Today, I am flying home to the States for three weeks.  I haven't been in the States for 12 months.  I am looking forward to seeing my friends and family but I am not so excited about the 20+ hours of traveling.  Some how, this travel seems more like work while the travel I've been doing this last month in Eastern Europe is different because it was much more about pleasure.  This is not to say that I think the trip home to the States will be un-pleasurable.

In fact, I think it will be anything but that.  I just think that it's the American in me saying: oh, that's going to take so long and there are so many things that can go wrong.  On the other hand, when I was traveling by myself and didn't know where I was going it was an adventure. Funny how that works.

Anyhow you can expect a couple of posts a week from me while I am gone but don't expect more than that (I've got a lot of Walla Walla Sweet Onions to eat and local wine to drink)! I'll be back in Sofia on August 24th and then I'll get back into a regular writing and posting schedule.

Oh and good-bye to my first apartment! I'll miss you.