The town I spent my service in is named Nedelino. This view captures most of the town from a hotel on a nearby mountain. Nestled in the Rhodopi Mountains, Nedelino still uses Roman and Turkish bridges to cross the river, has both mosques and a...
For the Winter Wonderlands Collection.
This is the Christmas tree (2008) placed near the center of Samaranovo, Bulgaria, where I trained and lived with my host family.
In this photo, I was cutting grapes with my host mother's father walking in the background. This was a late September day, and the grapes were ripe. A full morning was spent cutting them down, and they were soon processed into wine and rakia,...
Work; Children; Celebrations; Teachers and students
I spent an hour a week with a group of 4-5 year olds at one of the local kindergartens. I was asked to share some American holidays with them, and told them about Thanksgiving. The children seemed very excited about turkeys, so we made turkeys by...
My good friend Slavi took me and some other volunteers for a walk to his cottage in the countryside, and on the way we encountered his mother's donkey. Being a normal mode of transportation in and around my town, Slavi proceeded to show us how to...
New Year's Eve celebration in the center of Nedelino, Bulgaria. Basically, the whole town gets together, sings, and dances a giant horo dance. A horo dance is a traditional Bulgarian dance.