We have our travel plans booked and will be heading out in just two weeks from now to Europe. This last month has been busy with expectation and this last week we have been trying to set bookings internationally. Things are shaping up and we are overly excited! 

Chanukah in Paris

Itinerary:

December 24th-31st we will land in Paris and spend the week of Chanukah there, and enjoy Paris style Christmas and Chanukah festivities. 

December 31st we will be headed to Sophia, Bulgaria to celebrate New Years. We were recommended New Year's eve in Sophia by our placement agency. She told us they celebrate it different than in America and it is very festive. Christmas in Bulgaria goes December 25th through January 7th. This year's holidays will truly be a multi-cultured event for us. In Sophia, we will stay a week and visit Sophia's sites and do some shopping (things are cheap in Bulgaria). We are hoping to go up to a Bulgarian ski resort-Bansko for a few days. 

January 9-13th we get to meet the children in Plovdiv. The agency has a program for us to go through. There is an activity schedule or itinerary set up for us in order to help bonding go smoothly with the children.

January 14th we head home.

I feel very spoiled in the timing of this trip. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect trip than to spend the week of Chanukah in Paris full of lights and experience an eastern New Year and Christmas.  And as an extra bonus, because of Justin's mandatory days off for the holidays we get to spend a third week in Europe. It is working out beautifully. 

Stay tuned for travel photos.