17 May 2010
Today the five of us took a trip with our language trainer to Vratsa to purchase cell phones and other necessities. There were such funny stories from the other volunteers. In B's room, photos of scantily clad women had been hung next to pictures of kittens on the walls of his room. When his Baba was giving him the tour of the house, she proudly introduced the women. He took the photos of women down, but left the kittens. N.'s family began unpacking her luggage for her. Baba, mother, and sister pulled out each item of clothing, including underwear, and repeated the Bulgarian word for wrinkled.
An interesting thing in the village are all of these memorial photos of family members and friends that have died. They print out pictures and what are basically obituaries of loved ones on 8x10s and hang them on their gates, the bus stop, and in windows to mark the 6th month, 1 year, 2 year, etc. anniversary of their deaths. It's nice, but also sort of eerie.
17 May 2010
Today the five of us took a trip with our language trainer to Vratsa to purchase cell phones and other necessities. There were such funny stories from the other volunteers. In B's room, photos of scantily clad women had been hung next to pictures of kittens on the walls of his room. When his Baba was giving him the tour of the house, she proudly introduced the women. He took the photos of women down, but left the kittens. N.'s family began unpacking her luggage for her. Baba, mother, and sister pulled out each item of clothing, including underwear, and repeated the Bulgarian word for wrinkled.
An interesting thing in the village are all of these memorial photos of family members and friends that have died. They print out pictures and what are basically obituaries of loved ones on 8x10s and hang them on their gates, the bus stop, and in windows to mark the 6th month, 1 year, 2 year, etc. anniversary of their deaths. It's nice, but also sort of eerie.
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