Wet Weekend

So I had my trip organized by the school over the weekend. The weather was bad for a vast majority of the trip. We left early in the morning on sat and went to a village up in the mountains. It was interesting, but I'm sure the view would have been great had we not been surrounded by clouds. There is a church there from the 13th century. It doesn't look like a church at all from the outside, but the inside was different. Every surface of the church inside was covered w/ paintings, fresco's, etc. I think you could stay in there for a few days looking and studying all the portraits of saints and scenes from the Bible. We weren't allowed to take pictures though. The artwork was very well preserved because it is a small church and the smoke from the candles covered the walls, protecting the walls. After that we went to a small town were we had lunch in the only place open because it was the weekend. It took almost 2hrs for us to get all of our food. It was ridiculous. After the long lunch, we went to the Dancing Bears reserve. This was a sanctuary for bears that were forced to dance in the streets. It was very depressing because all the bears dance back and forth non-stop when they see people. The just walked back and forth without stopping. I could only watch for so long. We walked into the woods on one of the trails and it was very pleasant. The trail followed a river that was flowing really well because of all the rain. We saw a black and yellow salamander on the way back. After that, we went to Bansko, a place that is pretty much a ski resort town. It is supposed to be gorgeous when there is snow there, but everything was wet and closed while we were there. We went out to a bar-like place because we arrived in the town at 6pm and had nothing to do until we left the next day. I got soaking wet walking around trying to find somewhere to go. My shoes are just drying out today. I managed to catch the very end of the Gran Prix on sunday, actually just the interviews, which they viciously voice over in bulgarian. Around 12 we left to come back to the dorms. I finished reading the lie that wouldn't die, which i think we have a quiz on tomorrow. I still have one more book to read, but it's short and shouldn't be too hard. It was a good weekend, even if it rained a lot. I got some good pictures and had fun. I'm not sure what's in store for me next, but hopefully I am still going to the Tiesto concert next friday.