It rained quite heavily during the night and according to our phones the temperature was below freezing overnight. Duke had hoped to have a massage at the Orbita Hotel Spa this morning. Unfortunately he couldn’t get an appointment before 2pm. So we will look for another opportunity.
Hotel breakfast buffets are very different from country to country. I think you will know you are in the Balkans when every breakfast buffet includes cucumbers and very tasty tomatoes.
Even though we don’t read or even guess at what Bulgarian writing means the signs for the cheese made it clear what kind of cheeses these were.
From Blagoevgrad we drove through the mountains to Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second biggest city, and according to Rock Steves, its most beautiful. We are staying near the airport so we won’t see the historic center until tomorrow. The nice thing about being in a more upscale part of town is that we get to see more of middle class Bulgarian life. We went to a store near our hotel to get a few snacks and a big bottle of water. It tuned out to be what looked like the Bulgarian equivalent of out Costco.
There is a German restaurant right next to our hotel. We ate dinner there. It was great and we really enjoyed their home brewed beer and the tasty food.
When you order you never know quite what you are going to get. It’s part of the fun of travel.
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