Hija Rai!
A very tired Larry after a very strenuous hike!
Hard at work in the Peace Corps!
Tim and Alex came to Varna for their Birthdays and we had a wild time!
Towing cars in Bulgaria!
The office of the Public Environmental Center for Sustainable Development!
Iliyan, my counterpart, and I in Madara
Every Tuesday, we'd cut out of work early and head for the beach!
If the weather wasn't nice enough for the beach, we cooked!
My first Bulgarian ID photo!
Camping outside Blagoevgrad with Mary and Emily!
Teaching how to make chocolate chip cookies!
Near Bachkavo Monestary
Jon and I on his visit to Buglaristan!
This photo has gotten me into some trouble! And I love it!
Lunch with Iliyan's family in Kaspichan!
hahaha! have you ever seen that on a menu before?
My gorgeous long hair!!! this really makes me want to grow it out again!
My second Bulgarian ID photo!
Apryl dancing with a gorgeous guy!
An article about my work in Bulgaria - that is, with biodiesel! Basically it says I'm neat!
Training for a marathon is painful!
My shoes were too small for me, so I "adjusted" them!
Before the race!
Me in Athens
Our marathon group at the starting line!
Finishing the marathon! My official time was 4:10:15!!!
I hugged the guy that gave me a medal! I was so excited for having just finished a marathon I almost popped! It was the best I've ever felt! My most proud moment!
After the race!
Tim and I, having conquered Athens!
Jerramy and I after conquering Athens!
The victorious Peace Corps Marathoners!
Victory dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Athens after the marathon!
The day after our marathon - painful!
Environmental fairy tales at the kindergarten!
Pig slaughter! And I helped!
Christmas 2006 with Emily and Alex in Nedelino!
doing the "horo" on new years! i ended up on the news while doing my own version of this dance. the news clip has been replayed throughout the year showing how this particular news station covers cultural events! hahaha!
jordanov den! before we went into the water! the tradition is for a priest to bless a cross and throw it into the water for all the young men in the village to race to. whoever gets it first gives it to the youngest participant. we weren't allowed to jump off the dock with the rest of them... so we made our own little tradition.
after 10 minutes of hiking, i got so hot i had to take off my snow pants. i didn't have anything else, so i spent the day hiking through the snow in my underwear!
explaining sustainable design to my discussin group!
a bulgarian scene: babas and diados crowding onto a bench with two benches on either side of them completely empty!
Singing Karaoke!
tim and i working on our supercross08 project! www.supercross08.com go look at it!
the goofiest face i've ever seen!!! and tim, while we were trying to make pictures for our supercross08 project. www.supercross08.com check it out!
and earth day event with a group from an ecoclub in kavarna! more of this at www.supercross08.com
ronda, jack, me, and alex! what a great traveling team!!! we decided to spend one week in romania together and it was a very good decision! we saw brasov in transylvania (and many places around it) as well as suceaca in northern romania (an many places around it). we also spent a night in bucharest, but we were unimpressed with it... the entire trip, however, was fantastic!!! a supergreat time had by all!
alex, me, and ronda! (jack's taking the picture) walking through bucharest!
hippies. this is the eco construction camp in germany that i went to. 40 hour trip there, by train. and again 40 hours on the way back... yukka. details of the trip are at: www.andrewjudkins.com
eco-construction workshop in germany! the story is at www.andrewjudkins.com
silly hippies protesting - if they only knew what they were protesting.
the storm we had just been caught in during our hike from rojen to melnik.
titration! www.andrewjudkins.com
biodiesel! www.andrewjudkins.com
this began our week with 25 youngsters in a village called asparuhavo. we taught them about ecology, personal development - health and mental, and enjoyed a nice cultural exchange with them. read about it here: www.andrewjudkins.com or www.supercross08.com
me teaching about ecology! the best thing ever!
singing it like we believed it! our final group gathering was in a town outside of sofia called bankia. 3 days of classes for finalizing paperwork and projects, opportunities after peace corps, and how to reintegrate into american culture. one of the nights we organized a karaoke party! our last bash - with our entire group! it was great!!!
matt convinced me to be a dancer while he kareoked "i like big butts" well, he asked me, the rum convinced me...
me and my good buddy Boudreaux
tim and i doing a duete to "i got you babe" www.supercross08.com
prefunking in varna - just before we hit the town for the last time (12am and alex had already passed out)!
Another "only in Bulgaria" picture!
rali and i at her dance club
our group at the end of a wonderful night of karaoke!
our group! b18s! these are the 34 people who lasted for the full 2 years! we started with 50! on the last night, we had a formal dinner with ambassadors and other important people from the government. i was the only shmuck in shorts! oops... i had already sent my other clothes home...
