The More of the World We See, the Richer We Become: BULGREECEDONIA

November 11th (ISRAEL->TURKEY->BULGARIA)

Our flight was at 12 so we were woken up at 6:30 in the morning.

We had a six hour layover in Istanbul, Turkey.

This is a Turkish icecream man serving icecream.

HEYYY DAD, HEYYYY! LOOK AT THIS! YOU STOLE YOUR STORE NAME FROM THIS CHOCOLATE BRAND, I KNEW IT!

Welcome to Bulgaria!

Bulgarian ads are hilarious, great first impression.

November 12th (SOFIA, BULGARIA)

Exploring Sofia!

Eternal fire.

Megan singing Amazing Grace.

Our hotel.

We visited a Bulgarian hebrew charter school. Only 40% of the students are Jewish. I was put in the 12th grade english class, its funny (peculiar not ha ha funny) the things a bunch of 18 year olds from across the world can bond over..

For dinner we went to the JCC of Sofia and the jewish community put on a show for us about their culture.

Traditional Bulgarian Jewish food.(matza meat lasagna, burekas, leak patties, beats and an egg)

November 13th (PLOVDIV, BULGARIA)

A day in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

We visited the shul of Sofia, it remind me of the shul where Ezra has his bmitz,

A memorial to to thank those who saved the Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust.

We visited an elderly home and spoke about their Holocaust experiences. (The Jews of Plovdiv were sentenced to death, but before they were forced on the trains, a local priest laid on the train tracks and refused to let the Nazis take the Jews.)

The woman I spoke to said her father tried to protect her. Instead of telling her where they where headed, he told her they were taking the train to go on a vacation. He didn't want her to be scared.

Bulgarian country side part one.

We went into the mountains to visit the church where the priest that saved the Jews is buried.

part two

THE BEST HOT CHOCOLATE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.

November 14th (SOFIA, BULGARIA -> MACEDONIA)

The shul in Sofia, the largest Sephardic shul in Europe.

We took a 7 hour bus ride to Macedonia.

November 15th (MACEDONIA)

View from my hotel room

I'm collecting chocolate in every country we go to, this is Macedonian chocolate. I think the wrapping is so amazing.

I havent changed.

A Holocaust museum.

A Holocaust surviver that spoke to us. 90% of the Jews in Skopje, Macedonia were killed in Treblinka. Rosa was saved because she was arrested and put in jail for being a radical communist.