We arrived in Bulgaria, and we were happy and sad at
the same time because we were getting closer to our home. But we didn’t want to
think about that so we tried to enjoy ourselves by exploring this fascinating
country.
And so it is a very fascinating country, in the east there is a coastline of 378 km. Besides Black Sea,
the also call it Zlatni Piassatsi which means Golden Beach.
The name came from a legend that once golden treasures were transformed by
magic into sand. We really enjoyed walking on the beach, the legend might be
real because the sand looks like gold. 
After walking on the coastline we took a small boat to Nessebar, which
is a very old and famous seaside resort located on a small peninsula. I must
say, it is quite difficult to find your way, with all these small paths but
fortunately it is not very big. The houses are very nicely decorated with wooden
bay windows as you can see in the picture. This city is also called the city of the 40 churches because they
are that many ruins of churches from the Middle Ages. I really got a pleasant
feeling because I like little villages, they are very pleasant to walk in.
Again taking the boat we went to Varna, there you will find the biggest
port of Bulgaria. There are more than 150 monuments in Varna only so we walked
around, for a couple of hours but we were too excited to visit some museum. We were
looking for something adventurous.
So we then took a two-hour bus ride to the Stone forest,
something we had never seen in our entire life. What you could see were these
huge stone pillars all next to each other like they were put there. You could
also climb to the highest point, where we got a gorgeous view of the Stone
Forest. They even say it was once the bottom of the sea. It is very hard
not to believe any legends because every villager will be glad to talk about it
and they really believe it.
Looking from a cultural view, Bulgaria is perfect, every city and
village has their own cultural centre and there are these old houses that are
so well preserved. Walking through the streets you can buy lots of handmade products, I couldn’t
pass it before taking a look what they had.
We were only 400 kilometers away from the capital Sofia, so we decided
to took some busses and before visiting Sofia we went to the Rila Monastery, south
from Sofia. It is definitely the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox
monastery in Bulgaria.
It is located on a mountain at a height of 1,147 m above
sea level. Inside the main church you could see some nice frescoes, a gold plated
iconostasis (wall of religious paintings) etc. So worthwhile visiting!
Over all Bulgaria is a nice country, so now we are going to visit
Sofia. I hope you enjoy reading our blog and hopefully you will keep on reading
our blog!
Sofie Van Laeken
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