Travel Dates!!

Earlier this week we received our official referral and travel dates to go meet our little guy.  We'll be landing in Sofia on my birthday and driving to his town.  It's about a 4.5 hour drive from the airport and is fairly close to the town where Nikolas was born.  We'll spend the week there visiting him.  What a great gift!! 

We've been working on paperwork and travel reservations over the weekend and are getting excited about our trip.  We'll be staying in a small hotel (12 rooms!) that another couple from our agency stayed in just a few weeks ago.  They enjoyed their stay and let us know that the hotel has air conditioning, free wifi and a good restaurant.  Plus it's close to the shopping area and within walking distance of the orphanage. 

Since we'll only be able to visit our little guy for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the afternoon, we'll have a lot of free time.  There is a very cool monument (see video) and a fortress (http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/75/Shumenska_krepost) that we're looking forward to visiting while we are there.