So we’ve been on the Black Sea Coast for the past three or four days and now we start our journey westward: west to Plovdiv, west to Sofia, west to Germany, and finally west to Chicago. I’m glad that we’re on the last leg of our trip…I’m ready to come home, even though I’ve had a great time traveling through Greece and Bulgaria.
Today we had a long bus ride, but it was cut up between to great towns. We first visited Sozopol on the Black Sea Coast (pictured to the left). The town was quaint and pretty with lots of tourist shops. Most of the shops contained the basic tourist souvenirs, but I was lucky enough to walk through to the end of the town and found a great artist, whom I bought a piece of artwork from. It’s very original…I haven’t seen anything else like it.
Then Kristen, Myra, and I took up the European way of life and went to have a coffee on the beach at a little café. We sat and talked for over an hour, while having the sea as our view. We then went to eat lunch at a great little place on the sea coast called The Windmill where we ate (or at least everyone else but me ate) fish soup. The dessert was great though! ☺
We then drove a good three to four hours to Plovdiv. As we passed through the countryside we saw lots of farms, but also saw lots of sunflower fields. Here in Bulgaria that is one of the commodities that is grown: sunflowers. So we would pass fields after fields of sunflower fields.
Finally in the evening we arrived at our final destination for the evening: Plovdiv. Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, with 4,000 people. It is a very European-looking city in the old part of the city. The buildings look newer and not box-y that is common for the Communist era (like the outskirts of the city). The town is over 8,000 years old. The Thracian tribe settled this area, which is in the valley of the mountains that cut Bulgaria in half from the northern and southern party.
Since we arrived later in the evening, we walked to dinner and are now getting ready for bed. Tomorrow we will be meeting some teachers at the Plovdiv University and having a tour of the old part of the city (the city is known for its embroidery and ceramics…so maybe more shopping will be in store???) and then traveling on to a winery and then back to Sofia (yay!).
Hope you’re all doing well!
Ms. G
Finally in the evening we arrived at our final destination for the evening: Plovdiv. Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria, with 4,000 people. It is a very European-looking city in the old part of the city. The buildings look newer and not box-y that is common for the Communist era (like the outskirts of the city). The town is over 8,000 years old. The Thracian tribe settled this area, which is in the valley of the mountains that cut Bulgaria in half from the northern and southern party.
Since we arrived later in the evening, we walked to dinner and are now getting ready for bed. Tomorrow we will be meeting some teachers at the Plovdiv University and having a tour of the old part of the city (the city is known for its embroidery and ceramics…so maybe more shopping will be in store???) and then traveling on to a winery and then back to Sofia (yay!).
Hope you’re all doing well!
Ms. G
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