A Very Nice Beach

the light was terrific that day. we had sunshine, rain, thunders..

Back in Europe

The Black sea coast (north) and Rodopa mountain.

"Treasures Fit For The Kings"

"a wonder to behold, such as it is in no wise fit for mortal men to bear, but for the deathless gods."

Homer of the Thracian King's golden armor (The Iliad)



Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U64qEy0u5IA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdNIQMmTPRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVNqJ2vg-p8

http://www.see-heritage.org/exhibition-the_thracian_cosmos.htm
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1066875-2,00.html

Cool stone formations

'Stone Wedding' near the village of Zimzelen (evergreen? :) ) and 'Stone Mashrooms' next to ... have to look at the map.. All near Kurdjali anyways.

More of the Thracian Shrines: Tatul

Orpheus worship site. 2 Sarcophagi atop the rock, about 2-3 millennia old. The forthress is somewhat newer.

Mingling with History: Greeting Dion-Isus at Perperikon

The Dionysus rites still dance alive their magic and captivate spectators on the biggest megalith in Europe. (bigger than Mycenae and Troy, that is)
Worshiped with rites, wine and entangled with magic; encircled later in a city, Perperikon's shrine atop the mountain has seen the sun come and go for about 7 millennia, with the same mathematical precision noted by its Thracian shamans.

The Perperikon's web site is very cool and informative.
Nothing can beat facing the real enchantment and magic the place holds though.

Plovdiv

Said to be one of the oldest continiously inhabited cities in Europe (older than Rome), its streets, athmosphere and underground are speaking eons of stories.

Rila, Bulgaria

Here above the the Seven Rila Lakes
where the White brotherhood was celebrating their new year and had a summer school/camp, for second time this summer, I experienced the feel & glimpse of eternity.
The first was at a real Sahngri-la, high up, above Dzogchen, in the grasslands among the yaks...