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Bulgaria_880S4067_We had a very relaxing stay in the small town of Veliko Tarnovo_


Bulgaria_880S4070_Our hotel was located on this street, Gurko Street - one of the oldest streets in the town_


Bulgaria_880S4074_Our first night, we just took a small walk down Gurko street, leaving much to be explored tomorrow_


Bulgaria_880S4077_Most of the cars around here are very old!_


Bulgaria_880S4078_The houses were squished along the river front, often with beautiful flowers in the window_


Bulgaria_880S4079_We stopped to check out this church near our hotel_


Bulgaria_880S4082_There were quite a few cats around, but not as many as Istanbul_


Bulgaria_880S4085_On our 2nd day, we visited Tsaravets Fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4087_Lion protecting the entry to Tsaravets Fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4089_Looking down on part of Veliko Tarnovo from Tsaravets Fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4093_The oldest church in Veliko Tarnovo, where the Bulgarians once declared independence from the Byzantines_


Bulgaria_880S4095_View from Tsaravets Fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4104_We rested a while on top of the Tsaravets castle. Here we are with the Bulgarian flag._


Bulgaria_880S4108_Looking back on the castle within the fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4118_We found only a few of these puffy trees around town_


Bulgaria_880S4122_Ruins of the fortress walls_


Bulgaria_880S4126_Master enters his Tsaravets fortress_


Bulgaria_880S4129_The entrance gate with Tsaravets' church behind_


Bulgaria_880S4145_Cobblestone streets of Veliko Tarnovo_


Bulgaria_880S4146_Another cat we met along our walks_


Bulgaria_880S4151_Veliko Tarnovo along the way to Arbanasi_


Bulgaria_880S4155_Bulgarian roads weren't not in perfect shape_


Bulgaria_880S4159_Monastery we snuck into in Arbanasi_


Bulgaria_880S4162_9_View of Veliko Tarnovo from our walk up to the small town of Arbanasi_


Bulgaria_880S4162_View of Tsaravets castle_


Bulgaria_880S4166_Bulgarian woman working in her vegetable garden_


Bulgaria_880S4171_Us on our walk back from Arbanasi across an old wooden bridge_


     

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