Another great weekend

No pictures, but we just had a phenomenally relaxing weekend up at Rila again. Well, technically just Saturday afternoon/evening, but still.

Left here at 2:30 in the afternoon...met our driver at around 3:30, and were up at the cabin (owned by a dentist friend of the family; more of a mansion than a cabin; it's 4 stories, with the bottom the kitchen/dining area, then 3 floors with 3 rooms each on it) by 5 p.m. Kick-ass dinner (grilled pork, sausages, steaks, salads, cheeses, wine, rakia, beer, bread, caviar, you name it, it was there) and plenty of drinks. I was tossed by 9 p.m., so I went upstairs and fell asleep...

...and didn't wake up until nearly 10 a.m. this morning (Sunday).

For the record, I never sleep past 7 or 8. Evy hates it because even on the weekends I can go to bed at 1 or 2 a.m. and I'm up by 8 at the latest. I never sleep more than 6-7 hours a night. But for some reason or another, probably because of the complete lack of traffic and noise, and the peaceful surroundings of the pine trees, mountains, and 3 feet of snow blanketing the area, I slept nearly 13 hours. I haven't felt this completely rested in years.

Then, we had breakfast. Went up the ski slopes and had coffee at one of the cafes. Then went for a walk with everyone for a few hours, came back to the cabin, had lunch, drove home, and now we are relaxing with some of our favorite shows and wishing we had spent the whole weekend instead of just one night. Sadly, Evy teaches TOEFL classes on Saturdays, so until May we are limited to 1 night ventures on the weekends.

Still...what a great weekend. Perfect Sat/Sun.