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 For such a small country, Bulgaria has quite a few UNESCO World Heritage Sites and we hit as many as we could. I’ve already told you about Rila Monastery, Nessebar, and the Madara Rider. The other two we were able to visit were the Thracian tomb in Kazanluk and the Boyana Church outside of Sophia. The [... Two UNESCO Sites and Sophia to Boot]  The fortress overlooking Velinko Turnovo. Bulgaria is full of quaint little charasmatic towns and Velinko Turnovo might just be the cutest. As we drove in, we stopped to talk to a shepherd with a small goat flock. He was right on the edge of town, and as we chatted with him, we could also view the [... The Best Restaurant in the Cutest Town]  Chicken wrapped around pork…something to cluck about! I really didn’t know what to expect as far as Bulgarian food goes. Maybe a cross between borsht, gyros, and kofte. To be honest, even though I was looking forward to trying it, I really didn’t have high expectations. After living in the Turkey, where the food is never, [... Who Let the Cows Out?!]  The walls of the fortress hide the massive size that it is. Leaving the coast, we headed north towards Varna, then inland towards Shumen. We had heard about Shumen over and over, because it produces one of the best beers in the country and it seemed like a good place to spend the night, but first [... A Shumen and a Horseman]  One of the many churches found in this quaint fishing village. After leaving Plovdiv, the roads were noticeably better, not good, but better. Our first stop on the Black Sea was Sozopol. We parked for free near the church, and just walked around. Since it’s completely off-season it was so quiet. We may have seen a total [... Black Sea Beauties]  Boobies and seals, iguanas and manta rays, our family trip to the Galapagos ranks up there as one of the best trips I’ve ever taken. We flew into Guayaquil, Ecuador only to spend one night then head onto Baltra airport. Upon arrival, the entry point was well set up. We snaked our way along a wooden [... Time-lapse Galapagos Islands] |
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