Piiictures!

Stories will follow, but for now a preview of shots from Bulgaria. With of course the rest viewable here.

Attempt nr. 1

Although we didn´t have a plan for the week in Bulgaria, part of the plan was to do some hiking.

Unfortunately our guidebook was pretty vague on the options. A lot of areas are said to be excellent for hiking. But without giving the details that we wanted.

On Sunday, we decided to head to the first spot on our newly made itinerary: Veliko Tarnovo; the town with the view as described below. We were met by very enthusiastic hostel workers, one of whom excitedly started telling us about an Ecotrail (3, actually) which leads to a nearby monastery. Perfect for our hiking requirements. "You cannot miss it" were the reassuring words of our Bulgarian.

We set off with a pack filled with food, camera´s, extra clothes and so on. We returned looking like two drowned muddy cats..... In between disappearing marks, an unfindable trail and a heavy rainshower we had ended up only across in the other part of town, without having even spotted the monastery.

Ah well. Tomorrow is attempt nr. 1 (again involving a monastery) but hopefully we can laugh about it as much as the first one! Weirdly enough, it really was a very fun day.

Bulgaria, day 3

I've just woken up in a tiny very laid-back hostel in the mountains in the middle of Bulgaria. The view from the balcony looks across to a huge fortress on the next mountain. Narrow cobblestoned streets lead up to the hostel, with rivers gushing down after last night's rainstorm.

A quick glimpse of life during my holiday. Gorgeous country, really friendly people, good food - what more could I want?

The best thing ever?

Looking through my blog and the labels I use there's one category that I use much more often than the 'w*rk'-one: Travel!

My shopping of this afternoon included a guidebook to Bulgaria, where I'm off to in only 10 days with a friend for a week - if nothing goes wrong with booking our tickets tonight, that is.

I love these last minute ideas. We got talking about it last week because she knows someone there (and I need to check if my Bulgarian acquaintance is still/again there). Besides that we have no idea what to expect which is - in my opinion - one of the best reasons to go.

Expect pictures and stories in September!