my primary location today...

WOW, what a party that was yesterday!!! Totally crazy!
And yes, I've been warned about Raki more than once in my life! 🤣 Here in Bulgaria it's the version of Slivovitz in Bosnia!
All home-distilled! Tooootaaally crazy! It was a feast!!!
So yesterday I had mussels straight from the sea! They collected them in the afternoon, then they made an incredibly delicious vegetable broth and they were cooked in it. There were Ćevapčići, there were ribs, there were pork steaks, there was lamb, there were horse meatballs, salad of course, there was wonderful cheese.... all of that with toasted garlic bread, of course! Did I forget anything? Probably! 🤣
There was soooo much food and lots and lots of pictures were taken. And some of them, well I didn't take any pictures, I wasn't capable of that with my new brother, yes so I have a new brother, and I'm now a member of three Bulgarian families, the one who I always thought was called Dennis, his name is Jordan spelled with a "Y", or at least at first he was called Dennis and Petar, those are the 2 heads of the families that you can see in a few pictures. And not all the kids are in the pictures. Because some of them also took the photos and these are just the first ones I'm making available to you now, to make the toasting and standing together in a circle comprehensible for you.
And now I also know why I drank so much alcohol!!! I kept getting "flash-thinged" in between! 😎 (see pictures)
I'm just not going to select the photos now, I'm sending them all to you as I got them, in order!
And Ennis and Yordan were just here!
Yordan got a call for help from his mom, she has a car repair shop, there's some kind of "hussle" going on and he has to get to work.
So that means he's taking off with his family today. The other two are staying, which in turn means that I might not be able to avoid alcohol one time or another after all!😜
For the sake of hospitality, I have no excuse....
Otherwise I of course somehow slept until nine today and then fortunately the sun beat down on Frankie so hard that because of the heat, we really have a heat wave here, I simply had to get up.
After some funny attempts, well Frankie isn't as small as I thought, so I covered quite a few distances, I made it down to the sea. And as I said it's mirror-smooth, there's no wave, there's no swell. I don't know that at all... and I first somehow swam to cool off, to get my circulation back in shape.
That was very funny and I'm doing well! So I don't have a headache... wait... well okay I can't look up with my eyes beyond my forehead! 🤓 That doesn't work ...exactly... and fast movements shouldn't happen, except in the water. And it's hot! Did I mention that it's hot here? So it's pretty damn hot here and as a result, in combination with the effects of last night... oh yeah but what I forgot... let me finish the other sentence first ...I'm actually staying here near Frankie in the hammock and every time it gets too hot for me here, I'll go down to the sea and swim out a bit and make sure I linger in the cold current area for a while. I think that's super cool!!!
I don't know if it's gotten colder where you are!? I'm not really in touch somehow I think so!
But Andrea said something about it yesterday somehow...thanks Andrea for that... gave info!
Oh yeah...Lu... they're all firefighters. Last night I got to watch videos of them going to a fire call in the countryside in an old SIL, among other things (wanted to know if you still know that, that Russian monster?) Crazy, totally crazy!
I got to watch training videos, got to watch exercise videos. I was basically there live in retrospect at three operations, so to speak. They told so much! It was fun! It was funny! The kids also warmed up a bit. That was also very funny!
We were all supposed to go swimming together today, I think we'll postpone that to tomorrow!? Yes, I think so!
And I had fun, real fun! This is such a beautiful place! They are such wonderful people!
And I'm grateful! Grateful to experience this form of warm Bulgarian hospitality again, which I've already had the pleasure of getting to know!
It's just cool, super cool here, did I just say cool, NOOO, it's totally hot and beautiful and special and great!!!
Maybe in my funny hangover state I was able to convey to you what will be sent to you shortly on the visual level through the photos...
I wish you all a fantastic rest of the day! A big fat grin about the moment I've let you participate in!
I celebrated for you too, definitely 🥳
And I think I also drank one for each of you! 🤪
Damn, did I already mention that Raki really.... yes...I did...
Okay, alright!
Big hug, have a great time, enjoy life and above all, enjoy every single moment... Until then.

That reminds me...a story I haven't even told yet.
So apart from the fact that the food was of course fantastic. Afterwards there was also a super delicious, incredibly sweet cake.
There were of course also fresh peperoni. And after I successfully managed to resist biting into one of those things for almost half an hour or an hour, (oh there was the oriole) (there it was again), Yordan got me to do it. And that was another classic test of courage that I couldn't refuse. And that still caused memorable moments today, as you can surely imagine. Unlike the young woman who's sitting at the head of the table, also standing up in between in the pictures, whose name I've naturally forgotten again. No idea about the women either, or the guys. Yordan also managed to persuade her. She bit in and she cried. For me it was just the beads of sweat on my bald head. The rest I just washed away with raki. I think that was the reason there was so much raki. That stuff helps in such a case, definitely.
Okay, funny stories. I got to share them with you. I hope they also delighted you and you're grinning. And were there with me. See you then.

Yeah, so my new little brother said his goodbyes... and was here, of course, to take one more photo... with me and of course Frankie in the background. All totally lovely! 😊
I wish you all a wonderful continuation of this afternoon... for me it's heading into evening... and have beautiful moments, beautiful memories and take care of yourselves! 😘
Big hug!
And yes, I'm doing well again! I'm sober and sitting in my hammock again.
Even repaired the Mercedes star! 💪 Because I got acrylic two-component adhesive and fixed a few other things. 👌
So I kept myself busy.
With that, see you later...

What I of course forgot to mention...
I naturally asked Yordan if that was the silent fox sign he was showing. Nope, that's his version of rock'n'roll and when I looked at him, probably somehow questioningly, he explained to me, hey dude, Metallica. And then it came, Manowar, can any of you still remember Manowar? I find that so funny, really cool. I naturally got right back into that and it's going on the playlist, definitely, the one I'm on the road, so, Dosvidania, bye-bye, Ciao, etc., pp. So, because my hammock is now hanging in the sun, more or less, and I'm lying here with my eyes closed, I'll head towards the beach and go for another swim. Wishes from just now, earlier, plus one more, Ciao.

That's so beautiful, life! ❤️
When you trust everything! 😍 ....and know that the abundance that surrounds you is always available. The photo I just sent you is a pastry that was just handed to me by the young man, the son of my neighbors here, next door who are camping here. He's a bit of a, well, a "shy guy" so to speak, really very withdrawn, introverted and is happy every time he sees me, smiles at me and is happy. And he just brought me that, with best wishes from his grandma too, and we chatted briefly. He paints, I've been watching him and we have a date tomorrow, very relaxed, to chat together, to be allowed to look at his pictures. So I'm invited to experience his art. We're going to do a bit of sport, he's keen to learn a few exercises and is inspired by the tattoos I have, especially the ones on my back. I think that's totally awesome and I was allowed to, well what do I mean I was allowed to, I offered today for the Bulgarians, two families of the firefighters are still here, to make a contribution for dinner today. So I dived for mussels and I think we now have 10 kilos of fresh mussels and they're going to make that incredibly delicious broth from yesterday, cooking them with beer and stuff too, and I'm going to get this recipe because I think they're leaving tomorrow and will then be able to prepare fresh mussels for myself regularly in the evenings here. I have such a big grin on my face and I'm so happy and I'm letting that out, in this case still limited, to you guys, soon it'll be on the website then. I'm looking forward to it and I think the picture that the Other made is really awesome. What do you think of the new group picture actually? I saw Andrea has already given it a big fat heart. So if you want, you're invited to make a statement about it. Big hugs guys, have a great time.