Day 4

Up pretty early. It was hard to sleep late on the different time schedule-they are 8 hrs ahead of us. Headed to Block 46 where we did most of our work. Anita and I walked with Heike to the market to get lunch food. It was a nice opportunity to see a little more of the city-Khardjali. We went back and prepared lunch at David and Katherine’s house-sandwiches with some kind of meat and tomato sauce. Some of the guys went down to the river to collect rocks to be used in the walkway and others were busy making a plan for the sidewalk.


view of the area surrounding the Block 46 from David and Katherine's apartment


the guys unloading stones from the river

People were definitely noticing our presence and coming out to watch us and see what was going on. Svetlo, our bus driver, offered to help, which was a big deal. He’s Bulgarian and the Bulgarians and Turks don’t like each other so much.

I spent the afternoon digging grass out of the cracks in the sidewalk along with Brandi and Tommye. It was hard work, but totally worth it when the sidewalk looked so clean.


digging grass out of the cracks in the sidewalk

We headed back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. Still no luggage. So, Sharolyn offered us jeans so we didn’t feel totally gross. For dinner we had our first of many chopska salads. It’s basically cucumber and tomato with shredded cheese. It was good, the first time atleast. They eat lots of starch so we had lots of potatoes and bread.

chopska salad at the restaurant

Then back to the hotel for devotion and off to bed.