The Independance Monument at Veliko Tarnovo

Probably the most beautiful, evocative monument I have ever seen. It stands by itself in front of the old town, and despite the Russian influenced hard lines and carbon steel, the founding fathers are actually getting on with business as opposed to the lifeless pose in a park!

VT for three.. days

October 23rd 2006
The last few days have been so charged with life it's been incredible. Our vague travelling three (Val, Kinsey, and I) easily turned into a four as we made plans at our turkish host's place. It seems Cem also had little better to do than hang out with Americans, and the lack of a Bulgarian visa and threat of a night in a cell was but a small obsticle. The four of us piled into the overnight ... read more

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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, b... ... read more

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