Oh little Dido--
We had a great last visit-We spent some time in the director's office when we arrived. There was a report that our facilitator needed to say we had been visiting every day- they asked if we wanted to see Derrik again today-Ummmmm YES (they actuallyseemeda littlesurprised-) they brought him in and he reached his arms right out to me.
Before the visit, we stopped at the store (a smallish baby store on the way to the orphanage) and bought 100 tubs of a pudding like nutritional supplement. At the orphanage, they have agreed to give him one everyday until we return. The folk at the store thought we were nuts- no Bulgarian from us- no English from them- finally they called a protagonist who spoke a bit of English to make certain we Really wanted 100 packs of pudding- YES- we do! 400 calories per tub and Dido needs every last one!
Ourfacilitationteam left heading back to Sofia after we got all the paperwork completed- we stayed with Derrik until the lastpossiblesecond, we did the pass and walking round the grounds- Some swing time, then up to the meeting room to give him lunch- by almost 12:10-40 minutes past our meeting time was alleged to end- we could put it off no longer. Bye Bye little Dido- we will be back as shortly as we can---
Earlier we asked our facilitator to tell Derrik what was passing to happen."Mama and Papa know you, but they can't have you home right now- they will want to give you for a short while but they will fall second to get you and rub your tiny legs and weaponry and make you hugs and be with you forever." I'm sure our facilitator thought she was just humoring us- but I actually mean that Dido understood on some level. While he was acquiring the intelligence he buried his head harder than he always has into my breast and seemed quite sad.
After our meeting we grabbed a cab to the rail station for the trigger to Shumen. - 2 hours to kill- let's go to the beach! Mary did not want sand_ I did, so we had to get a beach cafe for her so I could have one last plunge in the strong waters of the Black Sea. - a 2 km walk and we are there! Ahhh salad, coke/fanta mix and the beach! About an hour there and up to get a cab back to the station (feet too trite to pass again) We got a decent guy who used to be a couple of a commercial fishing ship driving the cab- he gave us literature (in Russian) about his home on the beach that he rents out- and gave us travel tips for Shumen- You see a lot near the scamming cab drivers in Bulgaria. This guys was a prince. Our cab was 3.40 leva and I was only passing to round up to 5. He refused and said 4 was enough- My cynical self melted.
We had a nice 3 1/2 hour train ride to Shumen. Thanks to Andre, our driver/guide/IT guru at Hotel Shumen for getting us settled in with greatWiFi. We took a stroll to get some Beer and Pop and came second to love the best meal we have had so far in Bulgaria- I had Grilled Veggies and Pork Kabobs. Mary had aChickenin cream sauce type dish
tomorrow we will break for flowers and search for Jordan's grave---
I'll update when I can
Papa
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