2005-10-22: Bulgarije: Engine refitted and an international night into town

Als we wakker worden in de auto in de garage is het alweer vroeg dag. Vesco moet er vanaf 8 uur in kunnen en net voor achten kruip ik onder de douche. Herbert ligt nog te maffen. Het zeldzaam zoals hij kan slapen soms. De douche ziet er niet uit zoals denk ik een garage douche er altijd uitziet, maar toch. De douche is superwarm, tenminste als de boiler het volhoud. Na deze heerlijke douche stap ik er uit en gooi de deuren los.

Deze dag wordt de motor erin gemonteerd en daarna moet deze nog worden afgewerkt. Herbert is de hele dag met de auto bezig en ik ga verder met de site. Vanaf ongeveer half negen t/m een uur 6 zijn we beiden bezig met verschillende dingen. Daarna wordt het haasten geblazen, want we gaan stappen met Tony en Dani, de afkortingen voor Antonia en Daniella.

Because they asked us, we write this stories in English. Maybe not the best English, but still we try. We made an appointment for around 8 o’ clock and at the meeting point near the taxi zone. Here we find only Dani, because Toni has to work till ten o ‘clock. She excuses for her and we went off to one of the bars of Sofia. She takes us to a bar in the center with an open garden were we can site outside. It is starting to getting cold and we warm up by asking Dani all this hard questions about her social life. The last time we spoke she always said that she could not speak English very well, but we think otherwise. This evening she talks for ten and we understand her very well.

After a few bears and after it started raining, we take off to the bar we met before. Here are also some friends from Tony. A few Americans and a few others I don’t remember. We are supposed to take of this night the some clubs or something together and it will be an international night. In the early start of the evening we run into Kris. A half Bulgarian and half English man . He talks very smoothly English and got the eyes of a hawk waiting for the diner of the evening. In the beginning he already starts talking about the strange nights he has had the last weeks and about a few girlfriends who were waiting for him, mea by…. It is an nice guy but very smooth !

Well at the start of an evening as normal in Holland we start with a little round of beer for all. This we better learn not to do, because it seems not usual here. A strange setting which takes some time to settle. We like Tony and Dani very much. Open minded girls and good speaking English. The seem to wonder how cold we have it at night in our tent and they offered us several times to spend the night at their place later on the evening. The Americans take off later on. The two guys are from Shumen and around that place and are from a so called “Voluntary army”. For a little money and a house they are restricted to special rules, because an American can not get lost outside of America…… I have never met really Americans before, but I am very interested what they want from their trip to Bulgaria. Later in the week I know that Brian, one of the guys has signed off and wants to stay longer on his own feet in Bulgaria. He seems to be very familiar with everything happening in this country. Now there are mayor elections and knows very much about the subject. He even puts some difficult lines towards Tony, his friend about the differences between de mob and communists in the country.

Sometimes later when the Americans went off, Zornitsa came on with another friend from the college I guess. They did all the same study and that was European Rights. They are very interested in our opinion and Zornitsa is an interesting woman. She doesn’t say much, but what she says hits something, good or bad. I personally think that she’s believing to much of her own ideas, but she’s thinking about a lot of thinks. I like it a lot. At the end she asked us to write every day a mail. We won’t do that, but we promise to let her know what we find India. This crab has the same star sign as me and also Dani seemed to have an old boy friend who was crabs. It is a nice start for a lot of discussion at the end of the evening.

We gone to several dancing’s and I am starting slowly, but in the end I am in the swinging mood and see all this swinging people. Our little club is not really in the swinging mood and at the end we go to the house of Tony and Dani. The Friend has gone home, but Zornitsa comes along together with Kris, the smooth one and Tony and Dani off course. Later on Brian and his friend come in the house also.

It is an little good looking house with basics inside. Not super modern, but it is very nice living I guess. Every one has bought liquors and I guess we did not react on that and bought nothing. At the end of the evening there was to much liquors I guess and before every saw, the Americans fell a sleep in the bed of Dani. For us there is a sleeping couch, and we like it and stay this night also. Kris, the smooth feels to be not on his place and drops off, with the tail between the legs. Before he goes, he leaves this poem at the computer off Tony…., very nice of him….! I think we Dutch guys are to sober for this kind off thing. I would do it for my girlfriend at one time, but not to some girl I meet on the first evening…..very smooth and I make a picture off him. You never know where to use for.

When it is over 6 o ‘clock in the morning I walk to the balcony and watch the rising sun and I am remembering what that means. For a few moments I have the balcony for my own and after a while I am attacked by two woman, who don’t want to be on film. I make a special film for remembering this balcony and after a nice discussion how beautiful this sun rising is with the ladies and after telling them what I think about that I go look at the ladies, making a sleeping couch for the first time. When the bed stands, Herbert already fell a sleep in the first minutes. Kris has left and I am going to sleep also next to Herbert, and finally we have a warm comfortable bed again. Tony and Dani Thanks !!