Family Time

It’s been a busy month so far.  As some of you know, we celebrate a lot of birthdays in December.  The combination of inexpensive airfares and a friend’s availability led Sara to spend her birthday in Venice (and I will ask her to do a guest post).  This meant five days at home together for Norah and me.

It was an enjoyable time – great to spend that kind of time almost exclusively with each other.  We established a nice routine.  Most mornings and afternoons we would take a walk to a local coffee shop, the mall, the park, or some other destination.  One morning, we visited a nearby modern art gallery that is displaying a number of works by Salvador Dali, as well as contemporary Bulgarian artists.  We got to know some new people, too.  Norah has become very fond of the server at our favorite café around the corner, and she also really enjoyed staying with an acquaintance of ours while I was teaching.

Finding a sitter turned out to be a nice development.  After Sara returned home, she and I have gone out a few evenings to explore Sofia, something that we really had not had the opportunity to do before.  We’ve had fun visiting some of our neighborhood restaurants and exploring the pedestrian area along Vitosha Boulevard in the city center.  We are planning another outing this week, and hopefully we will find time again in early January before Sara and Norah return to Iowa!