Nice shots, Chris. Looks like you had a good time.
Come to think of it, we haven't heard much from Boris lately, have we? I wonder
if he's been wandering around in Maine without letting me know.
--Bob
On Sep 29, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I'm not sure if Boris is listening, but we had a great holiday in Bulgaria a
> couple of weeks ago.
>
> We flew BA into Bucharest, staying there a couple of nights before taking the
> train to Rousse on the Danube in Bulgaria. There we hired a car, a beaten-up
> old Alfa 146, to visit my brother and his partner near Popovo. After a
> couple of days we drove to Arbanassi and stayed in the Arbanaski Han for 5
> days, visiting several places in the area before retracing our steps over 5
> days or so. Bulgaria is a poor but very friendly place. We stayed in an
> organic farm (Wild Thyme Organic Farm, near Popovo) for several, enjoyable
> days; there I took this photo on an early morning walk:
>
> http://smu.gs/QNlPwj
>
> Much of rural Bulgaria (and Romania, I suppose) looks like that; the roads
> are pretty messy in many places and horse-drawn carts the most practical
> conveyance for short journeys.
>
> We visited the site of a heroic series of battles, Shipka Pass, walking up
> hundreds of steps to the monument:
>
> http://smu.gs/QNp1YP
>
> There are plenty more shots, if anyone is interested . . .
--
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