take the 9tm, 64 and then hike-hike-hike

get your snow chains, and start the climb

finally find the monastery, 5 unexpected kilometers later

and chill out

play in plovdiv

amid the second largest city in bulgaria (400,000 residents): a mix of ottoman [that they call ‘national revival’], secular, preservation and decay

transitions

still, sedentary [conference coffee]

start stirring [bulgarian friday night]

[i still don’t know what this is about, except something ‘traditional’]

national history museum, sofia

a slew of surprises in sofia, bulgaria

alexander nevsky cathedral, circa 1921

the scaffold…and the stage

a fleet of bears in the city central, one for each nation

missing our skippy

skipwich, noaa, boo and i (and momma and daddy too) miss you terribly. eat loads of spaghetti for us.

academic enrichment seminar : sofia, bulgaria

to be continued on sunday!