Sofia for the last time (on this trip anyway)

We arrived in Sofia yesterday determined to finish off our shopping and get a whole bunch of stuff done (including this blog). We managed about 75%. We finally found some jeans that fit Eva although Adam had some body issues as we failed to find shoes in his size (have we mentioned how little they are over here?) and grabbed some warm tops just in time. We woke up this morning and it was rainy and drizzly and cold. Less than a week ago we were sweating in Veliko Tarnavo and now freezing in Sofia. About two 'o' clock we were walking along when the light rain started suspiciously swirling and we realized it had started to snow. Adam was in weather spotters heaven forgetting that we still hadn't managed to find him a travel thermometer.
We just got back from dinner and the snow has started gathering on cars and other such objects although still melting on contact with the ground, our new jackets kept us toasty and warm and it was so much nicer than rain!
One disappointing thing about today was that we didn't manage to meet Dobrinka, one of Matt's (Stuart's Matt)friends he has been chatting to for ages on the net. We had swapped several emails but due to us leaving things way to much to the last minute and our phones not liking each other things fell through. We are quietly confident that we may return to Bulgaria one day (it rocks!) so we will keep in touch with Dobi and maybe be a little more organized next time.
We are now in our hostel, which we have to ourselves. That is apart from Natasha who has been here every time we have stayed. She is a middle aged housekeeper/receptionist/mum for the hostel and we are fairly convinced she works 24/7, sleeping on the couch in the common room and being generally great. We are getting more and more edgy about going to London tomorrow. Although previously we have been changing beds every couple of days and seeing so many different things this feels like the biggest change yet and scarier than leaving home even as there seem to be so many more unknowns. Hmm, better go pack.