WHERE IN BULGARIA?

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WHERE IN BULGARIA?

WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
Fri, 09/11/2015 - 16:02

You are on the outskirts of a major town in the eastern parts of the Rhodope.

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© Anthony Georgieff

Just off the winding road you find yourself in the middle of a field full of a bizarre rock formations, something that looks like a shot out of a 1970s sci-fi movie about the moon, with the added benefit that you are the only visitor and there is no one around to disturb your rambling thoughts.

Soon you start seeing figures and faces as you glance at the dozens of odd and often stupefying sandstones. Right in the middle of it there is a "composition" that looks remarkable like two people going arm in arm. You not the only one who's seen that! According to a local legend, this is a real couple that turned to stone at a wedding party. Hence the name of the natural sculpture: Petrified Wedding.

Where in Bulgaria are you?

Issue 107-108

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