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Last riding entry
... It's a shame, the view would have been terrific. Mt. Botev is the highest mountain the Stara Planina range where our ride took place. The group spent half the day riding along the ridge top in the fog.
Of course there has to be talk about our horses. Our guides told us that Michelle is a fast horse, second only to Tasco's steed. Well, if you know me, I can't just let it drop there. I just had ...
On the road (trail) again!
This will be another difficult climb for the horses. This picture was taken from the monastery. It shows where we will be headed this morning. Our journey will be thru the V formed by the distant mountains.
A farrier joined us to replace shoes on several of the horses. It was interesting to watch both his process for exchanging shoes and the type of shoe used. The nails used to affix the shoe to the hoof ...
Overnight at the monastery
This is the entrance to the monastery where we will spend this night.
Enough rooms for everyone to have one to themselves. Each pair of rooms shares a bathroom constructed between the two rooms. Anette and I will share a bathroom while ...
Cucumbers
Cucumbers must be the Bulgarian national food. Nanci, I don't know how well you'd get along here. How about tarator? This is a cold soup (nice on a hot day!) with the two primary ingredients being diced cucumbers and diluted yoghurt. If you're in luck you can have your soup and eat it too, that is, have the great duo of tatator AND shopska salad (that's that cucumber and tomato salad ...
The ride starts today!
Michelle is my steed. Did I hear right? Michelle is a gelding, how can this be? No, I heard correctly. In some places such as France, the name Michelle is given to the male gender -- like a boy named Sue I suppose. Michelle is 1/2 Arabian and 1/2 Haflinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haflinger _%28horse%29), is about 15 hands, and looks like the usual Arabian grey. ...


