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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 [...] Continue reading Black Sea Beauties After Melnick we wanted to drive north to Plovdiv. Eveline communicated to us not to go all the way back up the road and then cut over, but to go through the woods. According to her, we would have to go very slow over a very bad road with lots of potholes in it, but [...] Continue reading Potholes to Plovdiv Rozhen Monastery After we had experienced the hustle and bustle of Bulgaria’s number one tourist sight, the Rila monastery, we were in for a pleasant surprise upon entering the grounds of Rozhen. It was clear from the outside that it would not hold the splendor and expansiveness of its larger brother, but Rozhen still [...] Continue reading Serenity in Rozhen The locked church in Melnik. We kept driving south to almost the border of Greece to a small town, known for its wines, Melnik. It was touted in the guidebook as a quaint little getaway town for urban Sofia-ites. No, it’s not a Unesco World Heritage Site, but it’s actually on the tentative list, [...] Continue reading Meeting our Match in Melnik The courtyard at Rila. Rila Monastery, the number one tourist sight in all of Bulgaria is located 117 km. south of Sofia. There are plenty of tours that will take you there, but we rented a car to see the country and this was just our first stop. It is a really easy [...] Continue reading The Rila Romp and A Trout to Boot |
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