Archive for July, 2008

Day 3 Donkey Day

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The day started with a donkey and ended with a cow. One was a slightly bucolic experience, the other was far from it though the sort of thing it appears happens all to often in rural Bulgaria.
The idea was to get up early and head to Melnik to be there not long after the sum [...]

Day 2

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Up early and headed for the Kresna Gorge. Left the boys to themselves for the morning to swim and hopefully not play havoc in the hotel.
Had high expectations but in the end I am not sure I actually found the Gorge in question. However the contrast to Bansko and the Trigard Gorge was evident. Very [...]

Bulgaria 1

Monday, July 28th, 2008

DAY 1
BANSKO/TRIGARD

I was up at the crack of dawn. Went for a stroll around the local park in the mist. Too grim to see any birds amongst the trees. However in the nearby fields managed to see a lovely juvenile RB Shrike and a Nightingale.
Harry and Louis had to be raised from their beds with [...]