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The year is almost gone and it was so quick. And I have been so busy that I never really got the time to sit down quietly and write about my travels. Today as I sat down looking at my travel photos, I thought this being the last weekend of 2018, it would be nice to write and share my travel experiences of this year. This is also an opportunity to reflect back on the year and be grateful for all that I have been through. I have been to some wonderful places of our beautiful world. I have learnt about Cyrillic alphabets to Hieroglyphs.Read More →

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Sofia, the the capital of Bulgaria is also it’s largest city. Sofia is situated at the foothills of the Vitosha Mountain in the western part of Bulgaria. It is located in the centre of the Balkan peninsula, midway between the Black Sea on the east and the Adriatic Sea on the west and the Aegean Sea is on it’s south. The city’s history goes back to Thracian people who settled here in the 1400-1300 BC. Lot of archeological discoveries have been made even late in the 20th century and these can be seen through out the city centre and are preserved very nicely with descriptionsRead More →

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Bulgaria, also known as the land of roses is famous for its Rosa Damascena. Rosa Damascena is traditionally grown in Central Bulgaria’s Rose Valley and indigenous to this region. A travel to Bulgaria in the months of May or June is incomplete if you do not visit the Rose valley. The Rose valley is located in the town of Kazanlak, which is around 230 kms from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. As I learnt, Rosa Damascena was brought to Bulgaria from Syria by crusader Robert de Brie in the mid 13th century. The cultivation of the Rosa Damascena and its production in Kazanlak began shortlyRead More →