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| Kate, Anne, and Sandy at the entrance to the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (our first stop on our Bulgarian Grand Tour) |
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| The beautiful dome of the Rila Monastery framed by the white clouds |
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| Anne and Sandy in Rila's courtyard |
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| For all the McKenna's who don't like snakes |
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| Drying the Bulgarian rugs at Rila |
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| Riverside lunch after our stop at Rila |
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| The McKenna's and Vasil Levski - the great Bulgarian hero |
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| Koprivshtitsa's natural beauty |
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| Kate and her parents standing where the first shots of Bulgaria's uprising against the Ottoman empire began in 1876 |
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| Typical Bulgarian revival architecture |
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| Our tour of the famous houses in K-Town |
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| Plants on blue |
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| Koprivshtitsa's cemetery |
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| The house series continues... |
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| Entrance to the cemetery |
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| We had to wait for the 40 kids to take this same photo before we could get ours |
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| Seeds and graveyards |
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| Hearts and graveyards |
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| Stopping for a picture at the top of the Troyan pass (from Koprivshtitsa to Veliko Tarnovo) |
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| Kate and her dad at the entrance to Veliko's fortress |
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| The church at the top of the fortress - unfortunately we did not get to see the laser light show that takes place often during summer nights at the fortress |
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| This is where they used to throw people to their deaths |
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| We stormed the castle |
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| The road back... |
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| Sandy and Anne on the approach to the fortress |
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| A common sign all throughout Bulgaria. Watch out! |
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| And the sun sets over Plovdiv (our last stop in Bulgaria) |
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