Thursday, 9 February 2012

Bulgaria

From the lovely old city of Nessebur on the Black Sea coast . Weather warm ( 26C-28C) & sunny :-
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With its distinctive wooden upper storeys.
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Postby Ken » 12 Jun 2011 08:23 pm
Half way along the causeway leading to the old town is a strange windmill :-
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It proved impossible to find anything out about its history/purpose.
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Postby Ken » 13 Jun 2011 01:12 pm
Nessebar is quie a small island --about a mile in length -- but It`s reckoned that it had the highest number of churches per person in Bulgaria at the time of the 2nd Bulgarian Empire with over 40 in total. I think there are currently still 13 . They have a very distict style :-
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Postby Ken » 19 Jun 2011 03:58 pm
Along the Black Sea coast grow these strange but beautiful trees :-
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Strange because the flowers grow straight from the trunk and along the branches:-
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You see them in gardens but they also grow wild all over the place :-
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Postby Ken » 20 Jun 2011 11:18 am
I thought we`d been nearly everywhere but we`d never seen them before either -- not even in Madeira in Spring or summer. The Black Sea coast is quite nice but there are still remnants of the soviet era :-
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Here on the outskirts of Bourgas there are no road names or street names --just area letters and block numbers.
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Postby Ken » 02 Jul 2011 11:21 am
Fortunately that`s the excepetion & further inland lues a picturesque countryside. Its well worth hiting a boat & taking a peaceful trip up the river Ropotamo :-
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There was an abundance of kingfishers and turtles. Unfortunately the kingfishers were far too fast to photograph -- but not so the turtles:-
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Postby Ken » 02 Jul 2011 06:38 pm
And finally -- Further down the Black Sea coast towards the Turkish border is another lovely old town. Sozopol :-
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Postby Ken » 06 Jul 2011 04:03 pm
And so its goodnight and goodbye to Bulgaria :-
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Just back from holiday there. One of the most beautiful places I`ve been to & very photogenic ( I took over 200 ! ). You can buy a good beer for less than 10p a pint in a supermarket & about 30p a pint (well 500cc) in a "pub".
This is the centre of Prague :-

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Postby Nobby » 27 Sep 2004 08:24 pm
Wow . like i said many times you sure get about Kenny.
Any pics of Mars yet ??
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As you`ve probably guessed , I wouldn`t be able to resist boring you with our Shildon.net adventure team`s recent pics.
This was the 1st one I took of the burners getting us airbourn:-
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Postby Ken » 30 Aug 2005 11:54 pm
I was fortunate enough after I retired from I.C.I. to work for David Bellamy & the Wildlife Trust for 6 years. He will now tell you that wind turbines are not only a waste of time ----- they are a blot on the landscape.
We old residents of Redcar are fighting tooth & nail to stop an enormous bank of these monstrocities being built within a mile of our lovely coastline.
As we peacefully sailed over the beautiful countyside this evening we came across these supercilious attempts to placate the Kyoto agreement :-
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Postby Ken » 31 Aug 2005 12:10 am
On the bright side however , we did have our Shildon.net team simply enjoying themselves !!
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Postby Kattaddorra » 31 Aug 2005 10:16 am
Those photos are amazing ! Thank you for sharing with us :D Kat


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Postby Ken » 31 Aug 2005 10:31 am
Took this one just after take-off :-Image

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Postby Jaynie Girl » 31 Aug 2005 07:27 pm
brill pics Ken...thanks!Looked like you had a great time up in the balloon :-)



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Postby Phil » 01 Sep 2005 11:50 am
I am due to go on one of these ballon trips in October from the York. I hope the weather will be as good as you had, Ken. When did you drink the champagne? As Dutch courage before you started or as a nerve calmer after you had landed?


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Postby Kristof » 02 Sep 2005 07:19 pm
There was no sign of the champagne until we had packed the balloon back into it's big bag and heaved the basket back onto the trailer.I think if they had given it to us before we might not have helped with the graft.



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Postby Kristof » 04 Sep 2005 07:48 pm
If Ken can bore you with some photos of our daring expedition into the depths of darkest Durham then so can I.Here is one to show just how big the balloon is, the pilot was checking all was Ok before take off.

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Postby Kristof » 04 Sep 2005 07:50 pm
Getting some hot air into the beastie, I'm sure my wife could have done it faster :lol: :lol: :lol:Image



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Postby Kristof » 04 Sep 2005 07:52 pm
And that grand moment when it starts to stand up straight.Image



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Postby Black Knight » 04 Sep 2005 08:42 pm
They are all brilliant pics Kristoff and Ken.I never imagined those things were so big. Well done & as Kattadorra said thanks for sharing the experience.
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