He He Bulgarian tom foolerie in the supermarket! None of the staff wanted to dance though, i dont know why not : (
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Popovo
This lake is just down the road from where we were staying. One day Sheleen took us to a traditional Gypsy market! To us that sounded fab and we got all our money ready to embrace beautiful things but heck it was WAY different to what we expected. The majority of the stalls were equiped with every kind of gun you have ever heard of. These markets also specialised in Shuriken, so throwing stars nuckle dusters and what not. HECK! bit scary. Then we went to a few shops where they sold stuff made by the Babas (grandmothers). These shops were a bit more to our liking, lots of beautiful rugs and other hand made trinkets.
goaties and doggies
We had a fun time walking the dogs around the lake and playing with the goats. We also picked one million walnuts which Beth then obsessed over trying to come up with the ultimate walnut dish, potato salad works well.
Bulgaria
Got the overnight train to Popovo in bulgaria. Bulgaria is feakin stunning. The train ride to Popovo was so amazing, huge mountains covered in lovely Autumn coloured forrests. We followed a river for a large part of the journey. Popovo is a small town of very friendly people and Gypsies (not so friendly as they love a five fingered discount). We stayed with Andy and Sheleen from Liverpool. They have lived in Bulgaria for 2 years and their neighbours bring them food and help out with stuff with the animals. It had a very good feel about it and we all want to explore Bulgaira more.
This is us helping to build a mud brick wall. We are machines!
Gallipoli
Gallipoli is a beautiful town. Stayed in a great hostel and watched the mel Gibson movie the night before going on a Gallipoli tour. It was pretty emotional but we learnt a lot. The one stand out thing of the day was the good relationship Australians still have with the Turkish. Everyone here has been so friendly and kind to us : ) We all felt very proud to be Australians. Had our last Turkish kebab before heading to Bulgaria.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
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