More Bulgaria

Friday, May 27

Rousse, Bulgaria

This is our second day in Bulgaria.  Today’s excursion took us on a long bus trip to a town and a village in this part of the country.  It is more prosperous than the part we visited yesterday and we visited. The countryside is quite beautiful and reminds us of the Willamette Valley in Oregon, except that you seldom see donkey carts or shepherds tending their flocks in the traditional manner in Oregon.

The former Soviet-bloc countries all went on a housing construction binge, building hundreds of ugly concrete high-rises that offer the beauty of a cellblock at Sing Sing.

We had a nice lunch, visited ABC (another bloody church) and were entertained by some talented young Bulgarian folk dancers.  We also had a little time for shopping and managed to communicate with a few of the local merchants. 

Perhaps we are getting touristed out.  The Prima Donna sailed at 5:30 this evening for a short trip across the river to Romania.

Travel Rule:  Always yield the right of way to a person with a drink in her hand.

Pictures attached:

John relaxing

Soviet era housing in Rousse

Bulgarian folk dancers