Green is good.

[sirona_fics]

6th May is St George's day over here, so everyone with a name derivative of 'George' has a name day - like, for example, Georgiana, my cousin. All of us picked up and went - hasn't happened in a while, it's usually just me and my cousin, or sometimes my sister and her fiance as well. We were all there together for 2 nights, and the amount of (home-made) wine that was consumed was staggering. We once drank our way through 8 liters between the four of us. Luckily, we make out own wine, have done for over 60 years, so we are all used to it, meaning no nasty hangovers! For me the only side effect is a slight irritability the next day.

My Grandma's house is in the most beautiful location, right at the base of Rila mountain, which is the tallest on the Balkans. Springtime there is absolutely breathtaking. We went up to Rila Monastery as well, which we try to do every time we go over there, it has a very strange but immensely uplifting energy surrounding it. I'll try to take more pictures next time; everything was so green that I actually forgot to snap it - I was overwhelmed by the freshness after such a long, cold winter. My Grandma's garden is looking up, too, but wasn't as green as it will get in, say, a month or two. I'll snap more pics of it then, too.





Inspired by prettypriestess' recent pic spam, I thought I'd upload a few of my own. These were taken at Rila Monastery, Bulgaria.
















There were these two cats, obviously living and being fed there. They were the most people-friendly cats I've ever seen! They weren't bothered by us at all, and literally swarmed around us in search of food. As you can see, they are nowhere near starving! There was this little human, he must have been about 3, he was facinated by them. His dad was all over him, trying to get him not to mangle them too much. He was trying to feed them crisps, saying, "eat, eat!", then when they turned their noses up, he promptly ate them himself. XDDD Seriously adorable.




My darling people being all silly 'n stuff XDD (from left to right - my sister's fiance, my sister, my cousin). I'm much more of a snapper than a poser, there aren't that many pics with me in them (unless someone papz me).





In otehr news, I finally made it to see KickAss. And it was AMAZING, OMG I LOVED THAT FILM!!! HitGirl is my favourite thing ever. They should totally make a film where she's the main character, she stole the film from Nick Cage, for fuck's sake!!!

Also, the last 20 minutes or so of the film - I WANTS ME ONE OF THEM, PRECIOUS. FR REAL, BBS.

This afternoon - Iron Man 2. Expect another gush at some point.

Comments

[aurrai.livejournal.com]

What is it with everyone going to their grandma's places these days? (I'd get on the bandwagon but it's a seven-hour drive ㅠㅅㅠ). The old-school architecture really appeals to me. I'll have to get myself over to Europe one day. One day.

[rosalui.livejournal.com]

Kick-Ass was awesome but it also really disturbed me at points, lol! XDD

Iron Man 2 = win. ♥

[cherry-blossom4.livejournal.com]

Wow. I wish we had stuff that beautiful where I live |.|

[prettypriestess.livejournal.com]

I WAS GOING TO SEE KICKASS FRIDAY AND THEY TOOK IT OUT OF THE LOCAL THEATER. D8<

So, I saw Nightmare on Elm Street instead. IT WAS NOT THAT GREAT.

I like your pictures~! They are very nice. <3 I love the old buildings like that. Some places in Europe like that are OLDER THAN MY COUNTRY. It makes me a bit envious. D: