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Bulgarian Summer

August 2006

The 10 days I spent touring Bulgaria, mainly with my friend Christa from Berlin, was a rather hectic holiday, with little time to relax and enjoy the idleness of summer. But then, all my holidays are like that, my ambitious spirit is always up to something.

Thanks to my old and new friends who I met during this trip - for the excellent company, for the jolly laughs and for all little things that make you so unique!
With Ivan and friends in Varna The cliffs of Yailata Ivan and Miro
With Ivan & friends in Varna Ivan and Miro
Yailata Kaliakra
The Black Sea at Yailata Yailata where we saw naked Adam and Eve bathing in the sea Kaliakra
Triavna Shumen Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo
Vrah Shipka
Triavna With Christa and our friend Tihomir in Shumen Shipka
Etara Tsarevets Shipka canon
Etara in the Balkan mountains
Shipka Church
The church in Shipka Tarnovo, the medieval capital of Bulgaria The Shipka battlefield
Plovdiv old town Plovdiv old town Windows
The old town of Plovdiv
Old fashion
XIX century fashion The ethnographical museum in Plovdiv Stacked oriels
Driving to the hut With Christa in Pirin Driking water
The road to Vihren hut
The steep ascent to Vihren
The steep ascent to Vihren Hiking with Christa in the Pirin mountains Short pause to drink water
Flying Fog closing the peak The top
Flying... The clouds were dancing around us Vihren at 2914m
Steep descent High above the valley The path down to the hut
In the fog
Kazanite
The "Cauldrons" in Pirin High above the valley Christa got a bit light-headed The steep descent to the hut
Chudnite mostove The oval bridge opening Varhovrah
Christa waving Hiking in the Rhodopi mountains
Chudnite mostove Varhovrah
The Wonderul Bridges The rock arch resembled a huge eye Below Varhovrah
On the beach Niki and Sasho in front of the house Rocks
The beach in Arkutino The peninsula in Sozopol
Our gang in Sozopol Old house corner
Our gang in Sozopol Niki and Sasho The old house in Sozopol
Katia in the saloon With Katia and Christa in front of the house Iron star
Katia in her beautiful house Antique symbol on the door
Katia and Christa Katia and Christa in front of the icon
Wall paintings by Sasho and Lili The old house of Katia in Sozopol where our company stayed Katia and Christa
Cveti Sozopol night Evening
Cveti talks with her cute fish Darkness falls above the sea
Sasho and Lili Ivan and Faik
Sasho and Lili in Neptune The last night in Sozopol before Christa's departure With Ivan and Faik from Ustina


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Photographs by Vladimir, friends, random guy picked from the street, and of course the self-timer
Revision 1.1 / 07.09.2006