Hey y'all!

Well Spring is in full force over here in BG. Almost all of the snow has melted off Vitosha and the campus is in full bloom. For pictures of a spring campus check out Kathryn's blog at http://canadianinbulgaria.blogspot.com/2007/04/spring-on-campus.html

And yes, we are finally done with the Dracula play. Man, was that ever a trial. Everything ended up coming off pretty damn well though. The play ran for three days and we didn't have any big drama behind the scenes, although drinking vodka with the 10th grade actors at the cast party was kinda surreal... I've posted a selection of photos from the production on the gallery page(www.landlockedsurfphotos.blogspot.com) for your gruesome enjoyment. Enjoy!



The stage has been cleared off now to make room for the annual ACS arts fest. It's going to be the second weekend of June. My band is going to rally behind the voices of three of our female teachers and play for the students during the festival. Should be good times.

I'm keeping myself busy lately by planning for the next trip. My family is showing up in two days! Pretty stoked about it myself. They are going to spend 13 days over here, 9 of which will be spent traveling around the country. We will do a number of hikes, see a lot of historic sites, and maybe even get to go diving on the Black Sea! I've already reserved our rental car as well as most of out hotel rooms. Looking at the plan now I see that it'll definitely involve a lot of time on the road. Bulgaria might be a small country but there are plenty of places to check out. Thankfully I still have two cameras so I'm sure to end up with a good selection of photos by the time I return. I know my folks will go shutter crazy as well.

Other than planning I've been tearing apart my room, packing up my board bags full for them to take back home with me. Between what I brought, bought, and had shipped over I have quite a bit for them to get back home for me. It's a good thing though, it'll leave me with just the bare essentials to carry around on my back as a I will probably do a bit of exploring western Europe before I cross the big puddle and come home. I'll most likely swing through Amsterdam to meet up with Brandon McPherson, an old B'ham/Manson buddy. After several days there I head over to Ireland for a bit before heading home. Look for me sometime in the middle of July. I'll be starting up with the Entiat IA crew later that month. I'm looking forward to coming home but I suppose I shouldn't be in a rush. Miss y'all and hope to talk to you soon!