The Bulgarian Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv was one of the better museums we visited during our trip to Bulgaria. It was also one of the few that would let you take pictures, if you paid extra. I paid the extra and think I got my money’s worth. They basically sold you a second ticket for [...]
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Vice President Biden visited Kosovo this week. I was lucky enough to be in a position to be at the airport when Air Force Two landed and Vice President Biden arrived. His departure from the airport was by UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to where he made a speech at the Kosovo Assembly. I am still working [...]
The Church of Saint Nedelya is located on the edge of old town. It’s a pretty church, but has been badly damaged by a fire. It was one of the few churches where I was able to take pictures inside.
Of the three cities we visited in Bulgaria, we agreed that Plovdiv was the best. Located about an hour east, and just slightly south, of Sofia, Plovdiv had a variety of things to do. It is a very old town that includes a range of architecture from ancient roman to the 1800s and modern day. [...]
The stone forest is just a few miles west of Varna. There’s a number of theories as to how it was formed (it is not a petrified forest), but the prevailing theory, and the one that makes the most sense to me, is that the area used to be a huge cave that eroded around [...]
While exploring Varna, we decided to drive north a bit and see the “famous” Golden Sands…. Turns out it’s basically a resort. The beach is probably nice though. A bit further north we found a very nice cliff overlook of the beach. On the way back, we stumbled across the Aladzha Monastery. It’s a 13-14th [...]
After Sofia we headed to Varna, which is on the Black Sea coast. We were a bit early for the town and the weather was dreary (drizzling rain, grey clouds and not much sun). It looked like it had potential to be a really nice town in the summer, but at the time of our [...]
