We made it to Sofia!! Whew! We had a slight delay leaving St. Louis. Chicago had snow and our incoming plane was delayed over 2 hours so they outright cancelled our flight. We had to switch over to American Airlines and take a flight a hour later. Luckily we had a decent layover in Chicago already and had the extra time. We left Chicago airport 40 minutes delayed and were in quite a panic when we got to Munich. We landed at 13:10 and our Sofia flight departure was 14:15. I have to say Munich is the best airport I have been through. We landed in gate H14 and departed for Sofia from gate H37. I was a bit of a walk but no security checks and we made it 15 minutes before boarding and had time to sit down! 

We got checked into our apartment which is in a pretty quiet working class neighborhood. It's about 2 blocks south to Sofia Mall and Billa (grocery store) is about a block north through a park. 

We leave for our trip to our sons orphanage tomorrow morning. It is about 2/3 hour drive there. We have to get him and then get back to Sofia to get his passport picture done. 

and for anyone wondering, YES I ate shopska salad for dinner and enjoyed every bite!!