Final stop in Bulgaria
Trip Start
Nov 15, 2005
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Trip End
Aug 15, 2008
Veliko Tarnovo,
Bulgaria
Friday, November 25, 2005
What is there to say about this place? It's really quite beautiful, there's a fantastic restaurant in town (I ate there every night :) and the Hiker's hostel is ideally located in the old town, overlooking the gorge and fortress ruins in the distance.
My last few days in Bulgaria have been spent exploring the town and surrounding villages, though some were harder to find than others - we spent almost 40 minutes walking to Arbanasi, only to find ourselves back in Tarnovo! Much easier just to take a taxi. It's a shame that when we finally got there, the snow and fog descended and we couldn't really see much of the place. This lasted throughout the next morning, on the eco walk across a valley behind the hostel, which I really enjoyed despite the somewhat slippery nature of the paths
Clair, Gen and Kevin at the Tsarevets Fortress
. I'm sure the views would have been superb had we been able to see further than 5 meters. At least it cleared long enough to get some good views of the waterfall en route. Our trip to Tryavna went a little better. Irene, someone we met on the train, acted as an unofficial tour guide for the afternoon, and took us around the revival era buildings; she even got us into one of the museums for free. We seem to have met so many friendly people here willing to give up their time to show us around; very unexpected, but says a lot about the Bugarians.
I have really enjoyed my time in Bulgaria, partly to do with how friendly the people are and how untouched a lot of the country seems, and a lot to do with the people I have been travelling with here. Romania next!
