Great news.

Monday, November 1st is the "Day of Enlightenment." I am not really sure what that means. Or what exactly we are celebrating. Well, aside from <em>enlightenment </em>but even that's kind of vague.

When I told my tutor I that I had plans for the long weekend, she looked at me and squinted her eyes at me--as if to say: what long weekend?!

That's when she told me that everyone else in Bulgaria is working on Monday.  Only schools are celebrating this holiday. This means it's a long weekend for teachers and students in Bulgaria. That's great for me but that stinks for everyone else who's not a teacher.

So come Monday, I will not be at work. <em></em>

<em>Hip-hip-horay!</em>

In fact, after school today I am going on an adventure.

Rhodopes here I come.

Some teachers and I are going to Velingrad tonight.  From Velingrad we'll head to Trigrad on Saturday. Frankly, I couldn't be happier with the plan. Tonight I'll be soaking in a spa and tomorrow fresh mountain air here I come.

I am looking forward to doing some serious relaxing, a little hike, reading a books, eating some good food and generally enjoying myself for three whole days!

The bad news?

This trip means that I am going to be taking a break from blogging for the long weekend.

I think there will probably be two reactions to this news.

First, for some of you it will be hard to get out of bed each morning knowing that I am not going to write on my blog for the better part of three whole days and for that I am sorry. There's very little I can do about this.  Just try to be strong for me. Okay?

And second, the group who knows Bulgaria and the weather we've been having lately and is thinking: better her than me. Yeah, I think it's going to be pretty cold this weekend in the Rodopes but there's not much I can do about it aside from wear my hat and gloves.

So just think about it. Either way I'll be back to blogging soon enough and I plan on having all sorts of great things to tell you about in just three short days!!