We got to Thessaloniki late that night caught the bus that
my friend K said would get us to his apartment, where he let us stay. He told us the sign at the front of the bus
lights up and tells you the next stop.
It was broken. However, we found
our stop and started walking. At
midnight the church bells started ringing for Easter, and we soon found the
apartment and went to sleep.
The next morning, we got ready to leave and set out for the
train station to secure seats back to Sofia later that day. However, the bus company we found had no seats. We didn’t realize the other bus companies
were across the street, so instead we went to the bus station to see if we
could figure it out. No one at the bus
station really knew what was going on either (by this time Q was quite cranky
about all of it), but eventually we found out that an independent bus company stops
at the bus station at 3:30 pm, but since it was Easter, no one was sure if it
would come. So, we fixed T’s suitcase so
the handle worked (sort of) and talked to the lady from Texas who runs the
store in the bus station with her husband and waited for the bus.
I’ve never been so happy to see .bg after a website in my
life. We got on the bus, bought our
billetes (tickets, for those of you that don’t speak Bulgarian) and were on our
way. We wouldn’t be stranded in
Greece! J Q graded a lot of papers for me (people who aren’t
teachers see it as a novelty. Also, I
think they can feel the power) and T read The
Hunger Games on my Kindle and we watched the beautiful scenery go by.
At the border, our passports were scrutinized and we
bought some junk food (we ate a gross amount of chocolate filled mini croissants). Back on the bus, we saw mountains and a
rainbow. Eventually we ended up back at
the Sofia train station and took a taxi to my house. We made it.
The next morning, we decided to hike to Boyana
Waterfall. I’ve lived in Bulgaria 9
months and I have been to this waterfall 3 times. Most Bulgarians have been fewer times. However, I had to go here because I knew how
to get here (that’s important). We took
the steep route up. That was a mistake
as the trail was a little washed out from winter and all the snow melt made one
part in particular a little wet.
However, we made it and the waterfall was in excellent form. We went down the less steep way and caught
the bus back to town. We stopped at the
store to get some pasta for dinner and spent the evening eating and watching Inglorious Bastards. 
I did not get as prepared as I should have for my
classes the next day, but T’s flight was leaving really early. So, I walked her to the gate at 5:30 am and
sent her off with 10 leva for the taxi.
I was sad to see her go. Then I
went back home and finished preparing for class. I came home during my free period to send Q
off in similar fashion and my spring break was officially over. L However, it was really fun while it lasted.
