First sign of home welcomed me in Sofia. We passed by an old lady who had a "Säästumarket" (Estonian supermarket) huge bag. I was totally in shock and I couldn't believe my eyes. From trains station our road led us to the city centre. About 10 days before we already visited some shops and put an eye on some goods we wanted to bring at home. This shopping tour was hard, we bought way too many clothes and souvenirs that it was hard to carry them. We had a lot of time to discover Sofia, we walked around an Arabic street and saw a street market. I even made a song about Sofia but right now I can't remember even part of melody. In the evening we met with others in front of National Theatre. It was already a familiar place to us. All our project members first met there, so really symbolic place for our last meeting. Even Kaloyan appeared, even though he was cought a cold.
Almost everyone fit in a minibus and Diliana's car but still a few persons needed to drive by tram there. Riding took long because traffic out of the city wasn't the best one. And mountain road was in really bad conditions, with minibus it was quite dangerous trip. Spanish guys were alread waiting us, they cleaned the road from branches and made preparations for party. The house was really deep inside a forest and it was chilly outside. There was a stream /river beside a house, I am not sure which one it was. Anyway, a really detached building, only trees around. We started to pack our bags with Heleri. We needed to fit in also Anna's souvenirs and transport them to her relatives in Estonia. It was insane chaos, but somehow we managed to pack all the things. I dressed warmly because temperatures outside were low. For real, it felt that it is already autumn outside. Meanwhile others grilled outside, Mommo made sangria and Quirino made olive oil breads. It was unpredictable that Florin left us and walked away. But at the end everything went well and it was cheerful to hear good news back in Estonia. Though the disturbing situation we still dined, because it was our last dinner together. We were divided into groups between 3 rooms (I am not certain anymore). There were beds and mattresses. Eveyone had their own sleeping place and got some hours of sleep. It is such a pity that I personally said goodbye only to few persons. But yeah, I am correcting that mistake and my purpose is to meet up with as many project members as possible. Anyway, we started our trip to the airport really early with Heleri, Kaloyan and Diliana. At least we had an opportunity to say goodbye them properly. Our flights were good, but it was a nighmare for me hearing Estonian in Istanbul airport. I kind of hated Estonians there. Yeah, EVS after-effect, you are going to hate all that you left behind before the project when you are back in your country. I am glad that few days after my arrival I went back to school, it helped a lot to think about other things, not only recall EVS memories. Last but not least, I want to thank everybody who made my project just like it was. It was an amazing experience and changed my life firmly.
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