Falling

So last week was our last official week of vacation. It was 95 degrees, and life was good. This week, we started school. Suddenly, it was as if mother nature packed up and went down to Santorini for the winter. We are now on day four of rain and 43 degree weather, and I am just wondering if they coined the name "fall" to describe what I am feeling. Here's hoping for what they call a "gypsy summer" here in Bulgaria--which is the same as our "Indian summer" in the States.

At any rate, the icon posted above is the one that weather.com has plastered on our screen for the next 10 day outlook. This icon also looms above Varna, which is a little town on the Black Sea where we are headed this weekend. You see, this weekend is a three-day holiday weekend, and going to the beach seemed like a fantastic idea...a week ago...during summer vaction...while wearing tank tops...and knowing that the winter sweaters were still in boxes behind the bed.