June 3rd, I traveled to Kazanluk with the Women's Club for the annual Rose Festival. I have added some photos in Spring 2012 of more beauty in Bulgaria. Everything is richly green from a month of frequent and sometimes excessive rain. Sunday was like a summer day - sunny and hot. We left the village at 7:00am and returned 12 hours later. I was tired and had a headache all day, but I couldn't complain because a couple of the women I was traveling with had worked long hours the day before at the company that freezes fresh fruit as it ripens. Then they go home and do the home chores - like cooking, laundry and cooking. They have been having very short nights for sleeping because it's the "high" season for strawberries. So they were on this excursion with about 3-5 hours of sleep, then they had to go to work after we returned to the village. Wow!
Some of my highlights from this day-long excursion:
- seeing some beautiful country traveling through the Balkan Mountains to the Valley of the Roses
- Traveling wtih Bulgarians who know so much history and geography and who have a sense of humor
- Seeing beautiful roses
- Visiting with other Peace Corps volunteers for a little while
- Picking up some yogurt made from Buffalo milk - really.
Check out the photos for more details.
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