A hike up to amazing rocks

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A long coach ride from the river up to Belogradchick in the North west of Bulgaria. This is a series of fabulous rock formations which have formed over millions of years from when the area was under the sea and later when the sea receded were gradually formed from sedimentation and weathering. If you have a good imagination you can see a bear, a turtle, Adam & Eve kissing, an elephant and various faces. A medieval fortress was built around it with a second gate higher up. Beyond this there are steps carved into the rocks to get right to the top which I achieved as the views are lovely from high up. Luckily I went back to the bottom just as a large group from a Viking cruise were coming up the first level. My fellow travellers incidentally were meanwhile attending a winery and doing wine tasting. I think mine was the better choice.

Back in the coastal town of Vidin we had a quick walk around a 2000 year old castle before going back for lunch. The Castle is named after Baba Vida, which means Grand mother Vida as this generous lady built the castle and looked after her 2 sisters. Her statue is in a rose garden in front of the castle. Bulgaria is famous for it's roses so I did purchase some Rose perfume.

The Captain held his farewell dinner which was a Chateaubriand which was the nicest dish so far. Have eaten a lot of fish but drank too much wine. Ha well you only live once.

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Comments

[paul]

Rocks & hard places!
And how'd the trivia go?