Lovely! Your photos make me want to go to Bulgaria and Romania. I was in
Romania in the 1970's, and at that time, it was the most depressing country
I had ever visited. The air pollution was thick, everything was gray and
all of the people we met were in a very bad mood. Looks like things have
improved for the better!!
Tina
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 . . .
>
> Chris
>
>
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