IMG_7375 - Our own customs experts, at the first of 8 border crossings. Bulgaria and Romania are EU but not Schengen, so it was a slow process.
IMG_7379 - Back on our way, from the customs station at Vama Giurgiu to cross the Danube River to Ruse, Bulgaria
IMG_7384 - The north channel of the Danube flows around an island at the Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing.
IMG_7386 - The main Danube River is the boundary between Romania and Bulgaria. It does look a bit blue in places.
IMG_7388 - The port of Ruse, Bulgaria, from the Danube Bridge. It was formerly called Friendship Bridge by the Soviets.
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IMG_7394 - Sheep
IMG_7402 - The Belenski most (Byala Bridge), over the Yantra River valley near Byala, Bulgaria, was built in 1865-7.
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IMG_7408 - Communist-era apartment buildings, built to house the many thousands left homeless during WWII.
IMG_7409 - Old country Bulgaria