Life took me on an unbeaten path - to work away from my homecountry. I knew nothing of Bulgaria except the capital is Sofia and it is the 'neighbour' of my homecountry... The language, the people, the culture, the food - everything was but a big question mark to me. My plan was to resist there for 6 months .... but life had other plans for me : it lasted exactly 3 years later ! What happened between these 3 years ?! I had an unbelievable journey inside of this country and inside myself !
ALBENA, a name so very similar as mine, a name taken out of a story, is simply a summer resort. Living to get to know this resort through 4 seasons and changes made me understood there lies more that an eye can catch. Albena became my home and the people working there - my family.
As time passed by I've learnt the language, the songs that made other people's hearts sing, the history and the customs. We had moments of happiness and moments of sadness - but we all passed them together, as a team, as relatives.
It is incredible how close you may feel to people you've never known and never shared memories until then. But memories is something that you build...
Three years it took me to gather information and fill my brain and my heart. At the end of these years I have realised something - I was RICH ! Was I able to give something in return ?! I sure was - a part of me :)
I can make right now a list of people I knew and made my day or a list of places I've seen and left me speechless, but the experience itself is beyond words.
For all this and much more, Albena is my 2nd home :)
