After Sports Day on October 5th some colleagues and I went on a horse back riding village get away. Gordon stayed home and watched the Red Sox in their 2nd game with the Anaheim Angles- which was a very rewarding experience- watching Manny win the game with a 2 out, 3 run walk off home run in the 9th inning to break the tie! We rented a car and then Lara took her own car, we were 8 all together. A rental car for 24 hours in Bulgaria is 54 leva, approximately 39 USD. We drove about 1.5 hours south of Sofia to a small town of about 800 people called Beli Iskar. It is located in the Rila Mountain Range.
Gordon at his computer watching the Bosox, such a devoted fan!
Me mounted on 'Murrat'.
A shepard and his flock above in teh fields above Beli Iskar.
Steve and the rest of the crew on horseback.
A group photograph of us all mounted. (R to L) Dan, Shelly, Lara, Me, Steve, Slaveja, Jess, x, Stavo, Andy, and Erin.
Airplane anyone?
Me balancing Lara and Erin balancing Jess modeling an airplane- weeeee!
A beautiful shopska salad, the traditional salad of Bulgaria- I usually eat one of these every day for lunch, although the ACS cafeteria food is never delivered with such aesthetics in mind.
A wonderful plate of pork with grilled vegetables- eggplant, red and green peppers, tomatos, zuchini, onions, and japalenos- another typical plate of Bulgaria.
It was crispy on top and began to snow in the latter part of the day. The weather then followed us home to the ACS campus at the base of the mountain and it continued to snow for the rest of the evening, until the next morning. The ground was white in most places in the morning but by noon it had all melted.
On Saturday, October 27th, 2007 I ran in a 10K race. I have been running the past seven weeks, three times per week a minimum of 20 minutes- usually between 30 to 45 minutes. My goal was to finish the 10Km (6.2 miles) in less than 60 minutes, and I achieved my goal; I finished in 58 minutes and 5 seconds.
The race was a fundraiser for a local orphanage where some of our students volunteer. It was called the monster minithon and there was a 1/2Km kids race, a 3Km walk, a 5Km run and a 10Km run. In total there were about 100 participants, a real success! I was dressed as the road runner from looney tunes cartoons! However, I did not wear my real feathers as it was raining. I will save them for the real halloween party that we will host for the ACS Faculty on the 31st. 
Gordon making a grab while jumping off a cliff into the Lagurian Sea. 
Our most expensive and by far wonderful meal in Monterosso, Cinque Terre, Italy.
The thirsty and angry dog who attached the fountain in Antwerp. 
The yogurt incident while waiting for our night train in Malmo, Sweden to go to Oslo, Norway.
