There are clearly more things that I'll miss both little and big but this is a start.
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	<li>a.) <strong>Shopska Salad</strong>. Okay, I know that this salad has four or so ingredients and could be made at home but I suspect it's the kind of thing that tastes better in Bulgaria than it does anywhere else. b.) <strong>French fries with cheese</strong>. Before I moved to Bulgaria, when I read about this, I thought: yeah, right--french fries with cheese. I can pass on that. Well it turns out that I cannot. This dish is strangely addictive. c.) <strong>Rakiya</strong>. A drink to have with salads? Yes, please. I don't even drink a lot of rakiya but the thought of not having the option of drinking it makes me miss it already. I'll especially miss drinking everyone's homemade version and the moment before you have your first drink. In this moment you need to prepare your face, have something nice to say about the rakiya and brace yourself for a sip that could be spicy but smooth (this is ideal), rubbing alcohol (clearly this is much less than ideal), or something in between (which is what I find most homemade rakiya is). Whatever variety of rakyia you're drinking, the pourer (and very likely the maker said drink) will watch you take your first sip, wait for your assessment and upon your positive review (it's always a positive review) pour you another or top off your glass!</li>
	<li><strong>The smell of roasting peppers</strong> in late August and September.</li>
	<li><strong>Memento</strong> on Vitosha Blvd. This is hands down my favorite bar/cafe in Sofia. The bartenders are super friendly. The drinks are high quality and I've never once been disappointed by their coffee.</li>
	<li><strong>Holidays that fall on a Tuesday and a Thursday</strong> and the Government extending this to a four-day weekend. In America, we've fixed all of our major holidays to a Friday or a Monday so we get a three day weekend. One of the only ones we haven't a fixed is the Fourth of July and we probably would if we could figure out how to. This said, I don't think that anyone would go for working on a Saturday to make up for a four-day weekend so it's probably a good thing we've worked out the three-day-weekend-holiday-thing.</li>
	<li>Seeing <strong>Vitosha Mountain</strong> every morning on my way to school.</li>
	<li><strong>OK Taxi</strong>.</li>
	<li>Seeing on menus <strong>yogurt for dessert</strong>.</li>
	<li>My <strong>Bulgarian lessons</strong>.</li>
	<li>Bulgarian dance classes and <strong>dancing the horo</strong> at parties and restaurants.</li>
	<li><strong>My friends, my colleagues and my students</strong>.</li>
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