....So Lets Start With Bulgaria.
We wheeled in Bulgaria from North (Danube) to South (Border with Greece) and from East (Border with Serbia) to West (Black Sea) and reached plenty of remote, hidden but fantastic places both beneath or on the surface or sometimes just between these worlds.
Well let's start with the Underworld.....caving....
.... ice stalagmites....stalactites and frozen wall cascades.....
....a vertical cave...rare limestone phenomenon......
...and let light come from the ceiling slightly down.....to the floor of an abandoned Russian military weapon deposit hidden in a huge huge huge cave....
....the entry is really impressive BUT also the inside of the cave is also incredible....this is one of many Bulgarian so called WOW points...(Devetaki cave)
...so let's move slightly to the surface....and have a look under "God's Bridge" ... natural limestone bridge (a former cave) ...which is majestic stretching over a prehistoric valley....
...or have a look under the "Wonderfull Bridges" in Rodope Mountains (South) close to the border with Greece...
....or look into "God's Eyes"...another fantastic, majestic and scary limestone phenomenon .....
....and God's smiled towards its subjects through those rock eyes.....
....a glimps of light in another corner between the underworld and our world....
...enough with so much God's stuff and cross the "Devil's Bridge"...a marvellous hidden construction with no cement in it which stays there since hundreds of years.....
...on the surface we stopped by some Roses FIELDS..yes Fields...Bulgarians are the major Rose Essence exporters which is valuable then gold and is used in cosmetic industry or also in food industry.....
... then passed by some castle and fortresses originating since the Ottoman Kingdom period ...at the Danube
....or some typical architecture....ground floor and roof from stone, upper floors wood..and of course very very narrow streets.......
...one of the best traditional hotels in Veliko Tarnovo......
...and some rocky & picturesque giants....chained by a fortress tight on top....
....these rocks and especially limestones where inhabited by monks during the period when Christianity was not allowed by the Romans..(Lohm River Valley and xii-th century rock monasteries, UNESCO, Ruse)..
...back on trails.....
...like cats on those wooden ladders trails...
...let's chill a little...
....enjoying some bird eye views....
This was a very small glimpse of 100% Bulgaria
Cheers
John
