As
I drove into Shumen John noticed the big structure on the hill top
then on the map he noticed a fort, so that became our plan for lunch.
We ventured up on the snow covered road following a hoon who fish
tailed all the way up. We parked near a big flat area but close to
the shrubs as the guy who had fish tailed up was doing wheelies in
the snow. Another car joined in…. Reminded me of John Yeo learning
to slide in the mud with the hilux at the bottom of our hill. Great
learning.
Next
we parked by the fort and wondered up. Paid our 3 lev each and 15 lev
for a foreign language guide. Total of about A$16. The guide arrived
without a hat or gloves and gave us a very interesting tour of the
site. A completely excavated site. It had lain hidden under the cover
of dirt for 400 years. We are puzzled how the top of the hill can
become covered in 2 meters of soil... As
we saw it, it laid under 2 inches of fresh snow, our footsteps
intruding into the past.
By
now it was late afternoon, a short drive to the monument of
Bulgaria’s founding fathers, and more hoons. Another cost and a
quick cold visit to the huge modern concrete cubist statues. The ground had been laid
with shiny marble and it was horrendously slippery in the snow.
Finding
a spot with a small view to the city, we sat and listened to the hoons
come up and do slides until 2am.
107km
107km