Last Day in Varna

Today was my last day in Bulgaria and I am definitely sad to see it go.  This morning I had a service trip at 9:00am to go visit an orphanage in Varna.  We went to Dom Drugarche which is an orphanage for children ages 3-7.  It is generally for children whose parents cannot afford to raise a child, not necessarily that they don't have parents.  First we listened to one of the directors of the orphanage talk about what they do and we got to ask questions and then we had about an hour and a half to go outside and play with all the kids.  It was so adorable and they all just like ran at us and hugged us – a lot of them definitely just loved getting some individual attention that they never have.  After that trip we went back to the ship and ate lunch.  Then we sat at the restaurant next to our ship, Captain Cook, to use their free internet (which ended up not really working) and we ended up ordering some sushi.  I just had some California roll of course.  Then Kaitlyn, Andrea and I went looking for a supermarket because we each had 20 Bulgarian lev left to spend.  We found a place and stocked up on some snacks for the ship and then headed back.  Now we are back pretty early for on ship time but I have to write a paper about my experience at the orphanage so I figure it is best to do it while it is fresh in my mind.  Overall, Bulgaria was a lot of fun and I'm really glad we came here because it was such a relaxing break from classes and touring tons of historical sites.  It will be really interesting to see if SAS decides to ever come back to Varna since it didn't seen like there was very much to do here, but I know everyone had a lot of fun!