Had a lovely day trip to the countrys second largest city. 

I kept running into this gal from Pittsburgh all over Sofia. We both wanted to visit Plovdiv, so we went on a bus. Easy to organize and so convenient.

Plovdiv has lots of Roman ruins, and if I remember correctly, the most complete theater in Bulgaria. The ruins are in much better shape than Sofias.  The old town has bunches of shops with actual handmade junk, just like I love. I bought a beautiful scarf for a certain someone whose name starts with A…….  The old grandma who made it was freakin adorable. 

We were lucky enough to time our visit with the free walking tour.  So neat. I learned some history too.

Altogether great day. Thanks Elaine!

Mary

Only visited the archaeological museum today. The prehistoric exhibit was great. Also a nice collection of Roman era gold objects.

Spent the rest of the day walking and reading.

Mary

All right, it’s time for two truths and a lie…

• Ice cream is delicious
• Going hiking in Birkenstocks is a good idea
• It’s hard to find peanut butter in bulgaria

That is all.

In lieu of the regular mumbo jumbo, here’s some info on a current event in the hostel…

Someone’s been in the good shower for 2 hours.  The water isn’t running. Knocks on the door have shown that the guy isn’t dead. Conjecture runs rampant. Current theories are:

• He’s shaving things 
• He’s using drugs
• He’s picking his face
• He’s video chatting silently naked in the mirror 
• He’s plucking his eyebrows…..very slowly
• He’s trying to poop and is really constipated 
• Mirin’ hisself in the mirror
• He just wants some private time
• Jackin it 

Of course we’ll never know. Just thought you might want to know a little more about my daily life on the road.

Goodnight!