Chiprovtsi

To the town where they make carpets

[Apr. 2022] Ever since I visited Bulgaria for the first time, there was a place I wanted to visit. That is the town called Chiprovtsi, famous for carpet weaving in the northwest of the country,…

Melnik

The next morning

[ April 2022 ] It is the second day after spending one night in Melnik, a village in the southwest of Bulgaria. I was surprised when we went to the breakfast room in the basement…

Melnik

Walk around the village

[April 2022] After having a hearty meal in Melnik, a village in the southwest of Bulgaria, we took a walk around the village. As instructed by the young man at the hotel, Antoine, we first…

Plovdiv

Sightseeing in the old town

[April 2022] The final day in Plovdiv, Bulgaria‘s second largest city, was devoted to sightseeing in the old town. First of all, it happened to be in front of the hotel, so we decided to…

Plovdiv

Get lost in the trendy district

[April 2022] We returned to Plovdiv from Bachkovo Monastery, the second largest monastery in Bulgaria. We walked quite a bit from the bus station to the centre of town and was tired of waiting for…

Bachkovo Monastery

An old monk

[Apr. 2022] This is a continuation of our visit to the Bulgarian second largest monastery, Bachkovo Monastery. After looking at the treasures of the monastery at the museum, we suddenly noticed a peacock. Is it…

Bachkovo Monastery

Gorgeous orthodox church

[Apr. 2022] We went to Bachkovo Monastery by minibus from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The guidebook said it would take 40 minutes, but it didn’t take that long. It was a roadside bus stop where we were…

Plovdiv

The origin was here

[Apr. 2022] On our second day in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, we planned to go to the Bachkovo Monastery, a tourist attraction in this neighbourhood. The day before, we learned that there was a bus at 11…