Plodding along in Plovdiv

Plovdiv is OLD. There’s evidence of habitation dating back to the 6th millennium BC. 

We ordered up this Serbian bread which was as tasty as it looks. It came straight out of the oven…and cost about 2 bucks.

Wondered briefly if that round guitar could be stuffed into a carry on bag…

This Roman theater dates back to the 1st Century. You can see concerts and shows here.

This monument is a 36’ tall statue of a generic Soviet soldier. The next picture is a close up. I didn’t mean for his machine gun to be pointing at me. 

Roses are big business in Bulgaria. They are harvested by hand in June and processed into perfumes, lotions, and the like. 

More Roman ruins. The ruins have been incorporated into the cityscape allowing visitors to stroll (sometimes climb) through them. 

The Bulgarian autobahn…who knew? Of course we can’t make sense of the signs. We just follow the little blue line on Google maps to get where we’re going. The speed limit is 140 km/hr or 86.8 mph.