Tuesday..

Last night we were planning to eat in the hotel restuarant, but it was totally booked for Valentine's Day dinner. So we caught a taxi and went to the main downtown area of Dobrich. We tried 2 other restaurants and they were also full. Finally found an Irish Pub place, it looked like a tavern with wood panelling walls, benches etc. It was very nice. Funny thing is the smoking section was full, but they had room in the nonsmoking section. I had curry chicken, it wasn't like curry at all but it was tasty. Chris had a pork chop, mashed potatoes and diet coke. This morning we ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant, it comes free with the hotel room. It was buffett and very tasty. Scrambled eggs, sausage, bread, cheese, salami cold meat, youghurt, honey, granola, and fresh fruit. The coffee here is pretty strong, but good.

We then left for the orphanage, by taxi, and took diapers with us and some treats for the children. We bought these at a grocery store after our dinner last night. Calvin was waiting for us in his room. He has his own room and crib with a little stool and lego table. He loves his little chair. The kids here don't play on the floor, they sit on a stool and play. The first thing he did was go to my backpack and look for a snack. He loves the 'puffs' the Gerbers make. He just walks around with the container the whole time, won't put it down. He also enjoys pretzels. Our translator says this is one of the best orphanages. They have structured play time, they teach them how to throw rings, he even has a little computer he plays with with a mouse. He knows how to build with legos, he pretend plays on a phone talking to me on it. His attention span isn't very long but he is not 3 yet. He goes from one thing to another. He did sit in my lap and I bounced him on my knees. He was laughing playing hide and seek behind the door, it was very cute. We are going to try tomorrow to take him for his visa picture I think. I am also hoping our suitcase gets here tonight with the rest of our clothes, donations for the orphanage, and gifts for the caregivers. The staff here just loves the book we made Calvin of our family, they keep coming into the room asking to see it. I think they are impressed it is in Bulgarian. We are hoping to walk around tomorrow and buy some soveniers. All in all it has been a good day, he is more comfortable with us each day.