Romania & Bulgaria: A ride by the Danube River

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As every year, my birthday on March is the perfect excuse for a short ride abroad. Given that we had limited time available, we rοde to Bulgaria and Romania, parallel to the north and later to the south bank of the Danube River. A brief description and some photos from the trip, follow.

The night before.

Stara Varos Blog: Romania - Bulgaria: A ride by the Danube river

Day 1 [Thessaloniki - Craiova] 550 km, 6h55m.

Sofia.

We moved north of the Bulgarian capital, on secondary provincial network and via the ferry from Oryahovo, we entered to Romania.

We followed the provincial road 55, where i was impressed by the Roma villages.

Craiova.

Day 2 [Craiova - Veliko Tarnovo] 415 km, 6h40m.

Bună dimineața Craiova!

The goal of the day was to reach Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. First stop Pitesti.

Visit to the «Palace of the Parliament» (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului), also known as the «Republic's House» (Casa Republicii) or «People's House» (Casa Poporului) in Bucharest. Valued at €4 billion it is the most expensive administrative building in the world. Walk for coffe in the old town.

Entering Bulgaria from the bridge over the Danube.

Just outside the city of Ruse i noticed an unusual monument. I guess this is how i was intrigued and motivated to locate and 'chase' the numerous monumental constructions of socialist inspiration that are scatered around the Bulgarian territory. I have published 3 extensive posts under the general title «Bulgaria: In search of concrete Titans» [ Part I, Part II and Part III ] where you can read all about it.

Veliko Tarnovo @night. You are kindly requested to not bring any weapons to the club.

Day 3 [Veliko Tarnovo - Thessaloniki] 515 km, 6h.

добро утро велико търново!

Return from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, to our hometown Thessaloniki. Thank you all for the company and the ride, especially the friends who came from Crete.