Boudreaux’s Blog

Sofia Snapshots. . .

Last night’s party. . .by Andrea Coffee shop profile. . .by Boudreaux Baba’s Flowers. . .by Andrea “And another thing. . .!” By Boudreaux

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Blog Wars?

Right now, Andrea might be writing a blog about how I never blog. Apparently it’s just the motivation I needed.  This is my preemptive strike, intended to make a liar out of her. I tend to write like I speak.  Usually, I think carefully about what I want to say before I open my mouth.  [...]

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The Vitosha 100

My colleague Michel and his wife Ani are bicycle evangelicals. It is because of Michel that I decided to skip public transportation and 30 minutes walking commutes in favor of adrenaline pumping scurries through the streets of Sofia on my “Drag” mountain bike. Road bikes aren’t practical in Sofia, because it’s a jungle of crumbled [...]

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Boudreaux’s Campy Acting

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The Athens Classic Marathon

The Athens Classic Marathon isn’t just a marathon. It’s THE marathon. The closely related ancestor of this course was a cornerstone of the ancient Olympic Games held in the 5th century BC. This exact course was used in the original modern Olympic Games in 1896 and the most recent Olympics in 2004. According to legend, [...]

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Vlad Dracula Can Go to Hell

Last Monday morning when I turned up for work, I found a small souvenir spoon, with “Transylvania” written on it, sitting on my desk. It was a small gift left for me from my colleague, Milena, who had just returned from Romania. It was a thoughtful gesture. This particular gift left me uneasy, however. The [...]

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Peace Corps Karma

Our already atypical Peace Corps experience in Sofia, Bulgaria recently took a turn towards the surreal. Andrea and I both landed small speaking parts in made-for-Sci-Fi-Channel-Movies! You many be wondering how this is possible, so let me explain. Along with manufacturing and IT jobs, America is beginning to outsource one of its most well known [...]

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Sozopal

Last week, Andrea and I met several friends in Sozopal – a quaint Bulgarian town overlooking the Black Sea. Sozopal is divided into Old Town and New Town. We stayed in Old Town, which consists of one, two and three story houses situated on narrow cobblestone streets, twisting this way and that, up the hill [...]

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Creation Story

I now have some leisure time to take on some self improvement activities, compared to my life in the States where I always struggled just to commute, get my work done, eat, sleep and exercise. We’ve decided not to have a television in Bulgaria, (see Andrea’s blog “Screen Swap”) which adds to my Peace Corps [...]

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Margaret Sinopoli: 1921-2005

My Grandmother, died at about 11:30 PM December 21nd, Denver time. My Mom sent Andrea and I the following email, about an hour later: “Grandma passed away at 11:30 PM Dec 21st, she was having trouble breathing and just stopped. She will be spending Christmas with Grandpa and her sister and Uncle Billy. I am [...]

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