Tagesarchive: Juni 24, 2018

National Museum of Romanian History

A very professional docent informed me as to where the Roman artifacts and the treasury were, downstairs, and the WW I exhibit was, on the first floor. I told him I wanted to see the WW II exhibit. He said … Weiterlesen

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American Flag in Belene

As I was leaving Belene this man was heading into town. When I saw his tractor I did a double-take, he saw me and shrugged, I reversed the car and he graciously pulled over. When I asked if he spoke … Weiterlesen

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Belene Prison

When I was a child and people talked about the Iron Curtain and political dissidents imprisoned in far away places like Romania and Bulgaria, when spy novel authors like Alistair MacLean or John le Carré had colleagues imprisoned by Eastern … Weiterlesen

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Bulgarian Highways

This was not an unusual sight, both to the west of Sofia and in the east between Turkey and Romania. Where it gets interesting is when you come around a bend doing 80kph and there is someone going the other … Weiterlesen

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