purchasing-power parity; but Hong Kong’s average life satisfaction is 5.5 on a 10-point scale, and Denmark’s is 8. Latin Americans are cheerful, the ex-Soviet Union spectacularly miserable, and the saddest place in the world, relative to its income per person, is Bulgaria.</blockquote>\nOh, Bulgaria. <em>The saddest place on earth?</em> That seems a little bit much.\n\nIt is interesting though.  It makes me wonder, why are Bulgarians comparatively so much less happy than their European counterparts? <!--more-->\n\nThis is a question that I am not even going to attempt to answer.  There are too many potential factors. Moreover, I think that I am at a disadvantage as I am a relatively happy person. My cup is half full rather than half empty.\n\nStill, I get it. It\'s the old buses where you can see your breath in the winter. It\'s the gray block buildings and pealing paint in the hallway. It\'s broken sidewalk tiles. It\'s bureaucracy and endless lines. It\'s the way the daily routine often seems more difficult than you think it should. These things grate on a person. They wear one down.\n\nThe fact that these things are a constant seems to me half of the issue. The other half? I think it must be personal outlook on life.  But I don\'t know.\n\nWhat I do know? I am smiling in Bulgaria. I am happy here.','Happiness & Bulgaria','','inherit','open','open','','4048-autosave','','','2010-12-18 12:34:17','2010-12-18 10:34:17','',4048,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/18/4048-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4052,1,'2010-12-21 07:14:54','2010-12-21 05:14:54','Wow. I am tired and it\'s only Tuesday. Tuesday morning at 6:45am as I start writing this. I hope to write the post in about 10 minutes flat. I\'ve got no time.\r\n\r\nI was sick this weekend and spent a considerable amount of time at the doctors office for an illness that would have barely garnered a blink in the States. More on this adventure to follow. I am happy to report that I am feeling considerably better today. Nothing some antibiotics, some vitamins and copious amounts of tea can solve.\r\n\r\nI\'ve also had cut out coffee. Normally this would drive me crazy. I\'d be dreaming about coffee. Plotting how I\'d secure my next cup. Making up excuses for why I should be drinking coffee. But frankly, I\'ve been so busy I\'ve hardly noticed my coffee-less state. That is until this morning when I had a hard time pulling myself out of bed.\r\n\r\nSunday I made a second trip to the doctors for some tests. Everything was as expected. Then I went downtown. I had lunch at the <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>. For the record, the tacos are great too! Then I went on a shopping spree in one of my favorite scarf/sweater/accessory shops. I basically bought them out. Well not quite but I was glad to learn that they were having a sale 30% off. I had to pick up a gift my school secret santa. I found a really beautiful necklace and a candle holder only to spend the rest of the day sure that I was going to fall on the ice and break the gift.\r\n\r\nFrom shopping, I headed to my Bulgarian lesson. <!--more-->I am happy to report that somehow last week I found time to do my Bulgarian homework. This is good because for the previous two weeks I was an incredibly bad student. She gave me a book in Bulgarian with a 101 Bulgarian stories which is so nice.\r\n\r\nAnd she looked for a book that had big print and wasn\'t in italics. I have a really hard time reading things in italics from my text book when they do textboxes in italics to menus. Probably I should be working on this problem rather than avoiding it but all things in good time.\r\n\r\nI started reading it last night in bed. I read the first paragraph. The big problem was that I\'d already climbed into bed before I realized I didn\'t know the noun вол. Turns out this an ox. Now I am going to have to re-read that first paragraph. I have a hunch this is going to be a slow read.\r\n\r\nYesterday, I taught 6 classes (or three blocks) in a row. The English Language Inspector finally came to my English class after sitting in on my American Culture and American TV elective on Friday. Turns out I did a good job teaching 1984 but maybe there was too much tv in my elective. That\'s the thing about feedback sometimes it can be completely helpful other times there\'s no getting around the inherent problem.  Luckily, my students in my regular English class were extremely well behaved and even my gaggle of 9th grade boys in my elective preformed better than normal on the last Friday class before Christmas.\r\n\r\nAfter school, we had rehersal for the Christmas concert I am preforming in tonight. Then I wrote updated my grades, wrote comments for students I am worried about and sent out a few emails before yet another Christmas party at school with other International teachers. I called for a taxi at 10:30 last night after spending the better part of my day at school and I was in bed by 11pm.\r\n\r\nWhen my alarm clock started ringing today at 5:45 I ignored it. It felt like the right thing today.','What a Week ','','publish','open','open','','what-a-week','','','2010-12-21 07:14:54','2010-12-21 05:14:54','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4052',0,'post','',0),(4053,1,'2010-12-21 07:14:28','2010-12-21 05:14:28','Wow. I am tired and it\'s only Tuesday. Tuesday morning at 6:45am as I start writing this. I hope to write the post in about 10 minutes flat. I\'ve got no time.\n\nI was sick this weekend and spent a considerable amount of time at the doctors office for an illness that would have barely garnered a blink in the States. More on this adventure to follow. I am happy to report that I am feeling considerably better today. Nothing some antibiotics, some vitamins and copious amounts of tea can solve.\n\nI\'ve also had cut out coffee. Normally this would drive me crazy. I\'d be dreaming about coffee. Plotting how I\'d secure my next cup. Making up excuses for why I should be drinking coffee. But frankly, I\'ve been so busy I\'ve hardly noticed my coffee-less state. That is until this morning when I had a hard time pulling myself out of bed.\n\nSunday I made a second trip to the doctors for some tests. Everything was as expected. Then I went downtown. I had lunch at the <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>. For the record, the tacos are great too! Then I went on a shopping spree in one of my favorite scarf/sweater/accessory shops. I basically bought them out. Well not quite but I was glad to learn that they were having a sale 30% off. I had to pick up a gift my school secret santa. I found a really beautiful necklace and a candle holder only to spend the rest of the day sure that I was going to fall on the ice and break the gift.\n\nFrom shopping, I headed to my Bulgarian lesson. I am happy to report that somehow last week I found time to do my Bulgarian homework. This is good because for the previous two weeks I was an incredibly bad student. She gave me a book in Bulgarian with a 101 Bulgarian stories which is so nice.\n\nAnd she looked for a book that had big print and wasn\'t in italics. I have a really hard time reading things in italics from my text book when they do textboxes in italics to menus. Probably I should be working on this problem rather than avoiding it but all things in good time.\n\nI started reading it last night in bed. I read the first paragraph. The big problem was that I\'d already climbed into bed before I realized I didn\'t know the noun вол. Turns out this an ox. Now I am going to have to re-read that first paragraph. I have a hunch this is going to be a slow read.\n\nYesterday, I taught 6 classes (or three blocks) in a row. The English Language Inspector finally came to my English class after sitting in on my American Culture and American TV elective on Friday. Turns out I did a good job teaching 1984 but maybe there was too much tv in my elective. That\'s the thing about feedback sometimes it can be completely helpful other times there\'s no getting around the inherent problem.  Luckily, my students in my regular English class were extremely well behaved and even my gaggle of 9th grade boys in my elective preformed better than normal on the last Friday class before Christmas.\n\nAfter school, we had rehersal for the Christmas concert I am preforming in tonight. Then I wrote updated my grades, wrote comments for students I am worried about and sent out a few emails before yet another Christmas party at school with other International teachers. I called for a taxi at 10:30 last night after spending the better part of my day at school and I was in bed by 11pm.\n\nWhen my alarm clock started ringing today at 5:45 I ignored it. It felt like the right thing today.','What a Week ','','inherit','open','open','','4052-revision','','','2010-12-21 07:14:28','2010-12-21 05:14:28','',4052,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/21/4052-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4054,1,'2010-12-21 22:29:02','2010-12-21 20:29:02','Wow. I am tired and it\'s only Tuesday. Tuesday morning at 6:45am as I start writing this. I hope to write the post in about 10 minutes flat. I\'ve got no time.\n\nI was sick this weekend and spent a considerable amount of time at the doctors office for an illness that would have barely garnered a blink in the States. More on this adventure to follow. I am happy to report that I am feeling considerably better today. Nothing some antibiotics, some vitamins and copious amounts of tea can solve.\n\nI\'ve also had cut out coffee. Normally this would drive me crazy. I\'d be dreaming about coffee. Plotting how I\'d secure my next cup. Making up excuses for why I should be drinking coffee. But frankly, I\'ve been so busy I\'ve hardly noticed my coffee-less state. That is until this morning when I had a hard time pulling myself out of bed.\n\nSunday I made a second trip to the doctors for some tests. Everything was as expected. Then I went downtown. I had lunch at the <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>. For the record, the tacos are great too! Then I went on a shopping spree in one of my favorite scarf/sweater/accessory shops. I basically bought them out. Well not quite but I was glad to learn that they were having a sale 30% off. I had to pick up a gift my school secret santa. I found a really beautiful necklace and a candle holder only to spend the rest of the day sure that I was going to fall on the ice and break the gift.\n\nFrom shopping, I headed to my Bulgarian lesson. <!--more-->I am happy to report that somehow last week I found time to do my Bulgarian homework. This is good because for the previous two weeks I was an incredibly bad student. She gave me a book in Bulgarian with a 101 Bulgarian stories which is so nice.\n\nAnd she looked for a book that had big print and wasn\'t in italics. I have a really hard time reading things in italics from my text book when they do textboxes in italics to menus. Probably I should be working on this problem rather than avoiding it but all things in good time.\n\nI started reading it last night in bed. I read the first paragraph. The big problem was that I\'d already climbed into bed before I realized I didn\'t know the noun вол. Turns out this an ox. Now I am going to have to re-read that first paragraph. I have a hunch this is going to be a slow read.\n\nYesterday, I taught 6 classes (or three blocks) in a row. The English Language Inspector finally came to my English class after sitting in on my American Culture and American TV elective on Friday. Turns out I did a good job teaching 1984 but maybe there was too much tv in my elective. That\'s the thing about feedback sometimes it can be completely helpful other times there\'s no getting around the inherent problem.  Luckily, my students in my regular English class were extremely well behaved and even my gaggle of 9th grade boys in my elective preformed better than normal on the last Friday class before Christmas.\n\nAfter school, we had rehersal for the Christmas concert I am preforming in tonight. Then I wrote updated my grades, wrote comments for students I am worried about and sent out a few emails before yet another Christmas party at school with other International teachers. I called for a taxi at 10:30 last night after spending the better part of my day at school and I was in bed by 11pm.\n\nWhen my alarm clock started ringing today at 5:45 I ignored it. It felt like the right thing today.','What a Week ','','inherit','open','open','','4052-autosave','','','2010-12-21 22:29:02','2010-12-21 20:29:02','',4052,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/21/4052-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4055,1,'2010-12-23 10:11:16','2010-12-23 08:11:16','I woke up this morning still in Sofia. My suitcase is packed, my Christmas gifts are purchased, my fridge is empty but last night my flight from Sofia to Frankfurt was canceled. And for the first time ever after two and a half years in Sofia, I thought: I don\'t want to be here.\r\n\r\nIt all started last night when I saw the cancellation on the Sofia airport website, I called Lufthansa. Sure enough, canceled.  The worst part? No flights from Sofia to Seattle until December 26th.  Yep, that\'s three days from now and <em>after</em> Christmas. No <em>I\'ll be home for Christmas</em> for me this year.\r\n\r\nI thought: I\'d better call my MoM. (Thanks Skype for such inexpensive calls to landlines from Bulgaria.)  I called home first thinking my MoM would be there. Nope my sister Charlotte. I burst into tears. Charlotte got off the phone fast after telling me MoM was at the Antique store with dAd. I called there and dAd assumed that I was Charlotte when I asked to speak to MoM. More crying. MoM assures me that it\'s going to be okay but at this point, it doesn\'t feel like it.\r\n\r\nBut getting to Seattle is only half of the battle. From Seattle I have a flight on a local Pacific Northwest carrier Horizon Air.  I now have to change this flight as well. I call there and have to go through my entire reservation with a computer before speaking to an agent. Computer says: what is your reservation number. I say it. And so on and so on. The last thing I have to do before speaking with an agent is confirm my last name which is Emigh but pronounced \"Amy.\"  The computer refuses recognize any one of the bizarre pronunciations I attempt: Emig, Emich, Emi. So I<em> yell</em> at the computer.<!--more--> Finally I got to a human.  Then I got to pay a change fee and the difference for a new ticket. Oh well.\r\n\r\nAfter this I called my MoM back, cried a little more, and she tells me that she\'s thinking about changing Christmas to another day.  She\'s going to call some relatives and see what she can do. Interesting.\r\n\r\nWe hang up and I cry a little more. It\'s only 10pm so I figure that I\'ll watch some tv, drink a glass of wine and go to bed. Instead, I have two sips of wine, fall asleep on the couch and climb into bed at 11:30 pm.\r\n\r\nI woke up this morning at 6:30 am and couldn\'t go back to sleep. I am a teacher after all.  I climbed out of bed, checked my email and cried a little more while reading email notifications of my canceled flights and a new string of emails about my upcoming flights on the 26th.  Then I read an email from my dAd.\r\n<blockquote>Your MoM has officially changed the Emigh family Christmas to December 30th.  Nick and Kellie will return to Pasco on December 29th at 11 PM – Nick has to work on the 30th.  Jane and Floyd may be earlier but will be here on the 30th for sure.  We don’t have all of the plans exactly but it seems like we will have clam chowder on the 30th.</blockquote>\r\nHow lucky am I? And yes, I cried some more when I read this email. What a nice thing to do. It made we want to be home all the more.\r\n\r\nBut really, Christmas on the 30th and New Years on the 31!?! My MoM is pretty great. It\'s also pretty nice that I\'ll be able to celebrate Christmas with my bother and his girlfriend as they are currently in Omaha celebrating actual Christmas with her family this year.\r\n\r\nNow the only question is what I am I going to do with all of this new found free time?','Still in Sofia ','','publish','open','open','','still-in-sofia','','','2010-12-23 10:11:16','2010-12-23 08:11:16','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4055',0,'post','',7),(4056,1,'2010-12-23 10:03:44','2010-12-23 08:03:44','I woke up this morning still in Sofia. My suitcase is packed, my Christmas gifts are purchased, my fridge is empty but last night my flight from Sofia to Frankfurt was canceled. And for the first time ever after two and a half years in Sofia, I thought: I don\'t want to be here.\n\nIt all started last night when I saw the cancellation on the Sofia airport website, I called Lufthansa. Sure enough, canceled.  The worst part? No flights from Sofia to Seattle until December 26th.  Yep, that\'s three days from now and <em>after</em> Christmas. No <em>I\'ll be home for Christmas</em> for me this year.\n\nI thought: I\'d better call my MoM. (Thanks Skype for such inexpensive calls to landlines from Bulgaria.)  I called home first thinking my MoM would be there. Nope my sister Charlotte. I burst into tears. Charlotte got off the phone fast after telling me MoM was at the Antique store with dAd. I called there and dAd assumed that I was Charlotte when I asked to speak to MoM. More crying. MoM assures me that it\'s going to be okay but at this point, it doesn\'t feel like it.\n\nBut getting to Seattle is only half of the battle. From Seattle I have a flight on a local Pacific Northwest carrier Horizon Air.  I now have to change this flight as well. I call there and have to go through my entire reservation with a computer before speaking to an agent. Computer says: what is your reservation number. I say it. And so on and so on. The last thing I have to do before speaking with an agent is confirm my last name which is Emigh but pronounced \"Amy.\"  The computer refuses recognize any one of the bizarre pronunciations I attempt: Emig, Emich, Emi. So I<em> yell</em> at the computer. Finally I got to a human.  Then I got to pay a change fee and the difference for a new ticket. Oh well.\n\nAfter this I called my MoM back, cried a little more, and she tells me that she\'s thinking about changing Christmas to another day.  She\'s going to call some relatives and see what she can do. Interesting.\n\nWe hang up and I cry a little more. It\'s only 10pm so I figure that I\'ll watch some tv, drink a glass of wine and go to bed. Instead, I have two sips of wine, fall asleep on the couch and climb into bed at 11:30 pm.\n\nI woke up this morning at 6:30 am and couldn\'t go back to sleep. I am a teacher after all.  I climbed out of bed, checked my email and cried a little more while reading email notifications of my canceled flights and a new string of emails about my upcoming flights on the 26th.  Then I read an email from my dAd.\n<blockquote>Your MoM has officially changed the Emigh family Christmas to December 30th.  Nick and Kellie will return to Pasco on December 29th at 11 PM – Nick has to work on the 30th.  Jane and Floyd may be earlier but will be here on the 30th for sure.  We don’t have all of the plans exactly but it seems like we will have clam chowder on the 30th.</blockquote>\nHow lucky am I? And yes, I cried some more when I read this email. What a nice thing to do. It made we want to be home all the more.\n\nBut really, Christmas on the 30th and New Years on the 31!?! My MoM is pretty great. It\'s also pretty nice that I\'ll be able to celebrate Christmas with my bother and his girlfriend as they are currently in Omaha celebrating actual Christmas with her family this year.\n\nNow the only question is what I am I going to do with all of this new found free time?','Still in Sofia ','','inherit','open','open','','4055-revision','','','2010-12-23 10:03:44','2010-12-23 08:03:44','',4055,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/23/4055-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4057,1,'2010-12-23 10:05:44','2010-12-23 08:05:44','I woke up this morning still in Sofia. My suitcase is packed, my Christmas gifts are purchased, my fridge is empty but last night my flight from Sofia to Frankfurt was canceled. And for the first time ever after two and a half years in Sofia, I thought: I don\'t want to be here.\n\nIt all started last night when I saw the cancellation on the Sofia airport website, I called Lufthansa. Sure enough, canceled.  The worst part? No flights from Sofia to Seattle until December 26th.  Yep, that\'s three days from now and <em>after</em> Christmas. No <em>I\'ll be home for Christmas</em> for me this year.\n\nI thought: I\'d better call my MoM. (Thanks Skype for such inexpensive calls to landlines from Bulgaria.)  I called home first thinking my MoM would be there. Nope my sister Charlotte. I burst into tears. Charlotte got off the phone fast after telling me MoM was at the Antique store with dAd. I called there and dAd assumed that I was Charlotte when I asked to speak to MoM. More crying. MoM assures me that it\'s going to be okay but at this point, it doesn\'t feel like it.\n\nBut getting to Seattle is only half of the battle. From Seattle I have a flight on a local Pacific Northwest carrier Horizon Air.  I now have to change this flight as well. I call there and have to go through my entire reservation with a computer before speaking to an agent. Computer says: what is your reservation number. I say it. And so on and so on. The last thing I have to do before speaking with an agent is confirm my last name which is Emigh but pronounced \"Amy.\"  The computer refuses recognize any one of the bizarre pronunciations I attempt: Emig, Emich, Emi. So I<em> yell</em> at the computer.<!--more--> Finally I got to a human.  Then I got to pay a change fee and the difference for a new ticket. Oh well.\n\nAfter this I called my MoM back, cried a little more, and she tells me that she\'s thinking about changing Christmas to another day.  She\'s going to call some relatives and see what she can do. Interesting.\n\nWe hang up and I cry a little more. It\'s only 10pm so I figure that I\'ll watch some tv, drink a glass of wine and go to bed. Instead, I have two sips of wine, fall asleep on the couch and climb into bed at 11:30 pm.\n\nI woke up this morning at 6:30 am and couldn\'t go back to sleep. I am a teacher after all.  I climbed out of bed, checked my email and cried a little more while reading email notifications of my canceled flights and a new string of emails about my upcoming flights on the 26th.  Then I read an email from my dAd.\n<blockquote>Your MoM has officially changed the Emigh family Christmas to December 30th.  Nick and Kellie will return to Pasco on December 29th at 11 PM – Nick has to work on the 30th.  Jane and Floyd may be earlier but will be here on the 30th for sure.  We don’t have all of the plans exactly but it seems like we will have clam chowder on the 30th.</blockquote>\nHow lucky am I? And yes, I cried some more when I read this email. What a nice thing to do. It made we want to be home all the more.\n\nBut really, Christmas on the 30th and New Years on the 31!?! My MoM is pretty great. It\'s also pretty nice that I\'ll be able to celebrate Christmas with my bother and his girlfriend as they are currently in Omaha celebrating actual Christmas with her family this year.\n\nNow the only question is what I am I going to do with all of this new found free time?','Still in Sofia ','','inherit','open','open','','4055-revision-2','','','2010-12-23 10:05:44','2010-12-23 08:05:44','',4055,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/23/4055-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4058,1,'2010-12-23 10:12:21','2010-12-23 08:12:21','I woke up this morning still in Sofia. My suitcase is packed, my Christmas gifts are purchased, my fridge is empty but last night my flight from Sofia to Frankfurt was canceled. And for the first time ever after two and a half years in Sofia, I thought: I don\'t want to be here.\n\nIt all started last night when I saw the cancellation on the Sofia airport website, I called Lufthansa. Sure enough, canceled.  The worst part? No flights from Sofia to Seattle until December 26th.  Yep, that\'s three days from now and <em>after</em> Christmas. No <em>I\'ll be home for Christmas</em> for me this year.\n\nI thought: I\'d better call my MoM. (Thanks Skype for such inexpensive calls to landlines from Bulgaria.)  I called home first thinking my MoM would be there. Nope my sister Charlotte. I burst into tears. Charlotte got off the phone fast after telling me MoM was at the Antique store with dAd. I called there and dAd assumed that I was Charlotte when I asked to speak to MoM. More crying. MoM assures me that it\'s going to be okay but at this point, it doesn\'t feel like it.\n\nBut getting to Seattle is only half of the battle. From Seattle I have a flight on a local Pacific Northwest carrier Horizon Air.  I now have to change this flight as well. I call there and have to go through my entire reservation with a computer before speaking to an agent. Computer says: what is your reservation number. I say it. And so on and so on. The last thing I have to do before speaking with an agent is confirm my last name which is Emigh but pronounced \"Amy.\"  The computer refuses recognize any one of the bizarre pronunciations I attempt: Emig, Emich, Emi. So I<em> yell</em> at the computer.<!--more--> Finally I got to a human.  Then I got to pay a change fee and the difference for a new ticket. Oh well.\n\nAfter this I called my MoM back, cried a little more, and she tells me that she\'s thinking about changing Christmas to another day.  She\'s going to call some relatives and see what she can do. Interesting.\n\nWe hang up and I cry a little more. It\'s only 10pm so I figure that I\'ll watch some tv, drink a glass of wine and go to bed. Instead, I have two sips of wine, fall asleep on the couch and climb into bed at 11:30 pm.\n\nI woke up this morning at 6:30 am and couldn\'t go back to sleep. I am a teacher after all.  I climbed out of bed, checked my email and cried a little more while reading email notifications of my canceled flights and a new string of emails about my upcoming flights on the 26th.  Then I read an email from my dAd.\n<blockquote>Your MoM has officially changed the Emigh family Christmas to December 30th.  Nick and Kellie will return to Pasco on December 29th at 11 PM – Nick has to work on the 30th.  Jane and Floyd may be earlier but will be here on the 30th for sure.  We don’t have all of the plans exactly but it seems like we will have clam chowder on the 30th.</blockquote>\nHow lucky am I? And yes, I cried some more when I read this email. What a nice thing to do. It made we want to be home all the more.\n\nBut really, Christmas on the 30th and New Years on the 31!?! My MoM is pretty great. It\'s also pretty nice that I\'ll be able to celebrate Christmas with my bother and his girlfriend as they are currently in Omaha celebrating actual Christmas with her family this year.\n\nNow the only question is what I am I going to do with all of this new found free time?','Still in Sofia ','','inherit','open','open','','4055-autosave','','','2010-12-23 10:12:21','2010-12-23 08:12:21','',4055,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/23/4055-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4089,1,'2011-01-01 19:17:53','2011-01-01 17:17:53','Turns out I didn\'t just have a case of jet lag but that I also had a  case of the flu. I woke up on December 30th with a fever of 101 degrees.  <em>Phew</em>. No wonder I was having such strange dreams.\r\n\r\nSo it  meant that I was sick for the Emigh family Christmas and for New Year\'s  Eve. But at least I was at home. Moms make everything better.\r\n\r\nLuckily  for the first day of the New Year I am feeling much better. That means  I\'ve got a week left of life in Walla Walla and I\'ve got to get busy  enjoying it!!\r\n\r\nMy dAd has been heckling me for the last 12 or so  hours to let all of my readers know that he doesn\'t have the flu and has  been posting about our family Christmas. So maybe just maybe you need  to <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check his blog out</a>.  I mean, he does take great pictures and you can see the beautiful  hand-crafted wooden box my bother made for me and a few of my gifts from  Bulgaria.','Fighting the Flu! ','','publish','open','open','','fighting-the-flu','','','2011-01-01 19:17:53','2011-01-01 17:17:53','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4089',0,'post','',0),(4060,1,'2010-12-24 15:08:16','2010-12-24 13:08:16','Now that I am on board with spending calendar Christmas in Sofia, I have a new concern. How will Santa find me? I mean, he must be looking for me. I\'ve been a good girl this year.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Just in case Santa can&#39;t fine me I bought myself Christmas flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/24/christmas-in-sofia/img_6848/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\r\n\r\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\r\n\r\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\r\n\r\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\r\n\r\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\r\n\r\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\r\n\r\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\r\n\r\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\r\n\r\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. I got home to find another offer to go out with a friend and ended the night at a party in downtown Sofia.  The space was a deconstructed (or maybe under-construction) office and the atmosphere was laid-back cool. I met a couple of ACS grads (<em>hi!</em>) and we chatted about my blog and blogging more broadly in Sofia.\r\n\r\nAll in all, not bad for a day I\'d previously planned to spend flying back to the States.','Christmas in Sofia ','','publish','open','open','','christmas-in-sofia','','','2010-12-24 15:08:17','2010-12-24 13:08:17','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4060',0,'post','',6),(4061,1,'2010-12-24 15:00:29','2010-12-24 13:00:29','Now that I am on board with spending calendar Christmas in Sofia, I have a new concern. How will Santa find me? I mean, he must be looking for me. I\'ve been a good girl this year.\n\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\n\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\n\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\n\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\n\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\n\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\n\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\n\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\n\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\n\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. I got home to find another offer to go out with a friend and ended the night at a party in downtown Sofia.  The space was a deconstructed (or maybe under-construction) office and the atmosphere was laid-back cool. 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I\'ve been a good girl this year.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4062\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\n\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\n\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\n\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\n\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\n\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\n\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\n\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\n\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\n\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. 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I\'ve been a good girl this year.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4062\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\r\n\r\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\r\n\r\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\r\n\r\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\r\n\r\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\r\n\r\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\r\n\r\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\r\n\r\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\r\n\r\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. I got home to find another offer to go out with a friend and ended the night at a party in downtown Sofia.  The space was a deconstructed (or maybe under-construction) office and the atmosphere was laid-back cool. I met a couple of ACS grads (<em>hi!</em>) and we chatted about my blog and blogging more broadly in Sofia.\r\n\r\nAll in all, not bad for a day I\'d previously planned to spend flying back to the States.','Christmas in Sofia ','','inherit','open','open','','4060-revision-3','','','2010-12-24 15:06:42','2010-12-24 13:06:42','',4060,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/24/4060-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4065,1,'2010-12-24 15:07:41','2010-12-24 13:07:41','Now that I am on board with spending calendar Christmas in Sofia, I have a new concern. How will Santa find me? I mean, he must be looking for me. I\'ve been a good girl this year.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"I bought myself Christmas flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4062\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\n\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\n\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\n\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\n\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\n\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\n\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\n\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\n\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\n\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. 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I\'ve been a good girl this year.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Just in case Santa can&#39;t fine me I bought myself Christmas flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4062\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\r\n\r\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\r\n\r\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\r\n\r\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\r\n\r\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\r\n\r\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\r\n\r\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\r\n\r\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\r\n\r\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. Where we chatted, bemoaned winter travel, and laughed generally about life, service in restaurants and traffic in Sofia. I got home to find another offer to go out with a friend and ended the night at a party in downtown Sofia.  The space was a deconstructed (or maybe under-construction) office and the atmosphere was laid-back cool. I met a couple of ACS grads (<em>hi!</em>) and we chatted about my blog and blogging more broadly in Sofia.\r\n\r\nAll in all, not bad for a day I\'d previously planned to spend flying back to the States.','Christmas in Sofia ','','inherit','open','open','','4060-revision-5','','','2010-12-24 15:08:17','2010-12-24 13:08:17','',4060,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/24/4060-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4067,1,'2010-12-24 15:09:22','2010-12-24 13:09:22','Now that I am on board with spending calendar Christmas in Sofia, I have a new concern. How will Santa find me? I mean, he must be looking for me. I\'ve been a good girl this year.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Just in case Santa can&#39;t fine me I bought myself Christmas flowers\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4062\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/24/christmas-in-sofia/img_6848/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4062 \" title=\"Bought myself Christmas Flowers\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_6848-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen I realized that apartment life makes things more difficult for both me and Santa because without a fireplace where will I hang my stocking? And without a chimney how will Santa get into my apartment to leave me gifts. Finally, without a proper stocking which of my regular socks should I hang-up?\n\nLuckily these are my current concerns. It could be a lot worse.\n\nIn fewer than 24 hours, I\'ve lined up plans for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I am making a yogurt cake. In fact, it\'s French: <a href=\"http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gâteau au Yaourt</a>. How fancy is that?! I\'m also throwing together a spinach salad/side dish for dinner tonight.  Tomorrow, I am also going to whip up a batch of sugar cookies for Christmas Day. Then, fingers crossed, on December 26th I\'ll be boarding a plane home.\n\nIdeal? No. But these things happen. <!--more-->\n\nI ended up having a pretty great day yesterday. Aside from the crying.\n\nI checked out the <a href=\"http://www.foreignartmuseum.bg/en/archive/temporary_exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali exhibit at the National Gallery of Foreign Art</a>. It was great and totally worth seeing. The one strange thing was that the rest of the museum was closed and unheated. It felt colder inside the museum than outside. Only the Dali exhibit was open and heated. I wonder if the museum is having money problems.\n\nThen I did some window shopping. I found a really great coat, silk shirt and skirt that I would love to have but they were out of my price range for impulse buys. It\'s probably a good thing too. I might not actually need any more clothes.\n\nMy afternoon wrapped up at Memento on Vitosha. It was buzzing and extra cozy feeling. I had a cappuccino and sparkling water and started reading Lady Chatterly\'s Lover. It\'s our February book club book at school.  I\'ve read it before and while I like re-reading, there\'s not the pleasure of discovery in reading a book for the second time. I also found myself annoyed with DH Lawrence\'s treatment of female sexuality.\n\nI picked up some groceries after throwing what was left of mine on Wednesday night. Yep, that was when I thought I was still flying out on the 23rd.  Funny how that works.\n\nI rushed out to met a friend for dinner at Pizza Ugo. 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December is just flying by.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4069\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas at School\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4069\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/25/christmas-might-just-last-all-month/dsc02096/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4069 \" title=\"Christmas at School\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02096-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to four Christmas Parties. I\'ve given gifts to two different Secret Santas. I\'ve decorated two Christmas trees. I\'ve danced the horo in two separate Christmas Concerts. 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Tomorrow I fly back to the States and then I\'ll celebrate Christmas again on December 30th with my extended family.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4076\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dancing! \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4076\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4076\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4076 \" title=\"Dancing! \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02200-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMaybe having my flight canceled on the 23rd wasn\'t the worst thing in the world.  It\'s also given me time to put up a collection of photos from the last month.','Christmas Might Just Last all Month ','','inherit','open','open','','4068-revision-8','','','2010-12-25 10:48:15','2010-12-25 08:48:15','',4068,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/25/4068-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4083,1,'2010-12-25 10:50:19','2010-12-25 08:50:19','I woke up in Sofia, today, on Christmas Day. A week ago, I didn\'t expect this. But this morning I called my family, made some coffee and ate some yogurt cake.  The best part is Santa made it--bring me a pair of green-clay leaf earrings.\n\nI think that Christmas mi\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4078\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Celebrating Christmas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4078\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4078\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4078 \" title=\"Celebrating Christmas!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02107-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWhile talking to my family this morning, I realized that I\'ve basically been celebrating Christmas for the entire month. Wow. December is just flying by.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4069\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas at School\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4069\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4069\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4069 \" title=\"Christmas at School\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02096-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI\'ve been to four Christmas Parties. I\'ve given gifts to two different Secret Santas. I\'ve decorated two Christmas trees. I\'ve danced the horo in two separate Christmas Concerts. I\'ve baked four-dozen sugar cookies and two cakes.  And I\'ve drank countless glasses of red (and white) wine.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4070\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Friends at School\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4070\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4070\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4070 \" title=\"Friends at School\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02097-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe funny things is I am not even done celebrating yet.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4071\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Balkan Dance Costume\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4071\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4071\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4071 \" title=\"Balkan Dance Costume\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02258-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nToday, there\'s more celebrating to do. Tomorrow I fly back to the States and then I\'ll celebrate Christmas again on December 30th with my extended family.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4076\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dancing! \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4076\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4076\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4076 \" title=\"Dancing! \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02200-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMaybe having my flight canceled on the 23rd wasn\'t the worst thing in the world.  It\'s also given me time to put up a collection of photos from the last month.','Christmas Might Just Last all Month ','','inherit','open','open','','4068-revision-9','','','2010-12-25 10:50:19','2010-12-25 08:50:19','',4068,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/25/4068-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4084,1,'2010-12-25 10:50:50','2010-12-25 08:50:50','I woke up in Sofia, today, on Christmas Day. A week ago, I didn\'t expect this. But this morning I called my family, made some coffee and ate some yogurt cake.  The best part is Santa made it--bring me a pair of green-clay leaf earrings.\r\n\r\nI think that Christmas might just last all month. This has never happened to me before.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4078\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Celebrating Christmas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4078\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4078\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4078 \" title=\"Celebrating Christmas!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02107-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhile talking to my family this morning, I realized that I\'ve basically been celebrating Christmas for the entire month. Wow. December is just flying by.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4069\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Christmas at School\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4069\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4069\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4069 \" title=\"Christmas at School\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02096-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to four Christmas Parties. I\'ve given gifts to two different Secret Santas. I\'ve decorated two Christmas trees. I\'ve danced the horo in two separate Christmas Concerts. I\'ve baked four-dozen sugar cookies and two cakes.  And I\'ve drank countless glasses of red (and white) wine.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4070\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Friends at School\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4070\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4070\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4070 \" title=\"Friends at School\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02097-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe funny things is I am not even done celebrating yet.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4071\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Balkan Dance Costume\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4071\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4071\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4071 \" title=\"Balkan Dance Costume\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02258-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nToday, there\'s more celebrating to do. Tomorrow I fly back to the States and then I\'ll celebrate Christmas again on December 30th with my extended family.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4076\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dancing! \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4076\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4076\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4076 \" title=\"Dancing! \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC02200-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMaybe having my flight canceled on the 23rd wasn\'t the worst thing in the world.  It\'s also given me time to put up a collection of photos from the last month.','Christmas Might Just Last all Month ','','inherit','open','open','','4068-revision-10','','','2010-12-25 10:50:50','2010-12-25 08:50:50','',4068,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/25/4068-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4193,1,'2011-01-11 18:03:52','2011-01-11 16:03:52','I had my first Bulgarian lesson of the new year today and I couldn\'t remember a damn thing.\r\n\r\n<em>Awesome</em>.\r\n\r\nWords kept coming to me in German. I knew they were German but then I couldn\'t for the life of me come up with the correct Bulgarian word. I just kept thinking how funny it was that German would come to me.\r\n\r\nNeedless to say, this didn\'t help the matter much.\r\n\r\nSo I floundered around for a 40 minute lesson.\r\n\r\nAt one point, I realized that I didn\'t know the word in Bulgarian for enough. In German, yes:  genug. But Bulgarian, I had no idea. So I asked. достатъчно﻿﻿ (which is something like dostatuchno).  This was too much for me.  I thought to myself: Really?! That\'s going to be a hard word to remember.  And for the record I had to look it up again when I got home because I\'d forgotten it already. <em>Super</em>. Maybe it\'s jet-lag.\r\n\r\nOr maybe I should study more and, um, actually memorize some words.\r\n\r\nOn my walk home today, I was considering this issue. I always tell myself I\'ll study a couple of hours a week. That I\'ll memorize all of my new words. Then I don\'t. It\'s not because I don\'t want to learn the language. I do. And I am actually getting better and better.\r\n\r\nThe thing is, when I was in high school and later in college I <em>had</em> to study. I <em>had</em> to memorize new vocabulary and grammar. There were no ifs, ands or buts about it. A chapter test, pop quizzes, quarter exams, papers and final exams didn\'t leave me with much of an option.\r\n\r\nGrades motivated me. <em>A lot</em>.\r\n\r\nI liked getting good grades. I like that these tests, quizzes and papers showed my progress. They were a sign of what I knew and showed me what I needed to work on.\r\n\r\nThese days however I am much more aware of what I don\'t know. Rather than what I do know. Moreover, the progress I am making is slow going. I could really use a few As and/or 6s rather than fumbling my way through my Bulgarian lessons. But, I guess that I could also stand to memorize a few more verbs, adjectives and nouns.','First Bulgarian Lesson of the New Year ','','publish','open','open','','first-bulgarian-lesson-of-the-new-year','','','2011-01-11 18:03:52','2011-01-11 16:03:52','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4193',0,'post','',7),(4086,1,'2010-12-30 04:35:32','2010-12-30 02:35:32','Well, I am in Walla Walla! I made it here on the 26th but I\'ve been on such a screwy schedule that I haven\'t turned on my computer until now. I spent a whole day traveling. Then I slept for nearly 12 hours.  The truth is I\'ve been kind of a waste of space for the last three days. At least I think it\'s been three days.\r\n\r\nI have a travel hangover.\r\n\r\nI woke up one morning at 3 am. Turns out no one is awake at 3am. My family hasn\'t been waking up in my family until nearly 8am. When you wake up at 3am you need a nap by noon and then by dinner all you want to do is to fall asleep in your dinner.\r\n\r\nThe funny thing is when you\'ve been away everyone wants to see you, everyone wants to hear sparklingly funny, witty stories and everyone wants you to stay up late.  Only all you want to do is curl up in your bed, deep under the covers and sleep for days.\r\n\r\nStill, I\'ve been trying. I\'ve been trying to sleep at normal times, eat meals with my family and tell vaguely interesting stories.  It\'s hard. In fact, the only reason I am on right now is that <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">my dAd shamed me into blogging</a>. Yep you have my 60-year old blogging father to thank for this less than inspired post. You might also want to check out the <em>Horrible, Horrible</em> photo of me after traveling for nearly 36 hours three days ago.  I can\'t believe that my dAd posts that photo of me. That\'s real love. Or something.\r\n\r\nThis said, there\'s more to follow. Like tomorrow is Christmas at the Emigh household!!','Travel Hangover','','publish','open','open','','travel-hangover','','','2010-12-30 04:35:32','2010-12-30 02:35:32','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4086',0,'post','',6),(4087,1,'2010-12-30 04:34:34','2010-12-30 02:34:34','Well, I am in Walla Walla! I made it here on the 26th but I\'ve been on such a screwy schedule that I haven\'t turned on my computer until now. I spent a whole day traveling. Then I slept for nearly 12 hours.  The truth is I\'ve been kind of a waste of space for the last three days. At least I think it\'s been three days.\n\nI have a travel hangover.\n\nI woke up one morning at 3 am. Turns out no one is awake at 3am. My family hasn\'t been waking up in my family until nearly 8am. When you wake up at 3am you need a nap by noon and then by dinner all you want to do is to fall asleep in your dinner.\n\nThe funny thing is when you\'ve been away everyone wants to see you, everyone wants to hear sparklingly funny, witty stories and everyone wants you to stay up late.  Only all you want to do is curl up in your bed, deep under the covers and sleep for days.\n\nStill, I\'ve been trying. I\'ve been trying to sleep at normal times, eat meals with my family and tell vaguely interesting stories.  It\'s hard. In fact, the only reason I am on right now is that <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">my dAd shamed me into blogging</a>. Yep you have my 60-year old blogging father to thank for this less than inspired post. You might also want to check out the Horrible, Horrible photo of me after traveling for nearly 36 hours\n\nThis said, there\'s more to follow. Like tomorrow is Christmas at the Emigh household!!','Travel Hangover','','inherit','open','open','','4086-revision','','','2010-12-30 04:34:34','2010-12-30 02:34:34','',4086,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/30/4086-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4088,1,'2010-12-30 04:36:38','2010-12-30 02:36:38','Well, I am in Walla Walla! I made it here on the 26th but I\'ve been on such a screwy schedule that I haven\'t turned on my computer until now. I spent a whole day traveling. Then I slept for nearly 12 hours.  The truth is I\'ve been kind of a waste of space for the last three days. At least I think it\'s been three days.\n\nI have a travel hangover.\n\nI woke up one morning at 3 am. Turns out no one is awake at 3am. My family hasn\'t been waking up in my family until nearly 8am. When you wake up at 3am you need a nap by noon and then by dinner all you want to do is to fall asleep in your dinner.\n\nThe funny thing is when you\'ve been away everyone wants to see you, everyone wants to hear sparklingly funny, witty stories and everyone wants you to stay up late.  Only all you want to do is curl up in your bed, deep under the covers and sleep for days.\n\nStill, I\'ve been trying. I\'ve been trying to sleep at normal times, eat meals with my family and tell vaguely interesting stories.  It\'s hard. In fact, the only reason I am on right now is that <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">my dAd shamed me into blogging</a>. Yep you have my 60-year old blogging father to thank for this less than inspired post. You might also want to check out the <em>Horrible, Horrible</em> photo of me after traveling for nearly 36 hours three days ago.  I can\'t believe that my dAd posts that photo of me. That\'s real love. Or something.\n\nThis said, there\'s more to follow. Like tomorrow is Christmas at the Emigh household!!','Travel Hangover','','inherit','open','open','','4086-autosave','','','2010-12-30 04:36:38','2010-12-30 02:36:38','',4086,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/30/4086-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4090,1,'2011-01-01 03:27:33','2011-01-01 01:27:33','Turns out I didn\'t just have a case of jet lag but that I also had a case of the flu. I woke up on December 30th with a fever of 101 degrees. Phew. No wonder I was having such strange dreams.','Fighting the Flu! ','','inherit','open','open','','4089-revision','','','2011-01-01 03:27:33','2011-01-01 01:27:33','',4089,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/01/4089-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4091,1,'2011-01-01 19:17:36','2011-01-01 17:17:36','Turns out I didn\'t just have a case of jet lag but that I also had a  case of the flu. I woke up on December 30th with a fever of 101 degrees.  <em>Phew</em>. No wonder I was having such strange dreams.\r\n\r\nSo it  meant that I was sick for the Emigh family Christmas and for New Year\'s  Eve. But at least I was at home. Moms make everything better.\r\n\r\nLuckily  for the first day of the New Year I am feeling much better. That means  I\'ve got a week left of life in Walla Walla and I\'ve got to get busy  enjoying it!!\r\n\r\nMy dAd has been heckling me for the last 12 or so  hours to let all of my readers know that he doesn\'t have the flu and has  been posting about our family Christmas. So maybe just maybe you need  to <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check his blog out</a>.  I mean, he does take great pictures and you can see the beautiful  hand-crafted wooden box my bother made for me and a few of my gifts from  Bulgaria.','Fighting the Flu! ','','inherit','open','open','','4089-revision-2','','','2011-01-01 19:17:36','2011-01-01 17:17:36','',4089,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/01/4089-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4093,1,'2011-01-02 23:00:38','2011-01-02 21:00:38','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4105\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4105\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6912/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4105 \" title=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. <!--more-->Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6894/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6902/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6898/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6901/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Then you let everything cook and cook on the stove  for about an hour.  Serve the bean over rice. It\'s a little spicy and totally wonderful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4104\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"dAd&#39;s photo of me\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4104\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6910/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4104 \" title=\"dAd\'s photo of me\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\\\r\nAll in all, my new year is off to a pretty good start. I am still a little bit under the weather but it\'s sure nice to be home with my family.','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','publish','open','open','','blackeye-peas-the-new-year','','','2011-01-02 23:00:39','2011-01-02 21:00:39','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4093',0,'post','',1),(4094,1,'2011-01-02 22:02:45','2011-01-02 20:02:45','','Green Peppers!','Green Peppers!','inherit','open','open','','img_6894','','','2011-01-02 22:02:45','2011-01-02 20:02:45','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4095,1,'2011-01-02 22:08:42','2011-01-02 20:08:42','','Onions and green pepper','Onions and green pepper','inherit','open','open','','img_6902','','','2011-01-02 22:08:42','2011-01-02 20:08:42','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4096,1,'2011-01-02 22:14:59','2011-01-02 20:14:59','','Bacon, bacon, bacon','Bacon, bacon, bacon','inherit','open','open','','img_6898','','','2011-01-02 22:14:59','2011-01-02 20:14:59','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4097,1,'2011-01-02 22:32:37','2011-01-02 20:32:37','','Blackeye Peas','Blackeye Peas','inherit','open','open','','img_6901','','','2011-01-02 22:32:37','2011-01-02 20:32:37','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4098,1,'2011-01-02 22:21:03','2011-01-02 20:21:03','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\n\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\n\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision','','','2011-01-02 22:21:03','2011-01-02 20:21:03','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4099,1,'2011-01-02 22:34:01','2011-01-02 20:34:01','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\r\n\r\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-2','','','2011-01-02 22:34:01','2011-01-02 20:34:01','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4100,1,'2011-01-02 22:34:06','2011-01-02 20:34:06','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\n\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nCut-up the bacon. 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I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you let everything cook and cook on the stove. 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That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you let everything cook and cook on the stove. 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That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you let everything cook and cook on the stove.','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-6','','','2011-01-02 22:37:20','2011-01-02 20:37:20','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4104,1,'2011-01-02 22:50:38','2011-01-02 20:50:38','','dAd\'s photo of me','dAd\'s photo of me','inherit','open','open','','img_6910','','','2011-01-02 22:50:38','2011-01-02 20:50:38','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4105,1,'2011-01-02 22:52:35','2011-01-02 20:52:35','','Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year','Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year','inherit','open','open','','img_6912','','','2011-01-02 22:52:35','2011-01-02 20:52:35','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4106,1,'2011-01-02 22:37:20','2011-01-02 20:37:20','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChop: green peppers, onions, carrots, garlic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen add all of this to the beans simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you let everything cook and cook on the stove.','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-7','','','2011-01-02 22:37:20','2011-01-02 20:37:20','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4107,1,'2011-01-02 22:57:24','2011-01-02 20:57:24','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4105\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4105\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4105\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4105 \" title=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Then you let everything cook and cook on the stove  for about an hour.  Serve the bean over rice. It\'s a little spicy and totally wonderful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4104\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"dAd&#39;s photo of me\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4104\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4104\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4104 \" title=\"dAd\'s photo of me\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-8','','','2011-01-02 22:57:24','2011-01-02 20:57:24','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4108,1,'2011-01-02 22:57:24','2011-01-02 20:57:24','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4105\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4105\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4105\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4105 \" title=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Then you let everything cook and cook on the stove  for about an hour.  Serve the bean over rice. It\'s a little spicy and totally wonderful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4104\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"dAd&#39;s photo of me\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4104\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4104\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4104 \" title=\"dAd\'s photo of me\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-9','','','2011-01-02 22:57:24','2011-01-02 20:57:24','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4109,1,'2011-01-02 22:57:26','2011-01-02 20:57:26','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4105\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4105\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4105\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4105 \" title=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Then you let everything cook and cook on the stove  for about an hour.  Serve the bean over rice. It\'s a little spicy and totally wonderful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4104\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"dAd&#39;s photo of me\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4104\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4104\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4104 \" title=\"dAd\'s photo of me\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Blackeye Peas & the New Year','','inherit','open','open','','4093-revision-10','','','2011-01-02 22:57:26','2011-01-02 20:57:26','',4093,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/4093-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4110,1,'2011-01-02 23:00:31','2011-01-02 21:00:31','I made a big batch of blackeye peas yesterday because when cooked and served on New Year\'s Day blackeye peas are supposed to ensure a prosperous and lucky new year.  It\'s a Southern tradition but why shouldn\'t I have a little prosperity and luck in the new year even if I grew up in the Pacific Northwest?\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4105\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4105\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4105\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4105 \" title=\"Making Blackeye Peas for the New Year\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6912-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo my friend (and my brother\'s girlfriend) K. and I made a big batch of blackeye peas and rice. I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4094\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. 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Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4095\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4096\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4097\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. 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I even took some pictures while we were cooking. That\'s because the recipe really only requires chopping and some stirring. <!--more-->Then my dAd took some pictures of me. He likes to do that.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4094\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Green Peppers!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4094\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6894/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4094 \" title=\"Green Peppers!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6894-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nFirst up, chop:  green peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. You don\'t have to chop too carefully. Rough is fine as long as they are bite sized.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Onions and green pepper\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4095\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6902/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4095 \" title=\"Onions and green pepper\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6902-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen you\'ve got to cut-up the bacon. Fry bacon and when all but done add veggies to cook with bacon until soft. Easy-peasy.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4096\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4096\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6898/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4096 \" title=\"Bacon, bacon, bacon\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6898-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOnce the veggies are soft add all of this to the beans which ideally are simmering on the stove in chicken stock.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4097\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blackeye Peas\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4097\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6901/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4097 \" title=\"Blackeye Peas\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6901-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nFinally, you add a little chili pepper and cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Then you let everything cook and cook on the stove  for about an hour.  Serve the bean over rice. It\'s a little spicy and totally wonderful.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4104\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"dAd&#39;s photo of me\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4104\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/02/blackeye-peas-the-new-year/img_6910/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4104 \" title=\"dAd\'s photo of me\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6910-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n\\\nAll in all, my new year is off to a pretty good start. 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After a couple of hours at the walk-in clinic, the doctor listening to my lungs and an x-ray it was clear: pneumonia.\r\n\r\nNow I\'ve got a cough and pneumonia in my left lung but I\'ve also got medicine to help me fight both of these things.\r\n\r\nI think I\'ve also got a new blog post floating around in my head: a look at medicine in Bulgaria and in the United States.  So maybe something good can come from my two recent trips to the doctor--once in Bulgaria and once in the States.','I\'ve got Pneumonia','','publish','open','open','','ive-got-pneumonia','','','2011-01-03 03:45:56','2011-01-03 01:45:56','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4113',0,'post','',3),(4114,1,'2011-01-03 03:45:14','2011-01-03 01:45:14','No wonder I haven\'t felt much like writing these days.\n\nFirst I thought it was because of jet lag. Then I thought it was the flu. That was before my MoM made me go and see the doctor today. After a couple of hours at the walk-in clinic, the doctor listening to my lungs and an x-ray it was clear: pneumonia.\n\nNow I\'ve got a cough and pneumonia in my left lung but I\'ve also got medicine to help me fight both of these things.\n\nI think I\'ve also got a new blog post floating around in my head: a look at medicine in Bulgaria and in the United States.  So maybe something good can come from my two recent trips to the dc','I\'ve got Pneumonia','','inherit','open','open','','4113-revision','','','2011-01-03 03:45:14','2011-01-03 01:45:14','',4113,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/4113-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4115,1,'2011-01-03 03:47:00','2011-01-03 01:47:00','No wonder I haven\'t felt much like writing these days.\n\nFirst I thought it was because of jet lag. Then I thought it was the flu. That was before my MoM made me go and see the doctor today. 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First I missed my flight. Then I got sick.  But it was also wonderfully unexpected.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\n\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia.\n\nStill Christmas was pretty great. It was nice to see my aunts and uncles. I loved seeing the looks on everyone\'s faces as they opened their gifts. I couldn\'t get enough of all of the holiday jokes and teasing.  It was also pretty great to sample all of the different cookies that my mom, my aunt, my sister and my bother\'s girlfriend made. Yum. 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Then I got sick.  But it was also wonderfully unexpected.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. 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First I missed my flight. Then I got sick.  But it was also wonderfully unexpected.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. 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Things worked out alright in the end. \r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4119\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. The morning of our family Christmas I woke up with the flu and a 101 temperature which turned out later to be pneumonia. \r\n\r\nNeedless to say while Christmas wasn\'t what I <em>expected </em>this year it was wonderfully <em>unexpected</em>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. 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Things worked out alright in the end. \r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4119\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. 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Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4121\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Ornaments\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4121\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4121\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4121 \" title=\"Ornaments\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6891-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia. 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Things worked out alright in the end.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4119\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. The morning of our family Christmas I woke up with the flu and a 101 temperature which turned out later to be pneumonia.\r\n\r\nNeedless to say while Christmas wasn\'t what I <em>expected </em>this year it was wonderfully <em>unexpected</em>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4121\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Ornaments\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4121\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4121\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4121 \" title=\"Ornaments\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6891-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia. These things happen.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4124\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4124\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4124 \" title=\"Family!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6857-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nStill Christmas was pretty great. It was nice to see my aunts and uncles. I loved seeing the looks on everyone\'s faces as they opened their gifts. I couldn\'t get enough of all of the holiday jokes and teasing.  It was also pretty great to sample all of the different cookies that my mom, my aunt, my sister and my bother\'s girlfriend made. Yum. Yum.','A Christmas Review','','inherit','open','open','','4118-revision-6','','','2011-01-03 20:18:37','2011-01-03 18:18:37','',4118,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/4118-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4129,1,'2011-01-03 20:18:37','2011-01-03 18:18:37','Whatever dreams or visions I had of Christmas this year, they weren\'t what actually happened. I didn\'t hear reindeer on the roof or Santa\'s jolly ho, ho, ho. There were no sugarplum fairies or snowflakes. I thought I\'d be home for Christmas but then I ended up in Sofia on the actual day.\r\n\r\nBut as you know, if you\'ve been reading this blog. Things worked out alright in the end.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4119\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. The morning of our family Christmas I woke up with the flu and a 101 temperature which turned out later to be pneumonia.\r\n\r\nNeedless to say while Christmas wasn\'t what I <em>expected </em>this year it was wonderfully <em>unexpected</em>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4121\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Ornaments\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4121\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4121\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4121 \" title=\"Ornaments\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6891-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia. These things happen.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4124\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4124\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4124 \" title=\"Family!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6857-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nStill Christmas was pretty great. It was nice to see my aunts and uncles. I loved seeing the looks on everyone\'s faces as they opened their gifts. I couldn\'t get enough of all of the holiday jokes and teasing.  It was also pretty great to sample all of the different cookies that my mom, my aunt, my sister and my bother\'s girlfriend made. Yum. Yum.','A Christmas Review','','inherit','open','open','','4118-revision-7','','','2011-01-03 20:18:37','2011-01-03 18:18:37','',4118,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/4118-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4130,1,'2011-01-03 20:19:36','2011-01-03 18:19:36','Whatever dreams or visions I had of Christmas this year, they weren\'t what actually happened. I didn\'t hear reindeer on the roof or Santa\'s jolly ho, ho, ho. There were no sugarplum fairies or snowflakes. I thought I\'d be home for Christmas but then I ended up in Sofia on the actual day.\r\n\r\nBut as you know, if you\'ve been reading this blog. Things worked out alright in the end.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4119\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. The morning of our family Christmas I woke up with the flu and a 101 temperature which turned out later to be pneumonia.\r\n\r\nNeedless to say while Christmas wasn\'t what I <em>expected </em>this year it was wonderfully <em>unexpected</em>.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4120\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4121\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Ornaments\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4121\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4121\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4121 \" title=\"Ornaments\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6891-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia. These things happen.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4124\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4124\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4124 \" title=\"Family!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6857-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nStill Christmas was pretty great. It was nice to see my aunts and uncles. I loved seeing the looks on everyone\'s faces as they opened their gifts. I couldn\'t get enough of all of the holiday jokes and teasing.  It was also pretty great to sample all of the different cookies that my mom, my aunt, my sister and my bother\'s girlfriend made. Yum. Yum.','A Christmas Review','','inherit','open','open','','4118-revision-8','','','2011-01-03 20:19:36','2011-01-03 18:19:36','',4118,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/4118-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4131,1,'2011-01-04 04:02:46','2011-01-04 02:02:46','Whatever dreams or visions I had of Christmas this year, they weren\'t what actually happened. I didn\'t hear reindeer on the roof or Santa\'s jolly ho, ho, ho. There were no sugarplum fairies or snowflakes. I thought I\'d be home for Christmas but then I ended up in Sofia on the actual day.\n\nBut as you know, if you\'ve been reading this blog. Things worked out alright in the end.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4119\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Presents\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4119\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/a-christmas-review/img_6861/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4119 \" title=\"Handmade Christmas Gift \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6861-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nChristmas wasn\'t what I expected this year. Sure, maybe Christmas is never exactly what you expect (or hope) it will be but this Christmas was one surprise after another. First my flight was canceled and I got to celebrate Christmas in Sofia and then in Walla Walla I got to celebrate it again. The morning of our family Christmas I woke up with the flu and a 101 temperature which turned out later to be pneumonia.\n\nNeedless to say while Christmas wasn\'t what I <em>expected </em>this year it was wonderfully <em>unexpected</em>.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family Picture \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4120\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/a-christmas-review/img_6882/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4120 \" title=\"Family Picture \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6882-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI got to open gifts with my brother and his girl friend who were actually celebrating Christmas with her family in the Midwest on the actual day. Rather than a big turkey Christmas dinner, we had clam chowder and curried lentil soup and plenty of family Christmas cookies.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4121\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Ornaments\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4121\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/a-christmas-review/img_6891/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4121 \" title=\"Ornaments\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6891-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSanta didn\'t come this year and there wasn\'t a single candy cane to be found in our house but I guess these things happen. I also ended up with a case of pneumonia. These things happen.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4124\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Family!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/a-christmas-review/img_6857/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4124 \" title=\"Family!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6857-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nStill Christmas was pretty great. It was nice to see my aunts and uncles. I loved seeing the looks on everyone\'s faces as they opened their gifts. I couldn\'t get enough of all of the holiday jokes and teasing.  It was also pretty great to sample all of the different cookies that my mom, my aunt, my sister and my bother\'s girlfriend made. Yum. Yum.','A Christmas Review','','inherit','open','open','','4118-autosave','','','2011-01-04 04:02:46','2011-01-04 02:02:46','',4118,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/03/4118-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4132,1,'2011-01-04 20:24:19','2011-01-04 18:24:19','When it comes to travel, I had a busy year.\r\n\r\nStill when I thought: I\'ll put together a photo from each of the places I traveled to, I never thought it would take me as long as it has.  First I had a longer list to make than I originally thought. Then I had to look through all of my photos and re-live the day. Finally I had to pick which single photo I wanted to use to represent the city/trip/adventure.\r\n\r\nIn January, I went with friends to Rome, Italy. I ate lots of great food and played for a long weekend in Rome.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_2080/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFor spring break I hit up Casablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira, Morocco with a friend. I\'ve never been to a place like this before--the colors, foods, smells and sights were all incredible.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_3142-2/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_3575/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI hopped on a plane to spend an extra long weekend in Paris, France. Paris was pretty wonderful in the spring. I thought I might not like Paris. I thought it might be too cutesy. But Paris won me over. Don\'t worry.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_4089/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<!--more-->In July I went on a whirl-wind tour of the Balkans with my friend R. We met up in Budapest, Hungry. R. used to live there and this was my third visit. So we ate and drank and gossiped rather than go sight-seeing.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_4900/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138 \" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAn eight or so hour train ride later we found ourselves in Belgrade, Serbia. Belgrade is a pretty great city. I really dig walking around this town.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4144\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Belgrade: Museum \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4144\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_4966-2/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4144 \" title=\"Belgrade: Musuem \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4966-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen we spent a week by the ocean. This was one of the best parts of the trip. Kotor, Perast and Budva, Montenegro have rocky but wildly beautiful beaches.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4147\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Kotor: Mts and Church \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4147\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5003/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4147 \" title=\"Kotor: Mts and Church \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5003-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4148\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Perast: a town by the ocean\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4148\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5141/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4148 \" title=\"Perast: a town by the ocean\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5141-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4149\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beach south of Budva: Sveti Stefan\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4149\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5169/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4149 \" title=\"Beach south of Budva: Sveti Stefan\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5169-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFrom Montenegro we headed to Albania. This was a little bit of a shock to start with. Albania is not an outwardly beautiful country but the people we met were some of the nicest on the trip. There were few tourists in either Tirana or Berat, Albania which was a relief after a couple of days in Budva. Tirana is young, hip and modern while Berat feels older--classic Ottoman--and clings to a mountain side.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4151\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tirana: Rainbow Block Buildings\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4151\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5338/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4151 \" title=\"Tirana: Rainbow Block Buildings\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5338-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4150\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Berat: White Houses at Night\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4150\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5298/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4150 \" title=\"Berat: White Houses at Night\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5298-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe crossed the boarder between Albania and Macedonia on foot after a crazy drive in a furgon and a longer than anticipated walk from the Macedonian side of the boarder (sorry R.). Luckily Lake Ohrid was great. Plenty of tourists but also some great beaches. From Lake Ohrid we checked out Skopje, Macedonia.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4152\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Lake Ohrid in White\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4152\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5407/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4152 \" title=\"Lake Ohrid in White\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5407-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen in the boldest part of our journey we crossed the boarder into Kosovo to explore Pristina and Prizren. It was totally worth it. And kind of strange to think about now that I am at home in Walla Walla writing this post.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4153\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Pristina in light rain\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4153\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_5413/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4153 \" title=\"Pristina in light rain\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5413-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFinally, in November, I met up with my friend D. in Madrid, Spain. Madrid was lovely and exactly the break that I needed in the middle of the first semester of school.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4143\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Madrid&#39;s Palace\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4143\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010/img_6642-2/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4143 \" title=\"Madrid\'s Palace\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6642-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow I guess the only question is: where will I go in 2011?!','Where in the World: Taveling in 2010','','publish','open','open','','where-in-the-world-taveling-in-2010','','','2011-01-04 20:24:19','2011-01-04 18:24:19','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=4132',0,'post','',11),(4133,1,'2011-01-04 04:29:54','2011-01-04 02:29:54','I had a busy year.\n\nRome, Italy.\n\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\n\nParis, France.\n\nBudapest, Hungry.\n\nBelgrade, Serbia.\n\nMontenegro.\n\nTirana and  Albania.\n\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\n\nPristina and , Kosovo.\n\nMadrid, Spain.','Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision','','','2011-01-04 04:29:54','2011-01-04 02:29:54','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4134,1,'2011-01-04 07:50:03','2011-01-04 05:50:03','','The Colosseum','The Colosseum','inherit','open','open','','img_2080','','','2011-01-04 07:50:03','2011-01-04 05:50:03','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4135,1,'2011-01-04 07:54:03','2011-01-04 05:54:03','','Djemaa el Fna','Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna','inherit','open','open','','img_3142-2','','','2011-01-04 07:54:03','2011-01-04 05:54:03','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4136,1,'2011-01-04 07:58:24','2011-01-04 05:58:24','','Boats','Essorouia: Boats','inherit','open','open','','img_3575','','','2011-01-04 07:58:24','2011-01-04 05:58:24','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4137,1,'2011-01-04 08:01:57','2011-01-04 06:01:57','','Paris and the Ef... something','Paris and the Ef... something','inherit','open','open','','img_4089','','','2011-01-04 08:01:57','2011-01-04 06:01:57','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4138,1,'2011-01-04 08:04:48','2011-01-04 06:04:48','','Budapest: Castle Hill','Budapest: Castle Hill','inherit','open','open','','img_4900','','','2011-01-04 08:04:48','2011-01-04 06:04:48','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4139,1,'2011-01-04 08:05:25','2011-01-04 06:05:25','I had a busy year.\n\nRome, Italy.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4134\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4135\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4136\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nParis, France.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4137\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBudapest, Hungry.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4138\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138\" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBelgrade, Serbia.\n\nMontenegro.\n\nTirana and  Albania.\n\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\n\nPristina and Prizren, Kosovo.\n\nMadrid, Spain.','Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision-2','','','2011-01-04 08:05:25','2011-01-04 06:05:25','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4143,1,'2011-01-04 08:10:54','2011-01-04 06:10:54','','Madrid\'s Palace','Madrid\'s Palace','inherit','open','open','','img_6642-2','','','2011-01-04 08:10:54','2011-01-04 06:10:54','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6642.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4140,1,'2011-01-04 08:05:57','2011-01-04 06:05:57','I had a busy year.\r\n\r\nRome, Italy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4134\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4135\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4136\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nParis, France.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4137\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBudapest, Hungry.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4138\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138 \" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBelgrade, Serbia.\r\n\r\nMontenegro.\r\n\r\nTirana and  Albania.\r\n\r\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\r\n\r\nPristina and Prizren, Kosovo.\r\n\r\nMadrid, Spain.','Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision-3','','','2011-01-04 08:05:57','2011-01-04 06:05:57','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4141,1,'2011-01-04 08:05:57','2011-01-04 06:05:57','I had a busy year.\r\n\r\nRome, Italy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4134\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4135\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4136\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nParis, France.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4137\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBudapest, Hungry.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4138\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138 \" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBelgrade, Serbia.\r\n\r\nMontenegro.\r\n\r\nTirana and  Albania.\r\n\r\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\r\n\r\nPristina and Prizren, Kosovo.\r\n\r\nMadrid, Spain.','Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision-4','','','2011-01-04 08:05:57','2011-01-04 06:05:57','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4142,1,'2011-01-04 08:06:00','2011-01-04 06:06:00','I had a busy year.\r\n\r\nRome, Italy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4134\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4135\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4136\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nParis, France.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4137\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBudapest, Hungry.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4138\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138 \" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBelgrade, Serbia.\r\n\r\nMontenegro.\r\n\r\nTirana and  Albania.\r\n\r\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\r\n\r\nPristina and Prizren, Kosovo.\r\n\r\nMadrid, Spain.','Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision-5','','','2011-01-04 08:06:00','2011-01-04 06:06:00','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4144,1,'2011-01-04 08:13:29','2011-01-04 06:13:29','','Belgrade: Musuem ','Belgrade: Musuem ','inherit','open','open','','img_4966-2','','','2011-01-04 08:13:29','2011-01-04 06:13:29','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4966.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4145,1,'2011-01-04 08:12:02','2011-01-04 06:12:02','I had a busy year.\n\nRome, Italy.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Colosseum\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4134\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4134\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4134 \" title=\"The Colosseum\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2080-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nCasablanca, Marrakesh, and Essaouira Morocco.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4135\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Marrakech: Djemaa el Fna\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4135\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4135 \" title=\"Djemaa el Fna\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4136\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Essaouira: Boats\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4136\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4136 \" title=\"Boats\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3575-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nParis, France.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4137\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Paris and the Ef... something\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4137\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4137 \" title=\"Paris and the Ef... something\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4089-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBudapest, Hungry.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4138\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4138\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4138 \" title=\"Budapest: Castle Hill\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4900-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nBelgrade, Serbia.\n\nMontenegro.\n\nTirana and  Albania.\n\nLake Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia.\n\nPristina and Prizren, Kosovo.\n\nMadrid, Spain.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4143\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Madrid&#39;s Palace\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4143\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=4143\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4143 \" title=\"Madrid\'s Palace\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_6642-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Where in the World: Taveling in 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4132-revision-6','','','2011-01-04 08:12:02','2011-01-04 06:12:02','',4132,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/04/4132-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),