'This is soo cool' x infinity

Today has been the most amazing day. We love it here in Bulgaria, it is a stunning country and to top it off things are super cheap so we are living in luxury which just makes things even more amazing.

The first thing we did today was get lost trying to get to a cave in the hills, we drove for ages through the very pot holed but stunningly beautiful scenery of rural Bulgaria up a really winding mountain road, when the signposts to the cave ran out we followed something in Cryllic to a place with loads of signs in cryllic which could have been it but there was no english to confirm or deny so we ended up moving on to the next destination. Back down the crazy road, past the amazing forrest and through the cute wee rural villages. As we drive along we go past fields of sunflowers and heaps of locals driving horse and carts piled high with hay and their families.



Belogradchik was the next stop, with rock pillars sprouting up out of the forrest on the way up and a fortress at the top in amoungst them. it was totally amazing and really the start of the well repeated phrase of the day 'this is soo cool'. it is hard to explain what it was like but the views from the top were fantastic all around the surrounding countryside, you can see why they chose it for a fortress!!!





We then did a whole lot more getting lost after Tom told us to turn off the main road then took us down incressingly narrower and more pot holed roads untill we ended up onto a gravel track. not cool, tho we got to see heaps more country side and as we drove through a village we saw some storks nesting on the top of a power pylon!!!

We finally made it to the Magura Cave which was totally worth all of the driving around. This is probably the most amazing place we have been to yet, words completely fail me to describe how it was but we just spent the whole time repeating the phrase of the day. the cave is about 2km long and winds through the hillside and is filled with staligmites and staligtights, it was inclredibly beautiful and awe inspiring. it was lit up by flood lights up some of the walls and fairy lights along some of the paths so had an amazing atmoshpere. it was also amazingly cold compared to the hot day outside. It was soo cool and we loved it!!!!



Tonight again with the affordable luxury for us here, we are staying in the flashest hotel in Vidin. we had cool drinks by the pool before dinner which was awesome.

So to sum up today was awesome and we love Bulgaria and would reccomend it to anyone with a good map.

Love Gem