Sliven, Bulgaria

... for a bit to recover from the climb and eat. Then followed a long series of sweeping bends into a gorgeous valley leading towards Sliven 22km away. Eventually the slope eased and I had to start pedaling again. I had hoped that there was no more pedaling ...

... about the number of kids and their names and stuff like that. then we had a surprise excursion, where we took a chair lift up sliven's famous 'blue rocks' (which aren't blue) and did a hike. the bulgarians from the area didn't even go, since they've seen ...

... , the air's dirty, and everyone (literally) was staring at me whenever I ran. I'm quite sure that nobody exercises in Bulgaria unless they are training for the Olympics and are rich or something. Well I heard of one girl that went jogging in Sofia but ...