So we have been very busy with lots of activities taking up the majority of our days.
May 12-Rila Monastery - We went up in the mountains in a two hour bus ride (tiny busy, 15 people, bad AC in hot Bulgaria is just bad...) The one thing about Bulgaria is the stunning landscape. Their are two large mountain ranges near Sofia- the Rila mountains and Balkan mountains.
They are high enough to still have snow on the peaks, even though it has been in the mid 80s.
So our trip was to a Monastery, which was built in the 7th century or so. It had been burned down quite a few times, but has housed thousands of monks and pilgrams in times of war and whatnot. We had a guided tour of the Monastery and spoke with a monk for a moment. The coolest part was the massive kitchen, that has been elected as one of the seven wonders of the world.
The best part was the lunch. We stopped back down half way down the mountain by a little river formed the valley we were driving in. We had a fantastic meal of a salad of tomatos and cucumbers, and a trout that had been caught earlier that day, grilled, served whole of course!
I am off to bed for, I will update May 13th tomorrow morning.
Ben, the pictures are beautiful!!! And you can't get away from those fish, can you? Did they at least take the guts out?
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